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The '''Spanggur Gap''' ({{zh|s=曼冬错山口}}; {{Lang-hi|स्पंगगुर गैप}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindi-gk.com/2016/08/gk-hindi-current-affairs-august-2-3-2016/|title=|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>) is a mountain pass on the [[Line of Actual Control]] between China and India. It is a gap in the mountains to the south of the [[Pangong Lake]]. To the east of the gap is the [[Spanggur Lake]]. |
The '''Spanggur Gap''' ({{zh|s=曼冬错山口}}; {{Lang-hi|स्पंगगुर गैप}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindi-gk.com/2016/08/gk-hindi-current-affairs-august-2-3-2016/|title=|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>) is a mountain pass on the [[Line of Actual Control]] between China and India. It is a gap in the mountains to the south of the [[Pangong Lake]]. To the east of the gap is the [[Spanggur Lake]]. |
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According to Indian sources, India was in control of the Spanggur Gap during the war of 1962 and there were Indian posts there,<ref>http://www.usiofindia.org/Article/?pub=Journal&pubno=560&ano=482</ref><ref>http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/History/1962War/264-Chushul.html</ref> but it was taken over by the Chinese army during the [[Sino-Indian War]] as the Indian army withdrew in order to bolster defences of the nearby Indian village of [[Chushul]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Praval|first=Major K.C.|title=Indian Army After Independence|publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdxDcxj_wn4C|chapter=Chapter 9}}</ref><ref>http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/dont-forget-the-heroes-of-rezang-la/article4112584.ece</ref> |
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| Coordinates | 33°34′23″N 78°46′48″E / 33.573°N 78.78°E |
The Spanggur Gap (Chinese: 曼冬错山口; Hindi: स्पंगगुर गैप[1]) is a mountain pass on the Line of Actual Control between China and India. It is a gap in the mountains to the south of the Pangong Lake. To the east of the gap is the Spanggur Lake.
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- ^ http://www.hindi-gk.com/2016/08/gk-hindi-current-affairs-august-2-3-2016/.
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- ^ Jasjit Singh. China’s India War, 1962: Looking Back to See the Future: Looking Back to See the Future. p. 90.