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A source states that the traditional border between China and India lay at the Kongka Pass<ref name="burkitt">{{cite book |editor1-last=Burkitt |editor1-first=Laurie |editor2-last=Scobell |editor2-first=Andrew |editor3-last=Wortzel |editor3-first=Larry M. |title=The Lessons of History: The Chinese People's Liberation Army at 75 |url=http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB52.pdf |year=2003 |publisher=], ] |isbn=9781428916517 |page=331}}</ref> However, other sources state that the traditional boundary between India and ] accepted by both sides was at Lanak La.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wellby, M.S. |first= |authorlink= |title=Through Unknown Tibet |url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=_Awwo3xwkQUC |accessdate= |year=1898 |publisher=Lippincott |location= |isbn= |page=78}}</ref><ref>Carey, A. D., Proceedings of the Royal Geographic Society, Volume 9, 1887, ''A Journey round Chinese Turkistan and along the Northern frontier of Tibet'' {{Cite jstor|1801130}}</ref><ref>Bower, Hamilton, ''Diary of A Journey across Tibet'', London, 1894</ref><ref>Rawling, C. G., ''The Great Plateau Being An Account Of Exploration In Central Tibet, 1903, And Of The Gartok Expedition 1904-1905'', p 38, London, 1905</ref> |
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A source states that the traditional border between China and India lay at the Kongka Pass<ref name="burkitt">{{cite book |editor1-last=Burkitt |editor1-first=Laurie |editor2-last=Scobell |editor2-first=Andrew |editor3-last=Wortzel |editor3-first=Larry M. |title=The Lessons of History: The Chinese People's Liberation Army at 75 |url=http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB52.pdf |year=2003 |publisher=], ] |isbn=9781428916517 |page=331}}</ref> However, other sources state that the traditional boundary between India and ] accepted by both sides was at Lanak La.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wellby, M.S. |first= |authorlink= |title=Through Unknown Tibet |url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=_Awwo3xwkQUC |accessdate= |year=1898 |publisher=Lippincott |location= |isbn= |page=78}}</ref><ref>Carey, A. D., Proceedings of the Royal Geographic Society, Volume 9, 1887, ''A Journey round Chinese Turkistan and along the Northern frontier of Tibet'' {{Cite jstor|1801130}}</ref><ref>Bower, Hamilton, ''Diary of A Journey across Tibet'', London, 1894</ref><ref>Rawling, C. G., ''The Great Plateau Being An Account Of Exploration In Central Tibet, 1903, And Of The Gartok Expedition 1904-1905'', p 38, London, 1905</ref> |
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In October 1959, Indian troops crossed the Kongka Pass and entered Chinese territory,<ref name="burkitt"/> in an attempt to establish posts on the Lanak Pass. This resulted in a clash with the Chinese soldiers posted on Kongka Pass. Of the 70 Indian soldiers, nine were killed and ten were taken prisoner. Chinese soldiers reportedly suffered one death. Indian media described the event a "brutal massacre of an Indian policy party." The incident preceded the ] in 1962.<ref name="maxwell"/><ref>{{cite web |
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In October 1959, Indian troops crossed the Kongka Pass<ref name="burkitt"/> in an attempt to establish posts on the Lanak Pass. This resulted in a clash with the Chinese soldiers posted on Kongka Pass. Of the 70 Indian soldiers, nine were killed and ten were taken prisoner. Chinese soldiers reportedly suffered one death. Indian media described the event a "brutal massacre of an Indian policy party." The incident preceded the ] in 1962.<ref name="maxwell"/><ref>{{cite web |
Kongka Pass on the disputed border between China and India
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