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Bomdila: Arunachal Pradesh ... Between NJ9842 and Bilafond La on AGPL in Siachen Glacier area. Haldighati Pass: Rajasthan: ... Connects Uttarakhand to Tibet. Nama ...
The Bum La Pass is a border pass between China's Tsona County in Tibet and India's Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh. [1] It is 37 km away from the town of Tawang in India's Tawang district and 43 km from the town of Tsona Dzong in China's Tsona County. The pass currently serves as a trading point between Arunachal Pradesh and Tibet. [2]
Bomdila is located at 1] It has an average elevation of 2415 metres (7923 feet). Climate: In Bomdila, the wet season is cool and mostly cloudy and the dry season is cold and clear. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 31 °F to 66 °F and is rarely below 27 °F or above 70 °F.
It will also connect to the Trans-Arunachal Highway. The highway will pass through the BCIM Economic Corridor proposed by the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Forum for Regional Cooperation (BCIM Forum), [3] [4] a multi-mode corridor that includes a highway from Calcutta in India's West Bengal state to Kunming in China's Yunnan province.
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It is an arduous journey: most of the road is loose tarmac and gravel giving way to mud in many places. However, it is a scenic journey of nearly 12 hours, crossing Bomdila Pass 2,438 metres (8,000 feet), peaking at Sela Pass 4,176 metres (13,700 feet), Jaswant Garh and, finally, Tawang. Government buses often break down (usually on the way up ...
The post at Bum La Pass was attacked by the Chinese forces on 23 October 1962. [6] They were invading the town of Tawang and on the ancient path coming down from Bum La. [7] The Chinese engaged in a battle with 20 Sikhs led by Joginder Singh. The leading battalion of the Chinese attacked in three different waves, with about 200 attacking each ...
It is spread over an area of 83,743 km 2 (32,333 sq mi). [ 3 ] 98% of the geographical area is land out of which 80% is forest cover; [ 1 ] 2% is water. [ 4 ] River systems in the region, including those from the higher Himalayas and Patkoi and Arakan Ranges , eventually drain into the Brahmaputra River .