Chalunka (also known as Chalunkha or Chulungkha) is a small mountainous village, in Nubra tehsil and Turtuk community development block, in Chorbat area of Shyok River valley in Ladakh, India.[1][2] At the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, it was on the cease-fire line agreed between the India and Pakistan.[3] After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the village came under the jurisdiction of Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir.
^Vohra, Mythic Lore from Nubra Valley (1990), p. 231.
^"Blockwise Village Amenity Directory 2014–15" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018.
^Krishna Rao, Prepare or Perish (1991), p. 472, item (d).
Chorbat Lungpa Hanu stream Shyok river Batalik Khaplu Chalunka Turtuk Hassanabad Chorbat La Chalunka (also known as Chalunkha or Chulungkha) is a small...
Saltoro Mountain Range, at the top of the Chalunka Lungpa valley that runs north from the village of Chalunka. The immediate south of the point is occupied...
areas, including Turtuk, Dhothang, Tyakshi (earlier called Tiaqsi) and Chalunka of Chorbat Valley, which was more than 883 km2. The treaty was signed in...
Leh district of Ladakh. Chorbat stretches from the edge of Khaplu to the Chalunka village of Nubra. The Khan of Chorbat moved his capital from Siksa (originally...
Tent Resort in Nubra Valley Ladakh Khardung La Siachen Glacier Thoise Chalunka Project HIMANK, road builders in the valley and creators of curious sign...
15km 10miles Chorbat Lungpa Hanu stream Shyok River Batalik Khaplu Khor Chalunka Turtuk Dawou Siksa Hassanabad Chorbat La Turtuk lies in the region of...
that was established in the 1972 Shimla Agreement. Tyakshi, along with Chalunka, Turtuk and Thang, became part of the Pakistani-administered Northern Areas...
region were pushed beyond the village, and the cease-fire line was set at Chalunka, the next village on the Shyok River. Thus Bogdang was the northernmost...
River near Diskit. Although, geographically the area between Diskit to Chalunka is not in Nubra River Valley as it is part of Shyok River itself, culturally...
17628), Marmak, Natsara, Shangruti (Point 1,531), Chorbat La (Point 16700), Chalunka (on the Shyok River), Khor, thence north to the glaciers. This portion...
1971, Rinchen, now a major in the Ladakh Scouts, led the capture of the Chalunka complex of the Pakistani Army and the strategic outpost of Turtuk. For...
the following features in the east to west sequence: Diskit, Bogdang, Chalunka (Chulunkha), Pt 18,402 peak, Turtuk, Tyaksi, Tyakshi Pachathang, Thang...
were lost in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Those were the villages of Chalunka, Thang, Turtuk, and Tyakshi. . Some of them are given in the chart below...
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