Galwan Valley: 20 Indian Soldiers Killed; 43 Chinese Casualties

Tensions are high between India and China for the past couple of months. Twenty Indian soldiers were killed in a “violent face-off” with Chinese troops at Galwan Valley in Ladakh. The Indian Army has confirmed the news. This is the most violent face-off between the neighboring countries in five decades.

ANI tweeted,

At least 20 Indian soldiers killed in the violent face-off with China in Galwan valley in Eastern Ladakh. Casualty numbers could rise: Government Sources pic.twitter.com/PxePv8zGz4

— ANI (@ANI) June 16, 2020

Colonel B Santosh Babu of the Bihar regiment, Havildar Palani, and Sepoy Ojha laid down their lives for India. The Indian army confirmed, “17 Indian troops who were critically injured in the line of duty at the stand-off location and exposed to sub-zero temperatures in the high altitude terrain have succumbed to their injuries. Indian Army is firmly committed to protect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the nation.”

News agency ANI claimed that sources had confirmed 43 Chinese soldiers have been killed or seriously injured because of intercepts,

Indian intercepts reveal that Chinese side suffered 43 casualties including dead and seriously injured in face-off in the Galwan valley: Sources confirm to ANI pic.twitter.com/xgUVYSpTzs

— ANI (@ANI) June 16, 2020

For more than six weeks, Indian and Chinese soldiers have been engaged in a stand-off along the Line of Actual Control. They have been facing each other at the Galwan River and at the Pangong Tso glacial lake.

Indian & Chinese troops have disengaged at Galwan area where they had earlier clashed on the night of 15/16 June. 17 Indian troops who were critically injured in the line of duty at stand-off location: Indian Army (1/2) pic.twitter.com/WrgNjPik3H

— ANI (@ANI) June 16, 2020

The reason for the tension in the Ladakh Valley was China’s stiff opposition to India laying a key road in the Finger area around the Pangong Tso Lake. China was also laying a road in the Finger area which is not acceptable to India.

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