TNPSC Thervupettagam

Unclimbed peak in Arunachal Pradesh

October 2 , 2024 13 days 180 0
  • A 15-member team from the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) has scaled an unclimbed peak in the Tawang-West Kameng region of Arunachal Pradesh.
  • They named it as ‘Tsangyang Gyatso Peak’ in honour of the 6th Dalai Lama.
  • The peak, at a height of 6,383 metres above sea level in the Gorichen range of Arunachal Pradesh Himalayas.
  • The Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso, was born in 1682 in Arunachal Pradesh’s Mon Tawang.
  • He was enthroned as the Sixth Dalai Lama at the age of 14 in 1697.
  • In 1706, he was invited to China and died on the way.
  • China calls Arunachal Pradesh as Zangnan.
  • Also, China has been renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh since 2017 to assert its claims.

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