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Barahoti
Wu-Je | |
|---|---|
Pasture land | |
| Barahoti | |
  Barahoti  Barahoti | |
| Coordinates: 30°50′00″N 79°58′00″E / 30.8333°N 79.9667°E | |
| Country |  India |
| District | Chamoli |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| Elevation | 4,700 m (15,400 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Barahoti (Bara Hoti, Hoti Plain), also called Wu-Je or Wure (Chinese: 乌热; pinyin: Wū rè), located in the 'middle sector' of the disputed Sino-Indian border, is a 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2) sloping plain situated in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Chamoli district.[1] It is disputed by China, which also disputes a 750 square kilometres (290 sq mi) area surrounding it.[2] The entire disputed area also goes by the name "Barahoti", or sometimes "Barahoti–Sangchamalla–Lapthal disputed area". The entire area is on the Ganges side of the Sutlej–Ganges water divide, which is also the current Line of Actual Control between India and China.[3]
Barahoti was the first location in Indian territory claimed by China in 1954.[4] In 1960, China added Lapthal and Sangchamalla to the dispute and said that three places formed one composite area.[5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Barahoti plainwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Gupta 2014, Chapter 2, Sec. "Boundary Question Today".
- ^ Gopalachari 1963, p. 35.
- ^ Hoffmann 1990, pp. 34–35.
- ^ Arpi, Claude (2019), Tibet: When the Gods Spoke – India Tibet Relations (1947–1962), Part 3, Vij Books, ISBN 9789388161589; See also "The Unnecessary Controversy of Lapthal and Sangchamalla", Claude Arpi's blog.