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Shivaji Statue at Pangong Lake
- 01 Jan 2025
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Recently, a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was inaugurated on the banks of Pangong Tso at an altitude of 14,300 feet.
- It was unveiled shortly after India and China completed disengagement at Demchok and Depsang, ending a 4.5 year border standoff.
- However, it has sparked debate among army veterans and locals, with a retired Colonel proposing a statue of Dogra general Zorawar Singh, whose 1834-1840 campaign merged Ladakh with the Dogra kingdom under Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
- Pangong Tso: It is an endorheic lake in the Himalayas situated at a height of about 4,350 m (14,270 ft).
- It is one of the world's highest brackish water lakes, formed as a tectonic lake during the collision of the Indian plate with the Eurasian plate.
- This event created the Himalayas and led to the lake occupying the space of the Tethys Ocean.
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