MEA
asse ted
that
‘ othi g
ca
cha ge
the
fact
A u achal
is
pa t
of
I dia’
NEW
DELHI:
The
mi ist y
of
exte al
affai s
o
Tuesday
eite ated
that
A u achal
P adesh
is
a
“i alie able
a d
i teg al
pa t
of
I dia”,
efe i g
to
the
ow
with
Chi a
ove
e ami g
places
i
the
bo de
state.“Let
me
eite ate
this
o ce
agai
that
A u achal
P adesh
is
a
i alie able
a d
i teg al
pa t
of
I dia
a d
this
is
a
fact
that
is
self-evide t.
At
the
same
time,
let
me
also
u de li e
that
othi g
ca
cha ge
this
i disputable
eality,”
the
MEA
spokespe so
Ra dhi
Jaiswal
said
i
a
media
b iefi g.The
ema ks
came
afte
I dia
fo mally
ide tified
27
locatio s
i
A u achal
P adesh
by
thei
sta da d
ames
o
the
official
Su vey
of
I dia
map,
amid
Chi a’s
epeated
attempts
to
assig
Chi ese
ames
to
places
i
the
state.The
gove me t
said
the
move
is
aimed
at
e su i g
the
accu ate
ide tificatio
of
the
locatio s
a d
imp ovi g
public
awa e ess
of
thei
geog aphical
a d
histo ical
sig ifica ce.Also
ead:
‘Disco te t
a swe ed
with
bullets’
–
MEA
slams
Pakista
ove
PoK
c ackdow I dia
has
co siste tly
ejected
Beiji g’s
p actice
of
e ami g
places
i
A u achal
P adesh,
calli g
such
attempts
“vai
a d
p eposte ous”
a d
sayi g
they
ca ot
alte
the
fact
that
the
state
“was,
is,
a d
will”
emai
a
i teg al
pa t
of
I dia.
Seve al
of
the
27
locatio s
have
st ategic
a d
histo ical
sig ifica ce,
i cludi g
Lo g
Ju,
the
site
of
a
1959
I dia-Chi a
milita y
co f o tatio ,
a d
Thag
La,
whe e
o e
of
the
ope i g
battles
of
the
1962
wa
took
place.
The
list
also
i cludes
Jai ampu ,
a
impo ta t
logistics
hub
i
easte
A u achal
P adesh,
as
well
as
Jaswa t
Ga h
a d
the
She -e-Thapa
Memo ial,
which
commemo ate
I dia
milita y
he oes
of
the
1962
wa .
Joi
co ve satio
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→
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you
thoughts
i
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comme ts
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Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
Mea while,
Chi a
issued
multiple
lists
of
ames
fo
places
i
A u achal
P adesh,
which
it
efe s
to
as
“Za g a ”.
Beiji g
eleased
its
fi st
list
of
six
ames
i
2017,
followed
by
15
ames
i
2021
a d
11
i
2023.
New
Delhi
has
ejected
these
ames
as
“fictitious”,
sayi g
such
attempts
seek
to
c eate
“baseless
a atives”
a d
ca ot
cha ge
the
g ou d
eality.
