India counters China's renaming move, maps 27 Arunachal locations

India has identified 27 places and features located in Arunachal Pradesh by standard place and feature names on the official maps of the Survey of India. Home Ministry said that this is aimed at facilitating their accurate recognition and better awareness among the public at large. Among the places included in the list is the border village of Longju, which has been controlled by China since 1959 but falls within the Indian claim line, officials said on condition of anonymity. The move is aimed at reinforcing India’s absolute sovereign and legal jurisdiction over these territories.
The home ministry said the locations identified on the Survey of India map include 21 land areas, four passes, a lake, and a monument. The land locations are Longju, Maja, Bisa, Bara Kundun, Chhota Kundun, Dhan Bari, Pritnagar, Buddhamandir, Jairampur, Teritnagar, Ramnagar, Jaswant Garh, Sagar, Padma, Jyotinagar, Baisakhi, Chhota Ropuk, Bara Ropuk, Shivaji Nagar, Sunpura, and Kamlang Nagar.The passes are Dzo La, Riza La, Pukur La, and Thag La, and the list included Sambho Sarovar lake and Sher-e-Thapa Memorial.The map of Arunachal Pradesh, with additional places and features, can be viewed at http://surveyofindia.gov.in.

Indian government formally identifies 27 land features, lakes & passes along the Sino-India border in Arunachal Pradesh on the Survey of India map — Home Ministry

— comes amid efforts by China to invent names of places in the Indian state

— India has countered China’s “vain”… pic.twitter.com/VImDEnRjNA

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China's act of renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh has always been categorically rejected by New Delhi.The Chinese Civil Affairs Ministry had released the first list of the standardised names of six places in Zangnan in 2017, while the second list of 15 places was issued in 2021, followed by another list with names for 11 places in 2023.
Zangnan is the Chinese name for Arunachal Pradesh. India has been dismissing Chinese efforts to assign "fictitious names" to Indian territory, asserting such attempts to create "baseless narratives" cannot alter "undeniable reality" and could derail efforts to normalise bilateral ties.