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Atlas, though in places, the Government of Pakistan's position deviated from the 1954 Times Atlas, and included areas as part of Kashmir which were to the north of the border of Kashmir shown in the Times Atlas. Thus the official position of the Government of Pakistan prior to the 1963 Sino-Pakistan Agreement was that the northern border of Pakistan was on the Kuen Lun range, and the territory ceded by the Government of Pakistan was not just restricted to the Shaksgam Valley but extended to the Kuen Lun range. For an idea of the extent of the Trans-Karakoram Tract or the Cis-Kuen Lun Tract,
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published an official map depicting the alignment of the northern border of Kashmir, which depicted much of the Cis-Kuen Lun Tract as part of Kashmir. The alignment published by the Government of Pakistan was mostly similar to the portrayal of the northern Border of Kashmir depicted in the 1954 Times
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After Pakistan voted to grant China a seat in the United Nations, the Chinese withdrew the disputed maps in January 1962, agreeing to enter border talks in March. Negotiations between the nations officially began on October 13, 1962, and resulted in the Sino-Pakistan Agreement signed on 2 March 1963
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abandoned any claim to the area north of the MacDonald line, but the decision did not find its way on to British maps. By 1959, however, Chinese maps were published showing large areas west and south of the MacDonald line in China. That year, the Government of Pakistan announced its willingness to
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An area that is legally part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir has since 1963 been administered by China as a part of Kargilik County and Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in the Kashgar Prefecture of Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Prior to 1963 the Shaksgam tract had been administered as a part of
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China weakened and so adopted a policy of claiming a border north of the Shaksgam River. This followed a line proposed by Sir John Ardagh in a Memorandum of 1897. That border included the Mir of Hunza's claim over the Raskam Valley. However, British administration never extended north of the
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of Kashmír and Ladákh, first published in 1890 and compiled under the direction of the Quarter Master General in India in the Intelligence Branch, gives a description and details of places inside Kashmir. It includes a description of the Híñdutásh Pass in north eastern Kashmir in the
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more or less followed the watershed of the Kuen Lun range from the Taghdumbash Pamir to the Yangi Dawan pass north of Kulanaldi, but east of the Yangi Dawan Pass, the border deviated from the watershed of the Kuen Lun range on the edge of the highlands of
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prior to 1947" would show that the geographical and territorial extent of the Trans-Karakoram Tract or the Cis-Kuen Lun Tract is more or less the territory enclosed between the northernmost line and the innermost lines.
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to China, a new boundary between China and British India. The Note proposed that China should relinquish its claims to suzerainty over Hunza, and in return Hunza should relinquish its claims to most of the
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to play polo there. Most of the names of the mountains, lakes, rivers and passes are in Balti/Ladakhi, suggesting that this land had been part of Baltistan/Ladakh region for a long time.
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Since 1947, India has claimed sovereignty over the entire area of the pre-1947 independent state of Jammu and Kashmir and maintains that Pakistan and China do not share a common border.
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sent a formal note to China; there was no reply. It is thought that the Chinese might not have been motivated to negotiate with Pakistan because of Pakistan's relations with India.
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Official alignment of the Government of Pakistan in 1962. The border is in the extreme north and is depicted as a dotted line with the caption Alignment Official Pakistan Map 1962
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In 1959, the Pakistani government became concerned over Chinese maps that showed areas the Pakistanis considered their own as part of China. In 1961,
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The Gazetteer of Kashmír and Ladák compiled under the direction of the Quarter Master General in India in the Intelligence Branch (1890), at page 493
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The Geographer. Office of the Geographer. Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Department of State, United States of America (November 15, 1968),
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predominantly depicted the Cis-Kuen Lun Tract (the region between the Karakoram and Kuen Lun mountains) as a part of Kashmir under the caption
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territory formed part of Kashmir. If one goes by these maps, Pakistan has obviously surrendered over 12,810.87 square miles of territory".
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was modified in 1905 to include in India a small area east of the Shimshal Pass, to put the border on a stretch of the Shaksgam River.
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The Indian government took the view that the agreement resulted in the surrendering of a significant area to China. In the opinion of
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region. A polo ground in Shaksgam was built by the Amacha Royal family of Shigar, and the Rajas of Shigar used to invite the Amirs of
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From 1899 until the independence of India and creation of Pakistan in 1947, the representation of the border on maps varied. In 1926
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Pass. The Chinese did not respond to the Note and the Indian government never revisited the boundary in the same form again. The
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as “ A province of the Chinese Empire lying to the north of the Eastern Kuenlun range, which here forms the boundary of Ladák".
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The tract is one of the most inhospitable areas of the world, with some of the highest mountains. Bounded by the
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The Shaksgam Valley was never part of Kashmir and the northern and eastern boundaries of Kashmir were undefined
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with present-day borders, showing the Trans-Karakoram Tract in the northern part of the state (hatched red)
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Most of the tract is composed of the Shaksgam Valley and was formerly administered as part of
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is under Indian administration despite being labelled "contested territory" in the map.
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In 1889 the first expedition to the Shaksgam Valley by a European was undertaken by
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with the caption, "The boundary of Kashmir with China as portrayed and proposed by
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and Raskam districts. The Note proposed a border which broadly followed the main
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Chinese-administered area in the northern half of Kashmir near the Shaksgam River
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AGPL (Actual Ground Position Line), south to north runs through the following
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claimed those areas as part of Hunza's territories. Those areas included the
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explored and surveyed the Shaksgam Valley. In 1927 the Government of
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Joe Schwartzberg's Historical Atlas of South Asia at DSAL in Chicago
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Detailed map showing part of the Trans-Karakoram Tract near the
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to India in 1947, Pakistan took control of the region after the
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In March 1899 the British proposed, in a formal Note from Sir
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map of India. The undefined boundary shown in dash line from
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THE GILGIT AND BALTISTAN REGIONS OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE
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Location of the Trans-Karakoram Tract within the Southern
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Exploration of the Shaksgam Valley and Aghil ranges, 1926
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and subsequently ceded it to China in 1963 through the
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Index

China
Xinjiang
Trans-Karakoram Tract is located in Trans-Karakoram Tract and Aksai Chin
Xinjiang
36°01′33″N 76°38′46″E / 36.02583°N 76.64611°E / 36.02583; 76.64611
Administering state
China
Autonomous Region
Xinjiang
Prefecture
Kashgar
Taxkorgan
Kargilik

Central Intelligence Agency
British Indian
princely state
Jammu and Kashmir
Chinese
pinyin
Urdu
romanized
Karakoram
Shaksgam valley
Taxkorgan
Yecheng
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
accession of Jammu and Kashmir
First India-Pakistan War
Sino-Pakistan Agreement

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