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Taksing is a village and headquarters of an eponymous
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in the Upper Subansiri district,
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, India. The region of Taksing is populated by
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. The village is on the bank of the Subansiri River, shortly after the river enters India from the west. Road access to the village from Limeking was provided by the
Border Roads Organisation The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is a road construction executive force in India that provides support to and is now a part of the Indian Armed Forces. BRO develops and maintains road networks in India's border areas and friendly neighboring ...
in 2018. Niharika Mandhana
India Moves Mountains to Build Military Road to China Border
The Wall Street Journal, 5 April 2017.
Taksing is on the eastern edge of the Asaphila area.


Description

Taksing is on the southern bank of the Subansiri River soon after it enters India from the west. There has been a traditional walking track on the southern bank of the river between
Gelensiniak Gelensiniak, or ''Geling Sinyik'', is a village in the Limeking Circle of the Upper Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh, India, close to the region's border with Tibet. The Gelen Vinayak BhatDespite Modi-Xi bonhomie, China moves into Arunac ...
and Taksing. The track continues west for about 3 km till the village of Ishneya, and crosses the Subansiri River to its northern bank. This being close to the confluence of Yume Chu and Subansiri rivers, tracks from Lung (in the Subansiri valley) and
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(in the Yume Chu valley) in Tibet join here. India's
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(BRO) has constructed a road between Gelensiniak and Taksing between 2009 and 2018. The southern bank of the Subansiri River is well-populated with over a dozen villages belonging to the Taksing Circle. There are also a few villages to the north of the Subansiri River. The Taksing Circle has a population of 733 people per the 2011 census. The population consists of
Na people The Nah people is a small tribal group residing in the higher reaches, below the great Himalayan ranges in Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Within the district, they are found in the villages within Taksing circle: Gumsing, ...
(or Nga people) who speak their own
Na language Na (or Narua, Mosuo) is a language of the Naish subbranch of the Naic group of the Sino-Tibetan languages. Varieties Yongning Na, which is spoken in Yongning Township, Ninglang County, Lijiang, Yunnan, China China, officially the Pe ...
. They are said to be similar to the
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populating the neighbouring Limeking Circle.


History


Tsari pilgrimage

Taksing lies in a holy ground for the Tibetans, lying on the route of the 12-yearly Tsari pilgrimage around the Dakpa Sheri mountain. The pilgrimage went down the Tsari Chu valley up to
Gelensiniak Gelensiniak, or ''Geling Sinyik'', is a village in the Limeking Circle of the Upper Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh, India, close to the region's border with Tibet. The Gelen Vinayak BhatDespite Modi-Xi bonhomie, China moves into Arunac ...
and returned via the Subansiri valley, back into the Tibetan territory. Taksing was mentioned by name in the Tibetan sources, the only one in the tribal territory to be so-mentioned. Taksing itself was a sacred site Tibetans, believed to be a tantric charnel ground named ''Ngampa Tratrok'', where certain Drukpa lamas had meditated in the past. Taksing was marked by a huge tree where the chief Tsari field-protector was believed to dwell. The last Tsari pilgrimage was conducted in 1956, after which the Sino-Indian border conflict put a stop to the relations between the two regions. After passing Taksing, the procession reached the Doring rest house on a spur above the Char river, where Charlo tribesmen brought popped corn to the famished pilgrims.


Sino-Indian border conflict

After the
1959 Tibetan uprising The 1959 Tibetan uprising (also known by other names) began on 10 March 1959, when a revolt erupted in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, which had been under the effective control of the People's Republic of China since the Seventeen Point Agreem ...
, Chinese troops arrived in Tibet in large numbers and started militarising the border. The Indian border post at Longju, near Migyitun, was attacked and driven out. India withdrew the border post to Maja. At the beginning of 1962, the Chinese activity along the border increased again. India strengthened its border post at Taksing by a platoon. In June, a dozen tribesmen from Lengbeng (Lingbing) village stole some arms from the Taksing post, allegedly under Chinese persuasion. They were intercepted and a tribesman was killed in the ensuing clash. On 23 October, the
war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...
began with the Chinese troops attacking with superior force. The Asaphila post, manned by
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, lost one JCO and 17 other ranks. After this, all the Indian border posts were ordered to withdraw to Taliha. It is believed that the Chinese would have occupied all the vacated posts. On 16 November, two thousand Chinese troops were found in the Gelensiniak area equipped with heavy weaponry. After the war, the Chinese withdrew to their previous positions, except that they retained possession of the Longju area in the Tsari Chu valley.


Border incidents


Transportation

India's
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(BRO) has constructed a
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between Gelensiniak and Taksing between 2009 and 2018. It connects Taksing to existing Gelensiniak- Limeking- Taliha-
Daporijo Daporijo is a census town in the Upper Subansiri district, Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh in the Northeast of India. Nomenclature Originally Dapo referred to "protection" or "the barrier" against the epidemic or evil spirits while Rijo stoo ...
road. All the road-building equipment was shipped, piece by piece, by helicopters and reassembled at the location. In addition, the construction teams had to battle rains, dense forests, rugged and steep mountains, landslides and resistance from the local tribes who claim ancestral ownership of the mountains. ANI
BRO creates history through road link to China border
Business Standard, 17 May 2018.
It was reported that the road was in bad condition in 2020.‘Abduction’ spotlight on poor border roads in Arunachal
The Telegraph (Kolkata), 8 September 2020.
Another strategic road was constructed by BRO in 2017 in
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between Huri (which is already connected to Koloriang) and Sarli after heavy construction equipment was heli-airlifted from
Ziro Ziro is a town and the district headquarters of the Lower Subansiri district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is included the Tentative List for UNESCO's World Heritage Site for the '' Apatani cultural landscape''. The part of the ...
, which will enable Koloriang-Huri-Sarli-Taliha-Daporijo connectivity by facilitating the construction of the remaining Sarli-Taliha section.Border Road Org builds strategic road in remote Arunachal near China
Business Standard, 4 Sept 2017.
SARDP approved roads
SARDP plan, 2017.
Once Taliha-Daporijo, Taliha-
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, Taliha-
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(headquarter of
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are completed, all of which were under construction in February 2021 while facing land acquisition issues, it will provide the strategic frontier connectivity from
Seppa Seppa (formerly known as Sabpa) is the headquarters of the East Kameng district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. ''Sabpa'' means 'marshy' land in the local dialect. It lies on the bank of Kameng River and there is a helipad there. It ...
-Tamsang Yangfo-Sarili-Koloriang-Sarili-Nacho (and beyond to Daporijo-Taksing)-Tato (and beyond to Mechuka-Gelling and Aalo).Defence committee: action taken report
Parliament of India, 12 Feb 2021.


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