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Sang, Uttarakhand
Sang (Jadhang) is a small hilly village in Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand, India, and claimed by Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, China. A tributary of the Jadh Ganga, itself an important tributary of the Bhagirathi River, flows through this place. Mana Pass and some of the nearby villages are Tirpani, Nelang and Pulam Sumda, which all lie in the valley of the Jadh Ganga. Geography See geography of Dhumku, Nelang, Pulam Sumda, Sumla and Mana Pass area and geography of Mana. History Territorial dispute The valley of the Jadh Ganga is claimed by China. Culture This area is are inhabited by the ''Char Bhutia'' tribe who practice Tibetan Buddhism. See also * India-China Border Roads * Line of Actual Control * List of disputed territories of India 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 st ...
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Jadh Ganga
Jadh Ganga, ( hi, जाध गंगा) also called Jahnavi River is a tributary of Bhagirathi in Uttarakhand state of India. Course Jadh Ganga rises, north of Mana Pass, from Lambi glacier where the river is known as Lambi Gad (Lambi river). This area administered by India lies near the LAC, the disputed defacto border between India and China, which is also claimed by China as part of Zanda County of Tibet. Lambi Gad flows from south to north, and after it takes a westward turn it is called the Mendi Gad ('Mendi river, also Mana Gad or Mana river). The Mendi Gad, while continuing west, at around 3 km converges with a south-to-north flowing rivulet which originates from the ''Surali Bamak'' glacier in the south, at further ~2 km converges with a south-to-north flowing rivulet which originates from the ''Tara Bamak'' glacier in the south, at further ~2 km converges with a south-to-north flowing Gull Gad (Gull river) which originates from the ''Mana Bamak'' glacier in the sou ...
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States And Territories Of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-independence The Indian subcontinent has been ruled by many different ethnic groups throughout its history, each instituting their own policies of administrative division in the region. The British Raj mostly retained the administrative structure of the preceding Mughal Empire. India was divided into provinces (also called Presidencies), directly governed by the British, and princely states, which were nominally controlled by a local prince or raja loyal to the British Empire, which held ''de facto'' sovereignty ( suzerainty) over the princely states. 1947–1950 Between 1947 and 1950 the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian union. Most were merged into existing provinces; others were organised into ...
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Line Of Actual Control
The Line of Actual Control (LAC), in the context of the Sino-Indian border dispute, is a notional demarcation lineAnanth KrishnanLine of Actual Control , India-China: the line of actual contest, 13 June 2020: "In contrast, the alignment of the LAC has never been agreed upon, and it is has neither been delineated nor demarcated. There is no official map in the public domain that depicts the LAC. It can best be thought of as an idea, reflecting the territories that are, at present, under the control of each side, pending a resolution of the boundary dispute." 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. The LAC is different from the borders claimed by each c ...
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India-China Border Roads
India-China Border Roads (ICBRs, ICB Roads) is a Government of India project for developing infrastructure along the Sino-Indian border by constructing strategic roads, including bridges and tunnels. The ICBR project is largely in response to Chinese infrastructure development along the borderlands with India. As of May 2021, India is constructing at least 177 roads in two phases of over total length along its Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China under the "Border Infrastructure and Management Fund" (BIMF) of Ministry of Home Affairs. This includes 73 roads of length under ICBR-I (Phase-I) approved in 2005 and additional 104 roads of more than length under ICBR-II (Phase-II) approved in 2020. India has set up an inter-departmental "Empowered Committee" (EC) headed by the Ministry of Defence to expedite the issue resolution and timely completion of ICBR infrastructure after the delay in forest/wildlife clearance and land acquisition, rugged terrain, limited working season ...
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Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (also referred to as Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, Lamaistic Buddhism, Himalayan Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism) is the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan, where it is the dominant religion. It is also in majority regions surrounding the Himalayan areas of India (such as Ladakh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and a minority in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand), in much of Central Asia, in the southern Siberian regions such as Tuva, and in Mongolia. Tibetan Buddhism evolved as a form of Mahāyāna Buddhism stemming from the latest stages of Indian Buddhism (which also included many Vajrayāna elements). It thus preserves many Indian Buddhist tantric practices of the post-Gupta early medieval period (500 to 1200 CE), along with numerous native Tibetan developments. In the pre-modern era, Tibetan Buddhism spread outside of Tibet primarily due to the influence of the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), founded by Kublai Khan, which had ruled China, ...
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Bhutia
The Bhutia (; sip, Drenjongpa/Drenjop; ; "inhabitants of Sikkim".) are a community of Sikkimese people living in the state of Sikkim in northeastern India, who speak Drenjongke or Sikkimese, a Tibetic language fairly mutually intelligible with standard Tibetan. In 2001, the Bhutia numbered around 60,300. Bhutia here refers to people of Tibetic ancestry. There are many clans within the Bhutia tribe and Inter-Clan marriages are preferred rather than marriages outside of the tribe. Bhutia The language spoken by the Bhutias in Sikkim is Sikkimese, which is 75% mutually intelligible with Tibetan and Dzongkha, the language of Bhutan. Most Bhutias practice the Nyingma school, followed by the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. The Bhutias are spread out over Sikkim, Bhutan, Uttarkhand, Himachal and Nepal and districts of Kalimpong and Darjeeling in West Bengal. History From the 8th century, people migrated from Tibet to Sikkim in small numbers. But during the 13th century many ...
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Mana Pass
, photo = Mana Village, Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India.jpeg , photo_caption = Mana Village, Badrinath, Uttarakhand, pak , elevation_m = 5632 , elevation_ref = (SRTM2) , traversed = India National Highway NH58 , location = Uttarakhand, India – Tibet, China , range = Garhwal Himalayas , map = India Uttarakhand , label = Mana , label_position = top , coords = , topo = Mana Pass ( hi, माना दर्रा; ) or Chongnyi La ( hi, चोंगनी ला‌; ) is one of the highest vehicle-accessible passes in the world, containing a road constructed in the 2005-2010 period for the Indian military by the Border Roads Organisation and visible on 2011 imagery on visual globe systems such as Google Earth. The well-graded gravel-dirt road is higher on the Indian side than the new road on the Tibetan side, and rises to on the Indian side of the border, 250 m west of the low point of the Mana Pass SRTM. Geography Mana Pass is located within the Nanda Devi Biosp ...
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Pulam Sumda
Pulam Sumda is a small hilly village which lies in Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand, India. Pulam Sumda is a part of Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand, India, and claimed by Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, China.http://www.indiandefencereview.com/news/achilles-heel-in-indias-border-defence-with-china/ Jadh Ganga, an important tributary of the Bhagirathi River, flows through this place. Some of the nearby villages are Jadhang, Sang and Nelang, which all lie in the valley of the Jadh Ganga. Geography See Geography of Dhumku, Nelang, Pulam Sumda, Sumla and Mana Pass area and Geography of Mana. Culture This area is are inhabited by the ''Char Bhutia'' tribe who practice Tibetan Buddhism. See also * India-China Border Roads * Line of Actual Control * List of disputed territories of India 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 possessio ...
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Nelang
Nelang or Nilang is a river valley of the Himalayas, containing a small eponymous village, in the Uttarkashi District of the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is close to the disputed Sino-Indian Line of Actual Control (LAC), and hence is also claimed by China as part of Zanda County of Ngari Prefecture of Tibet. Some of the nearby villages are Dhumku in the west, and Jadhang ( Sang) and Pulam Sumda in the northeast, all of which lie in the Jadh Ganga valley. Geography The Jadh Ganga, an important tributary of the Bhagirathi River, flows through a narrow gorge flanked by steep cliffs. The gorge is called Jadh Ganga valley, and part of this valley near Nelang is called ''Nelang Valley''. Uttarkashi to India–China LAC route: NH-34 from Uttarkashi city in the south to Bhaironghati (west of Gangotri) in the north via Harsil is 90 km and runs along the Bhagirathi River in the Bhagirathi valley. The Bhagirathi River and its tributary Jadh Ganga converge at Bhaironghati. ...
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Mana Pass
, photo = Mana Village, Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India.jpeg , photo_caption = Mana Village, Badrinath, Uttarakhand, pak , elevation_m = 5632 , elevation_ref = (SRTM2) , traversed = India National Highway NH58 , location = Uttarakhand, India – Tibet, China , range = Garhwal Himalayas , map = India Uttarakhand , label = Mana , label_position = top , coords = , topo = Mana Pass ( hi, माना दर्रा; ) or Chongnyi La ( hi, चोंगनी ला‌; ) is one of the highest vehicle-accessible passes in the world, containing a road constructed in the 2005-2010 period for the Indian military by the Border Roads Organisation and visible on 2011 imagery on visual globe systems such as Google Earth. The well-graded gravel-dirt road is higher on the Indian side than the new road on the Tibetan side, and rises to on the Indian side of the border, 250 m west of the low point of the Mana Pass SRTM. Geography Mana Pass is located within the Nanda Devi Biosp ...
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Bhagirathi River
The Bhāgīrathī (Pron: /ˌbʌgɪˈɹɑːθɪ/) is a turbulent Himalayan river in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and the holy river of Hinduism. In the Hindu faith, mythology, and culture, the Bhagirathi is considered the source stream of the Ganges. However, in hydrology, the other headstream, Alaknanda, is considered the source stream on account of its great length and discharge. The Bhagirathi and Alaknanda join at Devprayag in Garhwal and are thereafter known as the Ganges. Etymology Bhagiratha was a descendant of King Sagara of the Suryavanshi, or Surya Dynasty. He played an important role in the descent of the Ganges. The story of Bhagiratha is narrated in the ''Ramayana'', ''Mahabharata'', and Puranas. Wanting to show his sovereignty, King Sagara performed a ritual known as ashvamedha, where a horse was left to wander for one year. However, Indra stole the horse to prevent the ritual ...
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