Q. ‘Rezang La’ is located at which of the following places?
Answer:
Chushul Valley
Notes:
- Rezang La also called Rechin La is a mountain pass on the Line of Actual Control between Indian-administered Ladakh and the Chinese-administered Spanggur Lake basin that is also claimed by India.
- The pass is located on the eastern watershed ridge of the Chushul Valley that China claims as its boundary.
- A war memorial is dedicated to those who laid down their lives in the Battle of Rezang La during the 1962 war.
- It will now include the names of Army personnel who lost their lives in the violent clash at Galwan last year.
- 18th November marks the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Rezang La in which Troops from the 13 Kumaon Regiment defeated several waves of the Chinese Army at a height of over 16,000 feet.