Arunachal Pradesh is a state in northeast India. It was formed from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region,and India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is its capital and largest town. It borders the Indian states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares international borders with Bhutan in the west,Myanmar in the east,and a disputed 1,129 km border with China's Tibet Autonomous Region in the north at the McMahon Line. Arunachal Pradesh is claimed in its entirety by China as South Tibet as part of the Tibet Autonomous Region;China occupied some regions of Arunachal Pradesh in 1962 but later withdrew its forces.
The McMahon Line is the boundary between Tibet and British India as agreed in the maps and notes exchanged by the respective plenipotentiaries on 24–25 March 1914 at Delhi,as part of the 1914 Simla Convention. The line delimited the respective spheres of influence of the two countries in the eastern Himalayan region along northeast India and northern Burma (Myanmar),which were earlier undefined. The Republic of China was not a party to the McMahon Line agreement,but the line was part of the overall boundary of Tibet defined in the Simla Convention,initialled by all three parties and later repudiated by the government of China. The Indian part of the Line currently serves as the de facto boundary between China and India,although its legal status is disputed by the People's Republic of China. The Burmese part of the Line was renegotiated by the People's Republic of China and Myanmar.
The Line of Actual Control (LAC),in the context of the Sino-Indian border dispute,is a notional demarcation line that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory. The concept was introduced by Chinese premier Zhou Enlai in a 1959 letter to Jawaharlal Nehru as the "line up to which each side exercises actual control",but rejected by Nehru as being incoherent. Subsequently,the term came to refer to the line formed after the 1962 Sino-Indian War.
Lohit is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. The district headquarters is located at Tezu. As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Arunachal Pradesh,after Papum Pare and Changlang.
Walong is an administrative town and the headquarters of eponymous circle in the Anjaw district in eastern-most part of Arunachal Pradesh state in India. It also has a small cantonment of the Indian Army. Walong is on banks of Lohit River,which enters India 35 km north of Walong at India-China LAC at Kaho pass.
Anjaw District (Pron:/ˈændʒɔ:/) is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India. It was created as a district in 2004,by splitting off from the Lohit district under the Arunachal Pradesh Re-organization of Districts Amendment Act. The district borders China on the north. Hawai,at an altitude of 1296 m above sea level,is the district headquarters,located on the banks of the Lohit River,a tributary of the Brahmaputra River. Anjaw is the easternmost district in India. The furthest villages towards the border with China are Dong,Walong,Kibithu and Kaho.
Hawai is the district headquarters of Anjaw District in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India.
The Sino–Indian border dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute over the sovereignty of two relatively large,and several smaller,separated pieces of territory between China and India. The territorial disputes between the two countries result from the historical consequences of colonialism in Asia and the lack of clear historical boundary demarcations.
Kibithu,also spelled Kibithoo,is a village in Arunachal Pradesh in Anjaw district,India. It is one of the easternmost permanently populated towns of India,located on the LAC at 28°16′49″N97°01′04″E. It is nearly 70 km north of district headquarter at Hawai,nearly 15 km south of India-China LAC (Kaho),and 40 km west of Diphu Pass near India-China-Myanmar tri-junction. The Lohit River enters India north of Kibithu at Kaho. Nearest air connectivity is 20 km in the south at Walong airstrip in Walong. It is considered India's first village.
There are several disputed territories of India. A territorial dispute is a disagreement over the possession or control of land between two or more states or over the possession or control of land by a new state and occupying power after it has conquered the land from a former state no longer currently recognized by the new state.
Dong is a small village in Dong valley of Anjaw district,Arunachal Pradesh,India. It is one of the easternmost villages in India,near the point where India,China,and Myanmar border meet. It is the location of a peak,atop which tourists climb at 3 am to see the sunrise. It isn't the easternmost point of the country but it is one of the easternmost locations accessible by car.
Arunachal Frontier Highway (AFH),officially notified as the National Highway NH-913 and also called Bomdila-Vijaynagar Highway (BVH),connecting Bomdila Airstrip ALG &HQ in northwest to Vijaynagar Airstrip ALG &HQ in southeast via Nafra HQ-Sarli HQ-Huri Helipad ALG &HQ-Nacho HQ-Mechuka Airstrip ALG &HQ-Monigong HQ-Jido -Hunli HQ-Hayuliang Airstrip ALG HQ-Chenquenty-Hawai HQ-Miao HQ including 800 km greenfield section and network of new tunnels &bridges,is a 2-lane paved-shoulder under-construction national highway along the India-China LAC-McMahon Line border in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The 1,748 km-long (1,086 mi) highway itself will cost ₹27,000 crore and total cost including 6 additional inter-corridors is ₹40,000 crore. In some places,this highway will run as close as 20 km from the LAC. To be constructed by MoRTH in 9 packages,all packages will be approved by the end of FY 2024-25 and construction will be completed in 2 years by 31 March 2027. Of the total route,800km is greenfield,rest brownfield will be upgraded and tunnels will be built. This highway in the north &east Arunachal along the China border would complement the Trans-Arunachal Highway and the Arunachal East-West Corridor as major highways spanning the whole state,pursuing the Look East connectivity policy.
Vijoynagar is the most remote town and circle headquarters in the Changlang district,Arunachal Pradesh,India.
Kaho is a small village on the banks of the Lohit River on the India-China Line of Actual Control in the Anjaw district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
Border Personnel Meeting points are locations along the disputed Sino-Indian territories on Line of Actual Control (LAC) where the armies of both countries hold ceremonial and practical meetings to resolve border issues and improve relations. While border meetings have been held since the 1990s,the first formal Border Personnel Meeting point was established in 2013. There are five meeting points:two in the Indian Union Territory of Ladakh,one in Sikkim,and two in Arunachal Pradesh in India's Central and Eastern sectors.
Walong Advanced Landing Ground is an Indian Air Force airstrip located at Walong on the banks of Lohit River in Anjaw District of Arunachal Pradesh,India. It is nearly 50 km north of district headquarter at Hawai,nearly 30 km south of India-China LAC,and 70 km southwest of Diphu Pass near India-China-Myanmar tri-junction.
Longju or Longzu is a disputed area in the eastern sector of the China–India border,controlled by China but claimed by India. The village of Longju is located in the Tsari Chu valley 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south of the town of Migyitun,considered the historical border of Tibet. The area of Longju southwards is populated by the Tagin tribe of Arunachal Pradesh.
The Battle of Walong took place during the Sino-Indian War of 1962. It took place near the town of Walong in the eastern sector of the conflict,in the present-day Arunachal Pradesh region of India. Indian forces,despite being outnumbered and under equipped,resisted the Chinese advance for nearly a month.
Tulung La (Tibetan:ཐུ་ལུང་ལ་,Wylie:thu lung la) is a border pass between the Tsona County in the Tibet region of China and India's Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh. It is in the eastern part of the two districts,close to the Gori Chen cluster of mountains,on a watershed between the Tsona Chu river in Tibet and the Tawang Chu in the Tawang district. The watershed ridge forms the border between Tibet and India as per the McMahon Line. Tulung La provided an invasion route to China during the 1962 Sino-Indian War. It is also the scene of occasional clashes between the two sides.
