CHINA DISREGARDING ON NAKU LA

CHINA DISREGARDING HISTORIC COMMITMENTS ON NAKU LA

The skirmishes and the stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops at Naku La in Sikkim last month

Sikkim-Tibet Convention of 1890 as proof of India’s ownership of the territory

The Gazetteer of Sikkim in 1894, while describing the physical features of Sikkim, also mentions the boundary that runs along Naku la-Chorten Nyima La

Meetings between former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in 2003 and maps exchanged subsequently indicated that India recognised the Tibetan Autonomous Region as a part of China, and Beijing recognised Sikkim as a State of the Indian Union

The Convention of Calcutta treaty between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the ruling Chinese Qing dynasty relating to Tibet and the north Indian Kingdom of Sikkim

 

Signed by Viceroy of India Lord Lansdowne and the Chinese Amban or resident in Tibet, Sheng Tai on 17 March 1890 in Calcutta, India 

British imperative in North East India was to open the markets of Tibet and by extension China to their manufactured textiles, tobacco, grain, tools and tea

British considered it to create a buffer zone north of their Indian empire to prevent incursion by the Russians 

Protocol was added to the original convention in December 1893. "Regulations Regarding Trade, Communications , and Pasturage to Be Appended to the Sikkim-Tibet Convention of 1890" allowed for the establishment of a British trading post in Yatong, Tibet as well as laid down regulations concerning pasturage and communication.