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India names 27 Arunachal locations in riposte to China’s renaming
India on Friday issued standard names for 27 places and geographical features in Arunachal Pradesh along the Line of Actual Control, a direct riposte to China's repeated renaming of locations in the…
The Story in Brief
India on Friday issued standard names for 27 places and geographical features in Arunachal Pradesh along the Line of Actual Control, a direct riposte to China's repeated renaming of locations in the state. The Union home ministry, in consultation with the Arunachal government, has put these names on official Survey of India maps. The list includes the border village of Longju, which China has controlled since 1959, along with four high-altitude passes, a lake, and a monument.
China has renamed dozens of spots in Arunachal Pradesh since 2017, calling the region 'south Tibet'. India has consistently rejected these moves, saying they do not alter the reality that Arunachal is an integral part of India. The latest naming exercise aims to reinforce India's sovereign jurisdiction and discredit what officials call Beijing's 'fictitious names'.
The Indian Opinion
Both New Delhi and Beijing are using renaming exercises to score political points along the border, but these cartographic gestures do little to resolve the underlying dispute. The real test is whether the next round of military talks will acknowledge the newly standardised names, or if both sides will continue the tit-for-tat naming war. How many of the 27 locations are actually under Indian control on the ground remains the unanswered question.
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com, businesstoday.in
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
