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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian border checkpost in Ladakh, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Tsogstalu<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = <!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead --><br />
| settlement_type = Pasture and border outpost<br />
| image_skyline = File:Chang-Chenmo (Scottish Geographical Magazine 1909).png<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = Cheng Chenmo River near Tsogtsalu<br />
| etymology = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| pushpin_map = India Ladakh<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|34.2678|78.7421 |format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation_ft = 14760<br />
| elevation_footnotes = {{sfnp|Gazetteer of Kashmir and Ladak|1890|p=832}}<br />
| population_total = <br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = Union territory<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ladakh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Leh district|Leh]]<br />
| website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --><br />
}} <br />
'''Tsogtsalu'''{{efn|Alternative spellings: '''Tsogatsalu'''{{sfnp|Mullik, The Chinese Betrayal|1971|p=201}} and '''Tsogstsalu'''.{{sfnp|Johri, Chinese Invasion of Ladakh|1969|p=119}}}} or '''Tsolu'''{{sfnp|Gazetteer of Kashmir and Ladak|1890|p=832}} is a pasture, traditional campsite, and [[Indian Military]]'s base in the [[Ladakh]] union territory of India, in the [[Chang Chenmo Valley]] close to [[Line of Actual Control|India's LAC border]] with [[Tibet]]. It is located at the confluence of the '''Rimdi Chu''' river that flows north from [[Marsemik La]] and the west-flowing [[Chang Chenmo River]]. <br />
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==History==<br />
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During the [[British Raj]], this was a halting spot for travellers to Central Asia via the 'Chang Chenmo route', passing through [[Aksai Chin]]. <br />
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==Military post==<br />
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After Indian independence, a border outpost was established here by a border police party headed by Captain [[Karam Singh]]. It continues to serve as a base for India's border forces.<br />
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A Formation Ammunition Storage Facility (FASF) is being established over an area of {{Convert|24.2|ha|m2|abbr=on}} at Tsogtsalu within the [[Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary]] for the Indian Army.<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2025-11-07 |title=Wildlife panel clears 13 defence, paramilitary projects in Ladakh, Arunachal |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/wildlife-panel-clears-13-defence-paramilitary-projects-in-ladakh-arunachal/article70252661.ece |access-date=2025-11-08 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Changchenmo-Valley-map-Survey-of-India-1916.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Map 1: Changchenmo Valley and its branch valleys (Survey of India, 1916)]]<br />
[[File:Changchenmo-Valley-map-by-US-Army-Map-Service.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Map 2: Changchenmo Valley and its branch valleys (US [[Army Map Service|AMS]], 1955)]]<br />
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==Transport==<br />
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Within India, it is reachable by the "Marsimik La Road" from [[Phobrang]] via [[Marsimik La]].<ref name=etau2>[https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/jul/22/india-boosts-road-links-to-lac-standoff-points-2479299.html India boosts road links to LAC standoff points], Indian <br />
Express, 2nd July 2023.</ref><ref name=etau4>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/forbidden-zones-in-ladakh-to-soon-welcome-tourists/articleshow/100512677.cms Forbidden zones in Ladakh to soon welcome tourists], Times of India, 26 May 2023.</ref><ref name=IE>{{cite news |title=Amid Doklam standoff, MHA asks BRO to build stand-alone road for access to vantage points |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=23 August 2017 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/mha-asks-bro-to-build-stand-alone-road-for-access-to-vantage-points-4809356/}}</ref> An additional route the 55 km long from the west along the Changchenmo valley is under construction.<ref name="etau1">{{Cite news |last=Vishnoi |first=Anubhuti |date=2023-08-03 |title=Over 20 Strategic Roads Close to LAC have Year-end Deadline |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/epaper/delhicapital/2023/aug/03/et-poli/over-20-strategic-roads-close-to-lac-have-year-end-deadline/articleshow/102366166.cms |access-date=2024-10-30 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Kongka Pass]]<br />
* [[Geography of Ladakh]]<br />
* [[Tourism in Ladakh]]<br />
* [[India-China Border Roads]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{citation |title=Gazetteer of Kashmir and Ladak |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.43256/page/n7 |publisher=Superintendent of Government Printing |location=Calcutta |year=1890 |ref={{sfnref|Gazetteer of Kashmir and Ladak|1890}}}}<br />
* {{citation |editor=India, Ministry of External Affairs |title=Report of the Officials of the Governments of India and the People's Republic of China on the Boundary Question |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3188 |year=1962 |publisher=Government of India Press |ref={{sfnref|Report of the Officials|1962}}}}<br />
* {{citation |last=Johri |first=Sitaram |title=Chinese Invasion of Ladakh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rJs9AAAAMAAJ |year=1969 |publisher=Himalaya Publications |ref={{sfnref|Johri, Chinese Invasion of Ladakh|1969}}}}<br />
* {{citation |last=Hoffmann |first=Steven A. |title=India and the China Crisis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpSRwC5_EPUC |year=1990 |publisher=University of California Press |ISBN=978-0-520-06537-6 |ref={{sfnref|Hoffmann, India and the China Crisis|1990}}}}<br />
* {{citation |last=Maxwell |first=Neville |author-link=Neville Maxwell |title=India's China War |publisher=Pantheon Books |year=1970 |ISBN=978-0-394-47051-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/indiaschinawar0000maxw |via=archive.org |ref={{sfnref|Maxwell, India's China War|1970}}}}<br />
* {{citation |first=B. N. |last=Mullik |title=My Years with Nehru: The Chinese Betrayal |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3408 |via=archive.org |year=1971 |publisher=Allied Publishers |ref={{sfnref|Mullik, The Chinese Betrayal|1971}}}}<br />
* {{citation |last1=Sandhu |first1=P. J. S. |last2=Shankar |first2=Vinay |last3=Dwivedi |first3=G. G. |title=1962: A View from the Other Side of the Hill |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=boBNCgAAQBAJ |year=2015 |publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-93-84464-37-0 |ref={{sfnref|Sandhu, Shankar & Dwivedi, 1962 from the Other Side of the Hill|2015}}}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [https://twitter.com/itbp_official/status/921656686263201792 Remembering supreme sacrifice of martyrs of CRPF on this day at Hot springs, Ladakh in 1959] - ITBP Twitter<br />
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