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India updates Arunachal map ahead of BRICS Summit with Xi
India has updated its official map of Arunachal Pradesh, giving greater prominence to 27 locations including passes, lakes, settlements and a war memorial along the China frontier. The revision, announced ahead of…
The Story in Brief
India has updated its official map of Arunachal Pradesh, giving greater prominence to 27 locations including passes, lakes, settlements and a war memorial along the China frontier. The revision, announced ahead of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12-13 where Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to attend, formalises places already on military maps but now shown on the political map.
Several sites are linked to the 1962 war, such as Thag La Pass and the Sher-e-Thapa Memorial. The move also counters Beijing's repeated renaming of places in Arunachal, which India calls an integral part of its territory. India's boundary remains unchanged, says the government.
The Indian Opinion
This map revision is being spun by some as a needless provocation, and by others as a bold rebuke to Beijing. The truth is more routine: India has simply standardised names already on military maps. The timing, however, is deliberate, a quiet assertion of sovereignty just before Xi Jinping lands in New Delhi. No boundary has moved. Watch whether China’s response goes beyond its usual scripted protests. The real test will be Xi’s public remarks at the summit.
Source: indiatoday.in
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