Chumar

Chumar
military base
Chumar Chumar Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Coordinates: 32°40′N 78°34′E / 32.67°N 78.56°ECoordinates: 32°40′N 78°34′E / 32.67°N 78.56°E
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Leh
Elevation	5,100 m (16,700 ft)
Languages
• Official	Ladakhi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Chumar is a border patrol facility located in southern Ladakh in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India.^[1][2][3][4] Chumar has been one of the most active areas on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in terms of interactions between Chinese and Indian troops.^[5] Located 190 km southeast of Leh, it had long been an area of discomfort for the Chinese troops as, until 2014, Chumar had been one of the relatively few places along the Sino-Indian border where the Chinese had no roads near the LAC.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

See also

• List of disputed territories of India
• Daulat Beg Oldi
• Demchok
• Aksai Chin
• Pangong Tso
• Depsang Plains
• 2013 Daulat Beg Oldi Incident
• Line of Actual Control

References

1. "Chinese Army has occupied 640 square km in three Ladakh sectors, says report : North, News - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 2013-09-05. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
2. "India made no concessions in Ladakh's Chumar region: China - IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
3. "Chinese incursion 19km, but 750 sq km at stake for India - The Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
4. "Chinese troops enter Ladakh every 14 days - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
5. "China provokes again; PLA troops cross LAC, apprehend five Indians". Zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
6. Shishir Gupta (2014-09-15). "China, India in border skirmish ahead of Xi visit". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
7. "The fallout of China's Depsang plains transgression - Rediff.com India News". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
8. "China defends its latest incursion into Ladakh's Chumar sector". Indian Express. 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
9. Manoj Joshi (2013-05-07). "Making sense of the Depsang incursion". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
10. "Chinese troops 'detain' Indian porters at Chumar in eastern Ladakh - The Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2014-04-20.