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Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu Thursday hoisted a giant Tricolor atop a 104-foot flagpole at the Ngangpa Natme (Buddha Park) in Tawang, a Buddhist pilgrimage town bordering China.
After unfurling the national flag, Khandu dedicated it to all the patriotic people of the northeastern border state as well as the country.
Tawang town is about 16 km from the China border. It came under Chinese control during the 1962 war. China later withdrew unilaterally from the area.
The flag is India’s second highest at 10,000 feet above sea level and overlooks Tawang town. India’s highest national flag is at Lukung near Pangong Tso, the site of a standoff with Chinese forces since 2020, in Ladakh at the western end of the Himalayas.
Chief Minister Khandu congratulated Tawang legislator Tsering Tashi, the district administration, the Sashastra Seema Bal, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, the Indian Army and all others involved in setting up the giant flag.
Tawang district, which is bordered by China to the north and Bhutan to the west, was carved out of West Kameng district in 1989. The entire region is claimed by Beijing as Chinese territory. China calls the region South Tibet.
Located at a height of 3,400 meters, Tawang monastery in Tawang district is the second biggest and oldest in Asia after the one at Lhasa, Tibet, and a popular tourist attraction.
