Why Yangtse clash underlines criticality of Tawang, links to Sumduruong Chu row in 1986-87

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[@anubhav2271]

Dear Shekhar Gupta Sir , Why are you not taking an interview of PM Modi on his works ? I think you are the best journalist for doing this work. You are not biased and are based on the facts of the matter. That interview will be historic. @ThePrintIndia

[@hardayaldawra1458]

Beautifully explained Guptaji, But difficult to Apprehend. So far we believed Himalayas will defend us but now we have to defend The Himalayas.😮😮😊😊

[@sankalp6872]

Many seem set on the PM's response to the Chinese incursion. IMO, the PM should not respond. Firstly, the Chinese President hasn't addressed the issue publicly. Secondly, Our PM wouldn't know what to speak. We are NOT the ones encroaching on territories, and we can't go Zelensky with our "Christmas list". Any PM-level response will signal WEAKNESS. We need to engage the Chinese on our terms and not theirs. Words like "Pitai" from someone claiming to be on an All-India-Unity tour are harmful to our national resolve. We need to be PATIENT and CALCULATING with the Chinese.

[@mg.f.9023]

Most of all we have to be united. Guess PM can use the word United Bharat.

[@hirenmehta9371]

You have to say it as it happened, instead of suppressing the truth like China & Pakistan does, from its citizens. That's what separates us from them.

[@vemaraju]

in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king #RIPIndia

[@virajraundal7340]

I wonder how much bashing Pakistan in pretty much every political rally he held back in 2019 hurt the Indian security.

[@avijitganguly7195]

@@mg.f.9023 Why is Rahul Gandhi trying to demotivate the Indian Army?

[@mongogoose]

As always, as expected, a very well informed piece by Shekarji. One feedback, if I may, will be to keep the labels at the top - "ThePrint", "Episode xxxx", "Representational" etc. - watermarked or with atleast 50% transparency whenever we are shown snapshots with information all over the screen - like a map, or a newspaper clipping. This will help in reading and understanding the snapshots clearly. Case in point at 11:16.

[@ThePrintIndia]

You are so right. We will try to ensure that this changes. Thank you for writing in...best wishes, SG

[@snowcrystal10]

प्रो चीन attitude

[@krishnaxyz]

Excellent episodes on Tawang sector. Snehesh Alex Philips and Shekhar Gupta are doing a good job on explaining the issue in full context and objectively.

[@vivekapte2835]

I so look forward to your broadcasts Shekhar ji. Thank you for helping me know how Tawang is pronounced.

[@rdc515]

Sir! The 1969 book is entitled Himalayan FRONTIERS by Dorothy WOODMAN. I found an e-copy on google. Thank you for discovering it for us. Just correcting the misspelt and mistaken titles here.

[@hirenmehta9371]

What is confounding is the Indian government's official recognition of Tibet as being part of China in 1998-99. What was the compulsion? India should always recognize Tibet as an independent country and this would continue to be a thorn to the Chinese. But now we have less leverage because we gave in. Another mistake was to return the West Pakistani territory captured during the 1971 war back to Pakistan, as a gesture of goodwill. India should have asked for PoK or Aksai Chin in return.

[@himanshugautam3405]

Some of captured villages in ladakh were not returned to pakistan like Thang and others. Tawang was historically part of Tibet until British took it and by recognizing Tibet as part of China enabled China to claim tawang even more vociferously.

[@UwUO-OUwU]

@@himanshugautam3405 India has a moral responsibility to back Tibet because of our cultural links and the Tibetans living & serving in India. But how much of that is applicable in RealPolitik is questionable. Tibet & Taiwan are two thorns in the CCP grand plan for conquest. As long as Arunachal & Ladakh is within India CCP will never be able to dissolve the Tibetan culture & history into Han Chinese. And Taiwan with its contested SCS & allies will be a hard test for CCP. Without the two everything that CCP stands for can be argued.

[@spetsnazGru487]

India recognised Tibet as part of China in return of China recognizing Sikkim as part of India. India exchanged territory with Pakistan in western side, it was not an unilateral decision.Also did hold certain villages of Pakistan and vice versa after the 1971 war.

[@spetsnazGru487]

India should have asked POK is the most bullshit.Did you know the land area we captured in 1971and the land area of POK.What kind of stupid opinion is this.

[@hirenmehta9371]

@@spetsnazGru487 We didn't need Chinese recognition of Sikkim since the border areas are regions that China continues to transgress just to keep the Indian army alert and on its toes. China will never respect border areas. On the whole it seems like a strategic mistake to have ended the Tibet debate over our borders which China continues to breach.

[@Mr88ssss]

Thanks

[@dandmello5283]

Once again a big thank you ShekarGuptaSir...it's worth reading and reading your post...as you are covering the current affairs stories...day in and day out..as you did it then...many many years ago👍👍👍

[@vigd2634]

Great episode. History is full of of lessons..this elevates culture and level of journalism

[@ashokkumartripathi6836]

I have read that Rajiv Gandhi panicked Just like Nehru. It was Sunderji who held his nerve. You avoided to say this.

[@sarath8317]

can u mention the source brother?

[@ashokkumartripathi6836]

@@sarath8317 Sir you can see the book '1962 A War That was Not' by Shiv Kunal Verma .In this book meeting between Lt General (Retired) SPS Thorat and Mr Nehru had been mentioned and condition of then PM is detailed.

[@hindustani1606]

@@ashokkumartripathi6836 Yes i also read this book। Best book

[@dhirajmusicofficial]

Superbly explained as always. Thank you.

[@TENZINYONTENTY]

His pronunciation of "Yantse" is accurate.

[@va3334]

Shekhar stresses that In the hills heights matter and then goes on to add ridges matter and valleys matter , so shekhar ji put it simply every inch of land matters

[@vivekapte2835]

Your initials are the same as mine and your thoughts too yet for the record we are different individuals.

[@jw8752]

Absolutely great insight in to our boarder standoff with China on the Arunachal front! Thank you print!

[@7hills812]

Good episode - one correction. The original champion of weak Govts - Nehru lasted for 17 years. Unfortunately his Govt did not go quickly like the VP Singh’s Govt

[@sureshnaidu201]

Nehru govt is not weak...but when his own ppl not united when nations at war... that is the govt undoing

[@kokuyocamlin07]

Yes yes have you ever read how India got Goa even after all the attempt from Portuguese Government to not let it go.

[@padmasenan557]

Times were different. Nehru may have erred grievously vis a vis China. But it would be grossly unfair to him in his priority of Nation building to say he was weak. India was a poor country of teaming millions, and our resources had been drained by years of colonization and subjugation

[@LifeizSimple]

India has very little chance to move forward with people like your mindset who lives only on hate.

[@rkdash2006]

Dear Sekhar, All your explanations are excellent , however it is very difficult to understand the map and keep pace with your explanation. What would help if you keep a pointer. e.g. when you say west of Tawang, 30 km north etc.. it becomes little difficult. Thank you

[@rajeshnair1030]

Agree.. Maps with pointers and directions will help in understanding it better.. unless you guys are not clear yourselves😊

[@akashbhasin788]

I didn't get it, could you explain again?

[@tonyraheja1]

Well covered SG.,. Except the abrupt ending

[@GururajBN]

Many thanks for a very instructive and informative presentation. I have read a few books on Indo-China border dispute. This problem is clearly a legacy from the British Imperial rule. They were high handed in dealing with a relative weak chinese government, which had only nominal control over Tibet. Henry Macmahon unilaterally drew the so-called "Macmahon Line" in 1902 or so. Until 1938, Tawang itself was not occupied by the British Indian army. This has became a game of chess. You allow the opposing foot soldier on the chess board to your side, he will devastate your side. Now, there is no choice but to adhere to the onerous parting gift of the British.

[@RakeshKumar-ks9do]

It is really a good video. Very informative

[@BijayKumar-zm5eb]

Any updates on escalations occurring now?

[@ramachandrankannan274]

Very interesting. However, I wonder if SG is upto using more modern techniques in spotlighting areas of the map as it is difficult to follow them otherwise. The ending seemed very abrupt

[@kawaljeetsingh1970]

EXCELLENT ANALYSIS. THANKS.

[@ajitdesai7212]

During those years ,we installed such hydel stations at Pasighat ,Along ,Bomdila and Tawang. All under CPWD

[@vivekapte2835]

You're drinking or what? What is your point, and by the way what is this CPWD that you assume i must be ignorant if you're too lazy to spell out?

[@Divineenergy551]

Basically, the strings starts in Arunchal , Tawang and so on, and tied to congress leaders, Rajiv, Indira, Narismha Rao in the end and bottom line is, they were not weak governments. The issue is, India did not develop a robust network of Roads, airstrips and other defense infrastructure, where Chinese built them for the last 50 years, Our time is spent in asking the proof for defence operations in enemy territory.

[@sarveshlr110]

😊excellent detailed analysis of the present impasse.

[@mg.f.9023]

The trade deficit difference between imports and exports, between India and China touched 51.5 billion$ during April-October this fiscal year 2022.

[@sankalp6872]

So, what? The Americans and the Chinese consider each other EXISTENTIAL THREATS and yet have a booming trade. The US trade deficit in this enterprise is over $400 billion. The Chinese are the world's factory. No country can disengage with China. Developing domestic industries will take time and need money. India's problems are compounded by anti-Industry lobbies.

[@mg.f.9023]

@@sankalp6872 And what is the government focused on? Holding on to power by playing communal politics, instead of focusing on Development!

[@LifeizSimple]

@@mg.f.9023 people tell that all developments came only after Modi came to power.

[@mg.f.9023]

@@LifeizSimple Yes Fuel prices developed from Rs60 to Rs 100+ Gas Cylinder prices developed from Rs300 to Rs900+ INR Developed from INR 64 to INR 82+ to 1USD Free press/Media developed to Godi Media Independent Institutions turned to BJP run Institutions Election promises developed into Jumlas. United Indians developed into Hindus and Minorities. Indians are still awaiting INR 15 lacks to develop in their bank accounts.

[@KripalSingh-uz1pw]

How this relates to what has happened on December 9,2022?

[@zeus1378]

I hear you every day......follow u since ur old days ind express....salute...pl do one cut the clutter on the coup story 2004....

[@rajendranathanmnair4122]

There was no cuop story. It was a figment of imagination by Indian express then edited I believe by our very SG

[@pratapkhamari8793]

Have u visited that area ? From Report it seems. u r very familiar with the area.

[@เมืองน้ําดํา]

As an esteemed historian, could you please share your knowledge on the Mau Mau massacre.

[@JS-zc2jr]

An absolute Masterclass from our #OG Mr. #ShekharGupta 💪

[@tusharsonvani7491]

Can we please cover the ongoing Peru conflict?

[@ramachandramthadakapelly6335]

Great work ❤ Lot of information 🙏

[@rajeshdaviyal4602]

General Sundarji was a character we must celebrate more often in our public lives.

[@pardeeptandon]

The silence of Modi jee during the recent clash in Tawang gives the impression that Xi Jinping has made a PAPPU out of Modi ji; he should take inspiration from Indra Gandhi and teach China a lesson. Indra Gandhi created Bangladesh despite America siding with Pakistan.

[@any7334]

Thanks for the laboured effort to explain that erstwhile indian govt of Indira Gandhi made efforts, howsoever feeble, to build some army presence on Tawang border. This cleverly masks the sheer inefficiency of that party's govt whose defence minister Antony famously said ' we don't build infrastructure lest Chinese find it easy to invade us'. That being said, the Mr Gupta inadvertently let the truth slip through when he said(10.35onwards)... " the strategy of not building defence near Tawang and create real defence only deeper inside Indian territory near Sule was that the then govt decided to protect India ' (and not bother about its peripheries) -my words in brackets. THIS WAS THE MENTALITY. North East didn't really matter to them. No wonder development didn't take at all in that part of the country. It was only Modi and his govt that took a real interest in North East and the result is for all to see. This wishywashy effort by Gupta ji to recap some history is merely to remind us that see there was some spine in Indira's time as well. Maybe he didn't mean that but we now know better how the erstwhile left liberal narrative worked. Thankfully their time is over or fast coming to an end. But we need to be alert. Vigilance that is eternal is the price freedom. Isnt it?...

[@LifeizSimple]

So they didn't move forward after that ? People chose the narrative which suits them. A country can't be run by a single party for long. It will only make them lethargic. BJP has risen to level where congress need to a lot of work. But no signs of that.

[@titaboria]

You are an idi*t. Bringing politics into everything....

[@arundevadiga4883]

Good historical view but we r not clear on the present day escalation

[@SkSingh-tu8un]

Mr Shekhar Gupta has rightly stated in this brilliant episode that where national interest is concerned all parties are on the same page. Nehru took action against the Nizam and in Goa. He ordered the army to throw out the Chinese even though his order led to the disaster of 1962. Shastri did a good job in 1965 in taking the battle to the Pakistanis. Indira Gandhi put Pakistan in its place,merged Sikkim. Rajiv Gandhi held his own at Sumdorong Chu. VP Singh with his buckling down on the Rubaiyya Sayed case has rightly been dubbed as weak. Narsimha Rao reached a agreement in 1993 which helped keep the peace till the summer of 2020. The present government did Balakot and made its intentions clear. Vajpayee too upheld the national interest. However now with repeated transgressions by the Chinese it is a matter of consideration as to whether the agreement is being misused. I think the Chinese side is trying out a modified version of the wolf! wolf !! fable. Today they are coming unarmed but one fine day they could come armed. Therein lies the danger. A wider escalation may follow. So much depends on the intention of the Chinese Meanwhile the politics going on should not be taken as a division in the national intent. It is normal for opposition to call for resignation of those in government. Don't recall anyone actually resigning. However if it comes to a actual conflict all will be united

[@ajitdesai7212]

And before that in 1968 ,I had fully read and understood, Himalayan Blunder by Brigadier John Parshuram Dalvi. Father of Michael Dalvi ,good cricketer.

[@Learner_being]

SG seemed to be very happy when China clash with India at various point on border. His argue - 1. Modi due to his divisive politics, has to confront Pakistan at every time when Pakistan do terrorist attack and has to take action because he has made this image just to win election (points to be noted) Pakistan is weak so modi can do this with Pakistan. What this case is not same with China 2. Then he mocks that modi will not be able to do this with China because china is not like Pakistan. Clash will increase tension between China and India. China is always like that (liberandu reporter were used to be like this when cong rule) India will have to face forcely because if Indian soldiers will not do then this will hurt Modi image and he will loose election. 3- these liberandu reporter take everything to election, divisive politics, image branding but don't care about that India should be always like this - Pakistan is no match for India. We can beat Pakistan any time. Liberandu: what modi will do with China Then i want to say stop all your this demeaning reports. You not focus on That New India is ready for face to face with china (because this make you forced to accept that modi is making strong image of India, if you will say it will benefit modi) So you try to correlate Modi Is forced to confront china with Indian soldiers because Modi has to protect his image. Liberandu people never want to accept that modi is bringing some good changes (easily able to beat Pakistan, Face off with china) This is liberandu problem they think everything modi is doing for winning. Before Modi, Indian pm never do some basic things which should be done from starting For example celebration of diwali with Indian soldiers (liberandu says this is for election) But liberandu here modi wants to give message to upcoming pm that you should be like this. Modi giving freedom to soldiers on ground level so that they can take decision at their level if Pakistan do bombing at border,China do anything like clashing. How much great your soldiers will be , but they can't win war without basic things like gun,shoes (Indian soldiers had not at time of 1962 war, air force was not used by nehru why i think he got message from real pm that India will have to loose this war from Britain ) and modern technology. At one time , liberandu of India thinking that India should abolish their army 😂😂. So stop this journalism where everytime you think about - I'f we will say this than it will help modi. We haven't problem in criticism of modi but please stop this nonsense -😂😂 That modi is forced to face china because of his hard image on national security ( if this is right then it should be any country should have pm like this to protect national security) 🙏 Please stop your nonsense. I am saying you this because all this nonsense you said when Galwan clash occurred. Telling because don't want that supporters of sg came here that sg didn't say this in above video. When you praise Modi, then liberandu came to tell you are andhbhakt 😂😂...... But liberandu are underestimating people (andhbhakt by liberandu) because a large junk of these people is not happy with modi on various issue (no increase day by day because their eye are opening like me - for example appeasement is happening through bjp govt like congress government) Liberandu will never understand us . We praise Modi for good work like somehow giving deserved value to sanathan dharma, building infra. But totally unhappy - 1.how they dealt in Nupur Sharma case. 2.Failure in stopping anti CAA riot 3.Failure in stopping Shaheen bagh 4.Failure in giving befitting reply to islamic countries like do with west. Doing appeasement of minority which is more that 25cr (how can you be called when your number is already high for even call yourself minority but this is happening because India secularism is one sided. 5 why govt is careless in dealing with anti national living in India and spreading propaganda. All above 5 points always in my mind and many more points also. But when comes to voting then- over infra, over national security, over strengthen the image of India Bjp always win Over appeasement - all parties are equal (tmc,aap,trs,dmk,bjp,sp,cong etc ), don't know about future but still today bjp leader don't cry for killing of terrorist 😂😂. Bjp don't get votes from them but still said after winning election that they got their chunk of votes of Muslim 😂😂. What liberandu says that there is no alternative of bjp yes i agree we want alternative of bjp ourselves more than liberandu. But to all liberandu , we don't want cong, tmc ,aap like alternative 😂😂 We want more nationalist party than bjp and more nationalist leader than modi who completely remove colonial mindset (not doing something like Modi to acceptances from international media like Modi do) and who completely make India true secular (stopping all Sharia Shaw law which are in India) And who stop appeasement completely. So liberandu you just keep underestimate people of India and living dream of like you are in 2004 . And i deeply understand pain of liberandu journalist At time of pm manmohan singh At foreign trip - 1. Luxurious hotels 2. Luxurious food 3. Luxurious wines Many things more like flat in India, allowance 😂😂. Making govt, selecting portfolios for netas - Indian journalist has done everything 😂😂 25 years celebration of news channel on Indian president house 😂😂 Liberandu,chamchas of congress should know andhbhakt are not like them who just sold their country for money. Please liberandu don't come here with nonsense that - modi ne sab kuch bek diya 😂😂. Heard of such nonsense a lot.😂😂

[@sdutta27]

Shekhar Sir.. We want your cut the clutter on Argentina winning the FIFA WC 2022. Though there is no such clutter to cut, but still will be great to hear your wisdom and thoughts about Argentina being the WC champions and well, also the Qatar hosting the same brilliantly and how it impacts India' chance as a probable host some year maybe. Thank you Sir :)

[@ajayplays1943]

Uncle at his best. This is what gets his juices flowing.

[@karan200590]

did the chinese capture somdurung chu even after the negotiations? who has the control over it today?

[@vivektripathi6459]

Good knowledge sharing

[@valerianpereira1259]

Shift the Goal post to Tibet borders.. Our LAXMAN REKA to be well defied..solid.

[@ajitdesai7212]

You are giving wrong information. In 1972 ,I visited Tawang to erect micro hydel electric generator. And Tawang town ,beautiful was there. Till then electricity was supplied by Diesel generators. We installed 25/50 kw. Micro hydel to supply electricity.

[@JS-zc2jr]

#ThePrint 🌟

[@arkabanerjee1627]

Clear concept..all misconceptions

[@zigzagzog100]

After long A good episode But also make ctc on new covid wave in China.

[@akshaypatil8589]

Pls check. It wasn't 6 Raj Rif. It was 2 or 4 Raj Rif if my studies are correct

[@Shanky15]

2 Rajput not Rajrif

[@priyanks91]

Thanks for the comments on old strong govts. Pretty eye opening, our operations in 80s.

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you for watching...best wishes, SG

[@cpelcring3900]

Arunachal Pradesh state shouldn't be part of India. It should be either part of Bhutan or part of China 🇨🇳 because of the ethnic and cultural similarities.

[@hardayaldawra1458]

Depending upon the circumstances we did our level best always all the times but our enemy is not straight forward. 😂😂😂

[@NaveenKumar-xs5ie]

Good one

[@no_name5696]

why we are calling this yangse? a Chinese name?

[@lamkoiyeenkoiyeen4437]

It's Chinese land🤣🤣🤣

[@audreychen5363]

That is not a Chinese name. Arunachal Pradesh is historically a part of the southern Tibet and was forcefully annexed by the britishers to British India. If you accept that part to be a part of India then accept their language and people. They talk Tibetan language there which is similar to Chinese mandarin (just like Hindi and Bengali).

[@ChristopherFynn001]

Not a Chinese name. This is a Tibetan language or Bhutanese language name.

[@LifeizSimple]

What should be the name ?

[@AmitSingh-pd7nu]

Where’s Yangtse in the Indian map?

[@AmitSingh-pd7nu]

Couldn’t locate it in the Indian map

[@AmitSingh-pd7nu]

Sorry..on the map

[@AyushPandey-tm9qr]

Its a region not place. Might be near bumla road

[@AyushPandey-tm9qr]

You can see bhutan side of border with yangtse name

[@ChristopherFynn001]

Near NE corner of Bhutan.

[@surenderganga1986]

From where does this theory that china wants to enter our minds before the territory comes from. As if there is no Chinese presence in India in another form tangible or intangible.

[@justinjoseph129]

"Unthinkingly" == foolishly??

[@orunabho]

If you 🏃‍♂️ away from a mad 🐕 the beast will just jump on you eat you. The idea is to show its place.

[@Peddayana]

Low tech program, maps not clearly marked.

[@yadurmahabala1313]

Somdurang chu incident was the creation of the Indian side.

[@Boldy514]

99 comments , so making it 100.🤓

[@Kenkalsi]

Nd Tiwari would have given whole Arunachal pradesh for a bolo job by a Chinese girl. Jokes apart ND Tiwari would have given whole ne actually.

[@harsh14022]

The govt should give a free hand to army like 1987 to occupy area other side of LAC in response to chinese occupation in depsang instead of just reacting to chinese moves & trying appease them with peace overtures.We should be assertive with them as they respect power & not friendship which our PM is trying very hard to achieve in every meeting with Xi jin ping.

[@parshowjyotiphukan8445]

No matter the political differences, we must give credit ton where it is due. Indira Gandhi was one of our strongest PMs, arguably our strongest. Truly the Iron Lady.

[@milindkarambelkar]

Good to listen that Indira and Rajiv showed some guts. I think that is whole purpose to counter Modi media. But what after that? Why infrastructure was not built to match Chinese?

[@atikurchoudhury4756]

If are a poor country which India is/ was/is, good way to counter advancing military is lack of roads and infra. Think about it. How are they going to get their soldiers vital logistics, food, equipment etc

[@barathsarathi]

V P Singh was a great leader pointing him in this subject was not necessary.

[@SkpalTube]

If this incident had happened during BJP rule, they would have a media spectacle around it.

[@taiwanisanindependentcount7731]

As you can see the only way to defend India is by growing her economy. And India can grow only if the free market economy is allowed to flourish. When British Came to India, India enjoyed 25% of World economy. That time there were no Govt. railways, no Govt. airlines, no Govt. industries. Individual Indians worked hard and built her economy. Unshackle India again.

[@fredindie]

Yogi should be let loose in this areas, he will ensure all area names are changed to simpler ones!

[@ashokanvilvanathan3431]

Tarek Fathe exposed what's the dogmatic effect of Pakistan. Today India understood Pakistan's weakness and strength. Similarly we need to know about China. Chinese the walk slow people.

[@ganeshdore]

General SundarJi .... Krishnaswamy SundarRajan was Chief of Army Staff.... and stood by his guns... .....told Rajiv Gandhi ....if you are thinnk you are not getting professional advice... Get some one else....or to that effect .... // Chinese backed down in 1988...in Tawang Heights. He also took care of Operation Blue Star ( Amritsar Temple in 1987 )...in command style. He was unable to complete the SriLanka Peacekeeping effort ( 1988 ) ...mostly because Rajeev Gandhi would not give him a free hand... Military is is good for only one thing ..Killing . and dominating the enemy ....... not keeping a political peace.

[@hll4017]

Why do you keep on showing this stupid, meaningless Franklin Templeton advertisement which doesn't carry any sense at all

[@rkdash2006]

I believe they show it for adverstizement... revenue is required. and the good thing is they do it in the beginning and do not disturb the flow inbetween

[@drdr73]

klemta to bumla in summer i made it in 2 hours but in winter i made it in 8 fours....c 1984

[@drdr73]

the Chinese in 62 bypassed sela and reached dirangzong

[@orunabho]

SG. Why not book a slot for CTC in a cableTV news channel, like the way NDTV started. And grow from there. Maybe NDTV itself.

[@sanjeevgarg4336]

No HALO during 86! Arun Nehru became the fall guy. Troops marched hundreds of kilometers before reaching their posts and were kept supplied by use of Animal Transport. It is not as simple and glorious of Political class as being presented. Anyways, IA is much better prepared now. In China's Scheme of things Bhutan has no relevance and is considered netural country which can be occupied, that is to be factored to understand the strategic significance of the area.

[@adithya1580]

My humble appeal to the The print team to stop using the word "Yangtze"...since It's the Chinese name, pls use the Indian name. The Chinese have already won half the battle if everybody in India is gonna call our territory by the Chinese name.

[@mg.f.9023]

The Chinese have won half the battle when BJP government is busy in being divisive to hold on to political power.

[@patmclaughlin107]

It doesn't have an Indian name. Nor do places like Tawang, Bumla, Nathu La, etc. They are either Tibetan names or Chinese names.

[@ocs748]

@@patmclaughlin107 Indian name is the place name officially used by the Indian State. Not the origin of it.

[@AyushPandey-tm9qr]

Arunachali have tibetan and Mongol linguistic heritage so they have those names. Culturally and civilizationally they are Indian and obviously by nationality too. So let's not keep the definition of Indian narrow

[@patmclaughlin107]

@@AyushPandey-tm9qr You just said they are Tibetan. How are they then "culturally and civilization ally Indian"?

[@tenzintsundue8923]

Fighting China in Tibet. India borders Tibet, not China.

[@viswanathanseshadri1047]

Gupta Jo throwing around a lot of exotic names like a gyani hoping the government's silence and reluctance to get into a slanging match on the subject would make the government look stupid in contrast. He may well succeed also, many Indians who may well fall for this.

[@tmw007]

Not learned any lessons from Gulwan Incident. Should have buried sticks and clubs tactics long back. The govt should take bold steps and issue command to open fire upon any encroachment. Soft diplomacy won't work and save the face.

[@arunnair9166]

Sirji, please get a good graphics designer for your maps. Without understand maps your whole explanation is waste. We cannot understand 30 km east west etc.

[@rekhaagarwal73]

Talking biased story . Exposing India weakness.congress Gandhi elated.Loss of land not discussed

[@LifeizSimple]

😂 all the previous generations before you i e. your forefathers were weak and useless. That's why India lost land.

[@baronvode9962]

It's not Young-Say, it's Young-Tzzzzzz. 😊

[@milaanpatel4997]

great lines of the talk "(peace since 1988)..... (lasted).... until, Xi Jinping, as you know now, woke up one morning, and ruined it."

[@garyish]

Shekhar Sir, the Chinese didn’t go back in 1962 due to “generosity”. This word is not in their dictionary.. look at their belt and road loan terms 😂 The Chinese went back because the US threatened intervention if the war dragged on for too long.

[@viswanathanseshadri1047]

You are absolutely right. They went back because they had advanced so far forward which even they in their wildest dreams did not imagine. And where they stayed back, they had actually come there for the first time. They spent the next 50.years consolidating their.position before launching still further incursions.

[@pardeeptandon]

BJP loves to go back in History shortly they would be blaming Prithvi Raj Chuhan for the Mugal rule on India !!!!!!!!

[@r.vsaibabu9537]

good work by the congress govts but not the events like today govt

[@srinivasanr1565]

Your maps have gone from bad to worse. Neither are they legible nor even focused. Let alone trying to co relate what you say. Even the undergraduates would make better graphical presentation. You keep repeating statements and words as if you are trying memories for yourself not for others! To be Frank a rank bad vdo. Even worse Audio. Sorry state.

[@libshastra]

Nehru's Govt was not just weak when it comes to India's National security, it was a disaster. VP Singh was just weak but not a disaster.

[@avijitganguly7195]

Why is Rahul Gandhi trying to demotivate the Indian Army?

[@kalaichelvannadarajan5299]

👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌

[@ravirajaka]

Please do a ctc on chinese investments in Guj from 2004 to 2013

[@mg.f.9023]

The trade deficit difference between imports and exports, between India and China touched 51.5 billion$ during April-October this fiscal year 2022.

[@KJ-tq3sm]

8 critically injured and airlifted to Guwahati hospital. Guwahati hospital SAYS HI!

[@Dipanajan]

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[@KJ-tq3sm]

@@Dipanajan - Reported to Modi. Thank you sir 🤡🤡💩💩

[@ammlu3556]

Poor Porki

[@samalashivasurya5574]

Print is anti india always showing map intentionally wrong.

[@patmclaughlin107]

Before someone can accuse me of being a "Chinese bot", let me say - I am a real Indian human being. It is clear from this presentation and AS Bhasin's work, that India was not a "victim" of Chinese aggression. The reality is much more complex. We inherited a lot of territory that is really not part of the Bharatavarsha, if you will. Places like Ladakh and Tawang are clearly Tibetan. Another such example is Sikkim. Granted, they are not part of the Chinese civilization either. But before we confidently claim that these places are all "integral part of India", we need to realize they have become part of India only through the Indian/British occupation of these territories. The best, to my mind, will be to acknowledge these realities, and make a reasonably good peace deal with the Chinese. Underline reasonably. Then we can reduce military spending, and invest the money in building the nation.

[@aashishtrue271]

Kailash mansarovar is hindu's territory since ages, Chinese occupying it... We will take them back.

[@Kenkalsi]

Nehru attacked China n China only replied. We are taught that Chinese attacked us which is wrong. It was nehrus forward policy which kept attacking Chinese from many years so at last Chinese replied. They slapped nehru n gone back 10-20km from real LAC.

[@patmclaughlin107]

@@aashishtrue271 Well, it's not even in the disputed territory. It's well beyond the LAC. Unless we declare an outright invasion into Tibet, we will not "take it back".

[@pikachus5m166]

India will never release the Brooks Henderson Bhagat report, that reveals Nehrus incursion, based on the fraudulent Caroe maps, was the primary reason for the 62 conflict, and until then the border dispute remains unresolved.

[@AyushPandey-tm9qr]

Yes the natural borders of India(Bharatvarsha) as well as China do not include Himalayas. Himalayas including Tibet, Ladakh, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal were all only controlled by vassal and tributaries of Indian and Chinese kingdoms and empires while Arunachal except Tawang was completely isolated. This was also the land of sages for Indian religions as well as very tough for moving troops being the main reasons for these existing as independent tribal kingdoms. Now in modern times we both are in the Himalayas. Chinese have occupied Tibet and we were given Ladakh through Punjab Empire and Tawang through British. I see no reason for Chinese having any more claims on these territories than us.

[@mg.f.9023]

How many Modi fans using Chinese phones?