Batalik

Batalik is a town in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, located on the upper reaches of the Indus river. It has been a focal point in all Indo-Pakistani wars because of its strategic location between Kargil, Leh and Baltistan.^[2] Operation Safed Sagar, 1971 and the Kargil war, 1999 were both fought in this region.^[3] Batalik is 56 km from Kargil and is known for its four Brokpa villages: Dah, Hanu, Garkon and Darchak. ^[4] The Brokpa tribe is believed to be directly descended from the soldiers of Alexander the Great. Most of the valley is made up of nominally Buddhist Brokpas, but a few communities have converted to Shia Islam and intermarried with other Muslim ethnic groups as a result.

References

^ lhamo, padma (26 February 2018). "Aryan cute girl from garkon". encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "Kargil anniv: 10 years later the war is Drass versus Batalik". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
^ "BATTLE FOR BATALIK". The Tribune. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
^ "Now, go for a vacation to Kargil war battlefield Batalik". Dnaindia.com. 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2017-09-30.

34°50′N 76°34′E / 34.833°N 76.567°E / 34.833; 76.567

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[1] , padma (26 February 2018). "Aryan cute girl from garkon". encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[2] "Kargil anniv: 10 years later the war is Drass versus Batalik". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2017-09-30.

[3] "BATTLE FOR BATALIK". The Tribune. Retrieved 2017-09-30.

[4] "Now, go for a vacation to Kargil war battlefield Batalik". Dnaindia.com. 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2017-09-30.

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