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Google map cedes Indian Himalayan state to China

22 October 2009
USA: Google, the internet search engine published a map which cedes parts of the Indian Himalayan states to China.

Google's satellite map of the border area between India and China show several Indian towns in Arunachal Pradesh listed under their Chinese names as part of the People's Republic of China.

The maps also show the state's southern border with Assam and its northern boundary with China as broken lines, indicating disputed territory. It also appears to question India's borders with Burma and Bhutan.

The publication of the map has provoked an angry response in India, where tensions are high following a series of public statements in which Chinese officials have denounced New Delhi for refusing to discuss a border dispute.

China claims vast swathes of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir as well as Arunachal Pradesh, which it says were illegally ceded to India during the British Raj. It rejects the "MacMahon Line" border drawn up by British and Tibetan officials at the 1913 Shimla Conference.


Source : http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Comments
by Kshylpie, India on 10/23/2009
"Google''s satellite map of the border area between India & China show several Indian towns in Arunachal Pradesh as part of China...?"
Y is that always Indian cities are shown in China or in Pakistan? why dont the online mapping sites show POK in India or the land occupied by China in India...?

    by Shubha, India on 10/23/2009
    As India is a democratic country, we don’t hype about things. If this would have been the case with China or Pak, they would have taken the issue at global level most probably at UN or such other place....It’s a reality!!!

      by Amardeep Singh, India on 10/26/2009
      Barring this it also shows POK(Pak occupied Kashmir) and IOK( India occupied Kashmir),where as Kashmir has always been part of India,and the word IOK never existed.Dont know when India occupied Kashmir?



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