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For much of the 1800s, the Himalayas was a focus of the military and political rivalry between the three empires of Russia, Britain and China, with all three claiming various parts of the region.

Himalayan mountains frame their 4,000-km division, all of it sparsely populated and very little of it formally demarcated. It doesn't help that maps of the remote region are often imprecise.

Soldiers from nuclear-armed China and India have fought hand-to-hand high up in the Himalayas, as a border dispute threatens the uneasy truce between the world’s most populous nations. The ...

India said on Tuesday that it had lodged a strong protest with China over a new map that lays claim to India's territory, the latest irritant in testy ties between the Asian giants.

India’s new political map has stirred controversy in Nepal, with both New Delhi and Kathmandu laying claim to a region, known as Kalapani, as part of their countries’ territory.. Members of ...

"Sikkim is your sentinel in the Himalayas, part of India that is so strategically important for maintaining equity between different parts of our country," said Shringla, who previously served as ...