Chaglagam

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Chaglagam
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Chaglagam
Location in Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Chaglagam
Chaglagam (India)
Coordinates: 28°19′05″N96°36′16″E / 28.3180°N 96.6044°E / 28.3180; 96.6044
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Anjaw
Elevation
1,340 m (4,400 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialEnglish
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code IN-AR
Vehicle registration AR

Chaglagam is a village and the headquarters of an eponymous circle in Anjaw district in India's north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. [1] It is on the bank of the Delei River.

Contents

The Chaglagam Circle contains the upper basin of the Delei River, on the border 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

Chaglagam Circle in the Anjaw district Anjaw district with circles and other details.png
Chaglagam Circle in the Anjaw district

Chaglagam is situated on the bank of the Delei River, [a] which is a substantial tributary of the Lohit River. The Delei 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

In August 2013, China's People's Liberation Army troops intruded 20 to 30 km inside the Indian territory and stayed there for 4 days before going back. India's Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBF) patrols the area. [11]

Transportation

Chaglagam 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

As per the 2011 Census of India, Chaglagam has 192 residents across 29 households. 155 are male, and 37 are female. [1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Alternative spellings include Delai and Dalai.
  2. ↑ It is also called Glei Dakhru in the local language. Alternative spellings include Glei Takru, Glaitakru, [3] Galai Takru, [4] and Galai Tagaru. [5]
  3. ↑ Tibetan: འདྲེ་ལ, Wylie: dre la; Chinese :知拉山口; pinyin :Zhī lā shānkǒu.
  4. ↑ Its full name is Drepa (Tibetan: འདྲེ་པ, Wylie: dre pa; Chinese :知巴; pinyin :Zhī bā). Coordinates: 28°34′53″N96°56′05″E / 28.5815°N 96.9348°E .

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References

  1. 1 2 2011 Census of India: Chaglagam
  2. ↑ Anjaw District Census Handbook, Part A, Census of India, 2012, p. 20.
  3. ↑ Irani Sonowal Lepcha, China’s PLA incursions increasing in Arunachal? More reports emerge, EastMojo, 23 September 2020.
  4. ↑ India map wrong in India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh, says area Lok Sabha MP, ETV Bharat, 6 February 2020.
  5. ↑ Tapir Gao pleads Centre for redrawing political map to include several places, The Sentinel Assam, 6 February 2020.
  6. ↑ Lamb, The McMahon Line, Vol. 2 (1966), p. 356.
  7. ↑ Map of Anjaw, Anjaw District website, retrieved 5 July 2021.
  8. ↑ Mehra, The McMahon Line and After 1974, p. 224.
  9. ↑ Kingdon Ward, The Himalaya East of the Tsangpo (1934), p. 385.
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