Chushul

This article is about the village in Ladakh. For the town in the Lhasa Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, see Qüxü.

Chushul
Village
Chushul is located in Ladakh
Chushul
Chushul
Location in Ladakh, India
Chushul is located in India
Chushul
Chushul
Chushul (India)
Coordinates: 33°36′04″N 78°38′53″E / 33.601°N 78.648°E / 33.601; 78.648
Country India
Union TerritoryLadakh
DistrictLeh
TehsilDurbuk[1]
Elevation
4,350 m (14,270 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total949
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Census code908

Chushul[a] is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.[8] It is located in the Durbuk tehsil, in the area known as "Chushul Valley", south of the Pangong Lake and west of the Spanggur Lake. The Line of Actual Control with China runs about 5 miles east of Chushul, across the Chushul Valley. Famous as site for historical battle grounds.

In August 1842 the concluding battle of the Dogra–Tibetan war with subsequent signing of the Treaty of Chushul in September 1842 for border non-proliferation took place at Chushul.[9]

On 18 November 1962 Sino-Indian War, PVC Major Shaitan Singh with his five platoons of 120 men fought to the 'last man, last round' at Rezang La (Chushul), only 6 men survived the Chinese massacre.[10]

  1. ^ "Villages | District Leh, Union Territory of Ladakh | India".
  2. ^ Government of Punjab (1862), Report on the trade and resources of the countries on the north-western boundary of India, Lahore: Printed at the Government Press, Appendix IV A, p. xxii – via unomaha.edu
  3. ^ Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories (1875), p. 319.
  4. ^ Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1867), "Notes on the Pangong Lake District of Ladakh, from a Journal made during a Survey in 1863", The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, 37, London: J. Murray: 352, JSTOR 1798534
  5. ^ Yale North India Expedition, Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1934, p. 33
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gazetteer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Ward, Tourist's and Sportsman's guide (1896).
  8. ^ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  9. ^ Rubin, Alfred P. (1960), "The Sino-Indian Border Disputes", International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 9 (1): 96–124, doi:10.1093/iclqaj/9.1.96, JSTOR 756256
  10. ^ "#ShauryaStories: Major Shaitan Singh, 'The Hero of Rezang La' in 1962 war". DNA Web Team. Retrieved 16 January 2021.


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