New Delhi: After China announced to keep 15 places in India’s north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh on the basis of Chinese characters and Tibetan and Roman alphabets, India has termed it redundant. After the announcement of changing the name of China, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said that keeping such a name will not change the fact that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India. In an official statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, it has been said that this is not the first time that China has named the places of Arunachal Pradesh (India-China Relations) in its own language. Whatever China may do, Arunachal Pradesh was and will remain an integral part of India.
Talking to the media on Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, ‘We have seen such reports. This is not the first time that China has named places in Arunachal Pradesh in its own language. In April 2017 also China has done this. Doing so by China will not change the fact that Arunachal Pradesh has always been and will be an integral part of India.
China changed the names of 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh
State-run Global Times reported on Thursday that China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs announced on Wednesday that it had standardized 15 place names in Chinese characters, Tibetan and Roman alphabets in Zangnan, the Chinese name for Arunachal Pradesh. has done. It was said in the news that this is in accordance with the rules on geographical names issued by the Chinese cabinet ‘State Council’.
The official names of 15 places, which are given exact longitude and latitude, include eight residential places, four mountains, two rivers, and a mountain pass. This is the second set of standardized names of places in Arunachal Pradesh by China.
China claims Arunachal Pradesh
China claims Arunachal Pradesh and calls it South Tibet. This claim of China has always been rejected by the Indian government and has described Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India. China often raises objections to the visit of Indian leaders and officials regarding its claim here. After India and China, there is already a border dispute going on and there have been violent clashes between the two sides on some occasions.
