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India maps 27 Arunachal sites, counters Chinese renaming
India has formally identified 27 places and geographical features in Arunachal Pradesh on the Survey of India map. The move comes after China repeatedly renamed locations in the state, which it calls…
The Story in Brief
India has formally identified 27 places and geographical features in Arunachal Pradesh on the Survey of India map. The move comes after China repeatedly renamed locations in the state, which it calls Zangnan. New Delhi has termed those efforts 'vain and preposterous'.
The sites include Long Ju, a flashpoint near the Line of Actual Control from 1959, and Thag La, where an opening battle of the 1962 war took place. Also mapped are high-altitude passes, villages, memorials and lakes. The government said the exercise, done with the Arunachal Pradesh government, aims at 'accurate recognition and better awareness among the public'.
The Indian Opinion
Labeling China's name changes as 'preposterous' is easy; mapping disputed territory is the harder, more durable reply. The public should watch whether Beijing responds with its own cartographic update or a diplomatic protest. The 27 names are not new towns, they are a line drawn on paper. The real test is whether that line holds on the ground, patrol by patrol.
Sources (5): news.abplive.com, indiatvnews.com, siasat.com, timesnownews.com, english.mathrubhumi.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 5 sources.
