China has illegally occupied #AksaiChin portion as well as Saksgam valley gifted to china by Pakistan.
Has we ever told to China about historical facts in clear terms like #TreatyofChushul
Has we ever told to China about historical facts in clear terms like #TreatyofChushul
1.General Zorawar Singh captured Ladakh, Kargil, Suru Valley, Baltistan, Gilgit, Hunza and Yagistan principalities and included them in kingdom of Maharaja Gulab Singh in 1846.
2. In 1841, Zorawar Singh invaded western Tibet, possibly to gain control over the lucrative pashmina wool trade, though some scholars believe he wanted to build a land bridge between Ladakh and Nepal for a Sikh-Gorkha alliance against the British.
3. General Zorawar and his men went on pilgrimage to Mansarovar and Mount Kailash. He had extended his communication and supply line over 450 miles of inhospitable terrain by building small forts and pickets along the way.
4. The fort Chi-T’ang was built near Taklakot. Some villages near Mansarovar lake paid land revenue to J&K till 1965 and were even mentioned in 1958 revenue settlement records of J&K Govt.
5. The Tibetans and their Chinese allies regrouped and advanced to give battle, bypassing the Dogra fort of Chi-T’ang. Zorawar and his men met them at the Battle of Toyo on December 12, 1841 in which General Zorawar got martyred.
6. Reinforcements under DiwanHari Chand and WazirRatnu came repulsed Sino Army seige. The Tibetan fortifications at Drangtse were flooded when the Dogras dammed up the river. Chinese and Tibetans were chased to Chushul. The Battle of Chushul (1842) was won by the Dogras.
7. Treaty of Chushul was contracted between the Jammu & Kashmir ruler and Tibet, and a representative of the Manchu court.
China later formally annexed Tibet but India instead of showing its resentment and protests silently agreed to China’s claims over Aksai Chin.
China later formally annexed Tibet but India instead of showing its resentment and protests silently agreed to China’s claims over Aksai Chin.
8. CoL is China-occupied Ladakh and this part of China accounts for nearly a fifth of the original Jammu & Kashmir state.
9. The geographic layout of this area is strategically so important that no power of the world wants to remain away from the area, as it gives them access to the sensitive areas of the neighbouring countries.
10. The Sinkiang (Xinjiang) and Tibetan plateaus constitute a wedge into the Himalayas and were considered by China to be very strategic. They wanted to grab those areas that allowed them to establish roads between Sinkiang and Tibet.
11. China needed an effective communication line with Sinkiang through Aksai Chin.
China is spending huge sums to build infrastructure connecting Tibet to Xinjiang through the Chinese-occupied Aksai Chin plateau, and Xinjiang to Pakistan via the Karakorum highway.
China is spending huge sums to build infrastructure connecting Tibet to Xinjiang through the Chinese-occupied Aksai Chin plateau, and Xinjiang to Pakistan via the Karakorum highway.
12. This highway then connects Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea, giving a warm water port and access to the Indian Ocean to China. Its importance can be visualised in that China trade can avoid the bottleneck of the Malacca straits.
13. This is part of China's policy of String of Pearls in Indian ocean as well encirclement of India in South Asia to prove itself as major power of South Asia also.
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