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Tsogtsalu

Coordinates: 34°16′04″N 78°44′32″E / 34.2678°N 78.7421°E / 34.2678; 78.7421
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Tsogstalu
Pasture and border outpost
Tsogstalu is located in Ladakh
Tsogstalu
Tsogstalu
Coordinates: 34°16′04″N 78°44′32″E / 34.2678°N 78.7421°E / 34.2678; 78.7421
Country India
Union territoryLadakh
DistrictLeh
Elevation4,500 m (14,760 ft)

Tsogtsalu[a] or Tsolu[1] is a pasture and campsite in the Ladakh union territory of India, in the Chang Chenmo Valley close India's border with China. It is located at the confluence of the Rimdi Chu river that flows down from Marsemik La and the Chang Chenmo River. During the British Raj, this was a halting spot for travellers to Central Asia via the 'Chang Chenmo route', passing through Aksai Chin. After Indian independence, a border outpost was established here by a border police party headed by Captain Karam Singh. It continues to serve as a base for India's border forces.

Map 1: Changchenmo Valley and its branch valleys (Survey of India, 1916)
Map 2: Changchenmo Valley and its branch valleys (US AMS, 1955)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Alternative spellings: Tsogatsalu[2] and Tsogstsalu.[3]

References

Bibliography

  • Gazetteer of Kashmir and Ladak, Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing, 1890
  • India, Ministry of External Affairs, ed. (1962), Report of the Officials of the Governments of India and the People's Republic of China on the Boundary Question, Government of India Press
  • Johri, Sitaram (1969), Chinese Invasion of Ladakh, Himalaya Publications
  • Hoffmann, Steven A. (1990), India and the China Crisis, University of California Press, ISBN 978-0-520-06537-6
  • Maxwell, Neville (1970), India's China War, Pantheon Books, ISBN 978-0-394-47051-1 – via archive.org
  • Mullik, B. N. (1971), My Years with Nehru: The Chinese Betrayal, Allied Publishers – via archive.org
  • Sandhu, P. J. S.; Shankar, Vinay; Dwivedi, G. G. (2015), 1962: A View from the Other Side of the Hill, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd, ISBN 978-93-84464-37-0