Chaglagam is a village and the headquarters of an eponymous circle in the Anjaw district in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, India.[1] It is on the bank of the Delei River.
Chaglagam | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Chaglagam Location in Arunachal Pradesh, India  Chaglagam Chaglagam (India) | |
| Coordinates: 28°19′05″N 96°36′16″E / 28.3180°N 96.6044°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Arunachal Pradesh |
| District | Anjaw |
| Elevation | 1,340 m (4,400 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | English |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-AR |
| Vehicle registration | AR |
The Chaglagam Circle contains the upper basin of the Delei River, on the border the Zayul County of China's Tibet Autonomous Region. It has a population of 1,681 people, distributed in 18 villages, as per the 2011 census.[2] The population consists of primarily Digaro Mishmi people.
Geography
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Chaglagam is situated on the bank of the Delei River,[a] which is a substantial tributary of the Lohit River. The Delei River rises below the Glei Pass[b] on the border with Tibet, and flows through the Chaglagam Circle along with its numerous tributaries (Duren, Kajap, Kazumiyo, Kalangmiyo etc.). It joins the Lohit River near Hayuliang.[6][7]
Hayuliang is the nearest town to Chaglagam. It is also the headquarters of the Hayuliang Subdivision, which includes Chaglagam.
The Chaglagam Circle borders the Zayul County of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The people of Chaglagam traditionally participated in Indo-Tibetan trade between Assam and Zayul, acting as middlemen.[8] They travelled to Zayul via the Glei Pass, which is called Dri La by the Tibetans,[c] leading to the village of Dri[d] in the western Zayul valley.[9] It was said to take 5 days march to Glei Pass from Rima in Tibet and another 20 days to reach Sadiya in Assam.[10] Another pass called Hadigra, to the west of Glei Pass, was also used, but less often.[10]
To the northwest of the Chaglagam Circle is an anomalous jut-in of Tibetan territory called Fishtail-II, a relic of inadequate surveying in the 1914 McMahon Line map. The region is patrolled by both Indian and Chinese troops and occasional stand-offs are reported.
Chinese incursions
editIn August 2013, China's People's Liberation Army troops had intruded 20 to 30 km inside the Indian territory and stayed there for 4 days before being sent back by India's Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBF).[11]
Transportation
editChaglagam is located on the 2,000-kilometre-long (1,200 mi) proposed Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line,[12][13][14][15] alignment map of which can be seen here and here.[16]
Demographics
editAs per the 2011 Census of India, Chaglagam has 192 residents across 29 households. 155 are male, and 37 are female.[1]
Notes
edit- ^ Alternative spellings include Delai and Dalai.
- ^ It is also called Glei Dakhru in the local language. Alternative spellings include Glei Takru, Glaitakru,[3] Galai Takru,[4] and Galai Tagaru.[5]
- ^ Tibetan: འདྲེ་ལ, Wylie: dre la; Chinese: 知拉山口; pinyin: Zhī lā shānkǒu.
- ^ Its full name is Drepa (Tibetan: འདྲེ་པ, Wylie: dre pa; Chinese: 知巴; pinyin: Zhī bā). Coordinates: 28°34′53″N 96°56′05″E / 28.5815°N 96.9348°E.
References
edit- ^ a b 2011 Census of India: Chaglagam
- ^ Anjaw District Census Handbook, Part A, Census of India, 2012, p. 20.
- ^ Irani Sonowal Lepcha, China’s PLA incursions increasing in Arunachal? More reports emerge, EastMojo, 23 September 2020.
- ^ India map wrong in India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh, says area Lok Sabha MP, ETV Bharat, 6 February 2020.
- ^ Tapir Gao pleads Centre for redrawing political map to include several places, The Sentinel Assam, 6 February 2020.
- ^ Lamb, The McMahon Line, Vol. 2 (1966), p. 356.
- ^ Map of Anjaw, Anjaw District website, retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Mehra, The McMahon Line and After 1974, p. 224.
- ^ Kingdon Ward, The Himalaya East of the Tsangpo (1934), p. 385.
- ^ a b Confidential note of the Chief of General Staff in 1912, reproduced in Woodman, Dorothy (1969), Himalayan Frontiers: A Political Review of British, Chinese, Indian, and Russian Rivalries, Praeger, pp. 374–375 – via archive.org
- ^ "Top officials to meet to expedite road building along China border". NDTV India. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ "Top officials to meet to expedite road building along China border". Dipak Kumar Dash. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ "Narendra Modi government to provide funds for restoration of damaged highways". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ "Indian Government Plans Highway Along Disputed China Border". Ankit Panda. thediplomat.com. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ "Govt planning road along McMohan line in Arunachal Pradesh: Kiren Rijiju". Live Mint. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ "China warns India against paving road in Arunachal". Ajay Banerjee. tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
Bibliography
edit- Kingdon Ward, Frank; Smith, Malcolm (November 1934), "The Himalaya East of the Tsangpo", The Geographical Journal, 84 (5): 369–394, doi:10.2307/1786924, JSTOR 1786924
- Lamb, Alastair (1966), The McMahon Line: a Study in the Relations Between, India, China and Tibet, 1904 to 1914, Vol. 2: Hardinge, McMahon and the Simla Conference, Routledge & K. Paul – via archive.org
- Mehra, Parshotam (1974), The McMahon Line and After: A Study of the Triangular Contest on India's North-eastern Frontier Between Britain, China and Tibet, 1904-47, Macmillan, ISBN 9780333157374 – via archive.org
- Mehra, Parshotam (1979), The North-eastern Frontier, Vol. 1: 1906-14, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-561158-8
External links
edit- Chaglagam Circle, OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2 December 2021.