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    Nathu La(Tibetan: རྣ་ཐོས་ལ་, Wylie: Rna thos la, THL: Na tö la, Sikkimese: རྣ་ཐོས་ལ་) is a mountain pass in the Dongkya Range of the Himalayas between...
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    The Nathu La and Cho La clashes, sometimes referred to as Indo-China War of 1967, Sino-Indian War of 1967, were a series of border clashes between China...
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    China decided to capture four critical posts in Sikkim: Nathu La, Jelep La, Sebu La and Cho La. These posts were strategically valuable, as they oversaw...
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    that connects Lhasa to India. The pass is about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of Nathu La and is slightly higher. It was frequently used for trade between Tibet...
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    protectorate. The Nathu La clashes started on 11 September 1967, when the People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, and lasted...
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    The pass is one of India's border trading points with Tibet along with Nathu La in Sikkim, and Lipulekh in Uttarakhand. The pass is close to town of Khab...
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  • officer in the Indian Army notable for his participation in the Nathu La and Cho La clashes 1967. He displayed exemplary courage and leadership during...
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  • to visit only 2 passes out of these several BPM passes/sites, Bum La Pass and Nathu La, only on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, only after...
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    of "La / Lah" are Nathu La (on the Sikkim–Tibet border), Baralacha La (on the Leh–Manali Highway), Khardung La, Fotu La, Namika La and Pensi La, to name...
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    Premier Zhou Enlai in 1959. The Nathu La and Cho La clashes took place from September–October of 1967. The Nathu La clashes started on 11 September 1967...
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  • Autonomous Region. It is situated around four miles to the north-west of Nathu La. Cho La used to be the main mountain pass between Sikkim and the Chumbi Valley...
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  • film written, directed and produced by J. P. Dutta, based on 1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes along the Sikkim border after 1962 Sino-Indian War. It stars...
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  • joined the Punjab Regiment (India). Singh was martyred in 1968 near the Nathu La (pass) in eastern Sikkim, India. A board besides his shrine describes that...
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    Sino-Indian relations. On 6 July 2006, the Sikkimese Himalayan pass of Nathu La was opened to cross-border trade, becoming the first open border between...
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    Sino-Indian War memorial are a tourist attraction. There is a meeting hut there. Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Indian state of Sikkim and once part of the historic...
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    away from Gangtok on the Gangtok-Nathula highway. Further, the road to Nathu La skirts the lake on the north side. The Chinese border crossing is only...
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    connected to Sikkim to the southwest via the mountain passes of Nathu La and Jelep La. The valley is at an altitude of 3,000 m (9,800 ft), and being on...
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    both countries clashed in Sikkim. These conflicts were dubbed the "Nathu La" and "Cho La" clashes respectively, in which advancing Chinese forces were forced...
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    crossing over to China. The Nathu La route was opened in 2015 and involves travelling to Gangtok before crossing the Nathu La pass into China. Since 2015...
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  • will be extended till Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, and later to the Nathu La pass, along the border with Tibet. This railway line lies under Northeast...
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    than that of their adversaries, to decisive tactical advantage at Nathu La and Cho La near the Sikkim-Tibet border. Hoontrakul, Ponesak (2014), "Asia's...
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    NH1 in J&K (Zoji La pass tunnel), Leh-Manali Highway in J&K and Himachal Pradesh (Lungalacha La, Bara-lacha la, Tanglang La, Shingo La near Nimo and Rohtang...
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  • First Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954) Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958) Nathu La and Cho La clashes (1967) Sino-Soviet border conflict (1969) Battle of the Paracel...
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  • had been washed away. China–India relations Bhutan–China relations Nathu La and Cho La clashes Siliguri Corridor Sino-Indian War Tetulia Corridor "India...
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    Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Rajnath Singh visit to Nathu La. On 21 May 2018, he commissioned Bastariya Battalion. As Union Home Minister...
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    Balakot airstrike Congo Crisis Sino-Indian border skirmish 1987 Nathu La and Cho La clashes Doklam standoff 2020 Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan...
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    military conflicts – the Sino-Indian War of 1962, the border clashes in Nathu La and Cho La in 1967, and the 1987 Sumdorong Chu standoff. Since the late 1980s...
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    the 3,488-km India-China border from the Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Diphu La in Arunachal Pradesh,for which it has 32 battalions and 157 outposts. The...
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  • Balakot airstrike Congo Crisis Sino-Indian border skirmish 1987 Nathu La and Cho La clashes Doklam standoff 2020 Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan...
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    had been killed in action against the PLA had been during the 1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes. In October 1975, a patrol of the Assam Rifles (a paramilitary...
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