India, China troops disengage at LAC friction point in Ladakh
For Prelims
About Line of Actual Control
- The Line of Actual Control (LAC) is the military held demarcation line that separates the Indian-controlled territory from the Chinese-controlled territory.
- This was set up after the 1962 Indo-Chinese war. The Chinese currently control the Aksai Chin region.
- LAC is not agreed upon by the two countries, and is neither delineated on a map nor demarcated on the ground.
It is divided into three sectors:
- the eastern sector which covers Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim and is 1346 km long;
- the middle sector in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh which is 545 km long;
- and the western sector in Ladakh which is 1597 km long.
About McMahon Line
- The 3,488 km long boundary between India and China is known as McMahon Line after its designer Sir Henry McMahon.
- McMahon Line was created as a result of a tripartite conference in 1913 between the British Indian Government, Government of Tibet and Government of China.
- It spans 890 kilometres from the corner of Bhutan to the Isu Razi Pass on the Myanmar border, along the crest of the Himalayas.
- China refuses to acknowledge McMahon line as the border and has claimed Indian territories as part of their territory.
Source The Hindu
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