Chumar

Village in Ladakh

Chumar is a place in the provences of Jammu and Kashmir, India.[1] The area is claimed by both China and India.[2] According to China's Ministry of Defence "the two countries’ border, to this day, has not been designated".[2] The problem is that for centuries, the sparsely inhabited mountainous region existed as a buffer zone between empires.[3] A border war broke out in 1962 that has to date killed thousands of soldiers. The tension between the two countries has come and gone but is now raised again.[3]

Map showing Chumar

References change

  1. "Where is Chumar in Jammu and Kashmir, India Located?". GoMapper. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sanjeev Miglani; Fayaz Bukhari (23 September 2014). "Chinese and Indian troops in Himalayan standoff". Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Gordon Fairclough (30 October 2014). "India-China Border Standoff: High in the Mountains, Thousands of Troops Go Toe-to-Toe". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 29 December 2015.