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History {{anchor | Battles of Chalunka }} {{Main | Baltistan#History | l1= History of Balistan }}
Turtuk sector, including Chalunka village, are part of Baltistan region.
Baltistan was known as Little Tibet, and the name was extended to include Ladakh.^[1] Ladakh later became known as Great Tibet. Locally, Baltistan is known as Baltiyul and Ladakh and Baltistan are known as Maryul ("red country").^[2]

1948 Battle of Chalunka

{{see also | Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts | l1= Indo-Pak wars }}
At the end of Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Chalunka and two more villages of Chorbat Valley, Dhothang, Tyakshi (earlier called Tiaqsi), came under the possession of Indian Army, while Turtuk came under the control of Pakistan Army.^[3]^[4]

1971 Battle of Chalunka

{{see also | Timeline of the Bangladesh Liberation War | l1 = Timeline of 1971 war | Military plans of the Bangladesh Liberation War | l2= Military plans of 1971 war | Mitro Bahini order of battle | Pakistan Army order of battle, December 1971 | l4= Pak order of battle }}
On 10 December 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the Ladakh Scouts under the command of Major Chewang Rinchen cleared the village of the Pakistani forces (two companies of Karakoram Scouts).^[5]^[6] Advancing further, they attacked Turtuk on 11 December, and captured it by 14 December.^[5] Due to the gallant efforts of Brigadier Udai Singh Bhati and his Second in Command Major Chewang Rinchen's gallant effort the Indian army went on to also snatch Turtuk from Pakistani control, for which both were honoured with a Maha Vir Chakra, and a street is named after Major Rinchen in Leh.^[7]

1999 Battle of Chalunka

{{see also | Kargil War }}

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References

^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ladakh and Baltistan" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 57–59. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

^ Yousaf Hussain Abadi, A view on Baltistan

^ "Turtuk, a Promised Land Between Two Hostile Neighbours".

^ "An encounter with the 'king' of Turtuk, a border village near Gilgit-Baltistan".

^ ^a ^b Chakravorty, Stories of Heroism (1995), p. 140.

^ Cheema, Crimson Chinar (2015), pp. 311–312.

^ Claude Arpi, Have you heard about this Indian Hero?, Rediff News, 22 December 2011.

-- Kautilya3 (talk) 12:15, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

[EB1911-1] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ladakh and Baltistan" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 57–59. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[2] Yousaf Hussain Abadi, A view on Baltistan

[tur3-3] "Turtuk, a Promised Land Between Two Hostile Neighbours".

[tur1-4] "An encounter with the 'king' of Turtuk, a border village near Gilgit-Baltistan".

[FOOTNOTEChakravorty,_Stories_of_Heroism1995140-5] Chakravorty, Stories of Heroism (1995), p. 140.

[FOOTNOTECheema,_Crimson_Chinar2015311–312-6] Cheema, Crimson Chinar (2015), pp. 311–312.

[tur2-7] Claude Arpi, Have you heard about this Indian Hero?, Rediff News, 22 December 2011.

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