Tibet & Ladakh were always part of the Chinese empire. So were Arunachal and Vietnam, Monglolia, parts of what is now Russia.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Punjab pushed aggressively to the North into Tibet and Ladakh and wrested them from a weak China. Also with British help he pushed into Afghanistan and an independently wrested Khost from Persia.
His treaty with the British prevented him from coming into East into the weak Mughal Empire in Delhi and Awadh, which the British wanted for themselves. After the weakening of the Punjab empire, the British took over all territories of Punjab, including Tibet and Ladakh. Ranjit Singh's Dogra general was made king of Kashmir. The congress minister Karan Singh is a member of that general's family.
After the British left, India inherited all the territories that the British had won (Including Garhwal & Darjeeling, which it won from Nepal).
Now what China is doing is merely claiming its territories back which it lost from the British empire.
RE:China's claim is not false
by Sandeep Nibber on Oct 11, 2007 12:35 AM Permalink
you seem to get pretty good info on this part of history. Can you cite your source ? I want to explore further. Thanks
RE:China's claim is not false
by Raj Royale on Oct 11, 2007 02:18 AM Permalink
Source-Annamalai University History books. Also read cHRISTY cAMPBELL'S The Maharajah's Box: An Imperial Story of Conspiracy, Love and a Guru's Prophecy, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lord of the Five Rivers, By Jean-Marie Lafont http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranjit_Singh,
RE:RE:China's claim is not false
by Raj Royale on Oct 11, 2007 02:23 AM Permalink
Let me clarify. I am not advocating their cause. Merely stating history and I also know of China's policy of claiming back lost territory from the pre-communist times. 2nd but least important argument, I am not Muslim, though there would be nothing wrong if I were.
RE:China's claim is not false
by Prashanth Sheshadri on Oct 11, 2007 01:06 AM Permalink
So, this cock-and-bull story is supposed to make us feel us better. If people like you are posted in the border, Madhya Pradesh will have the new border of India with China with in a year. For a one crore population, India needs all the land that it has and more. China should be dealt with agressively and with an Iron hand. They are making all this propaganda in an effort to cover up their own incursions in Arunachal Pradesh. This is one excuse for hiding the real problem from International attention.
RE:China's claim is not false
by rekha agarwal on Oct 11, 2007 12:55 AM Permalink
thanks. You are the perfect deshbhakat.Dhanya ho gaye.But once only if u have the seen the oldest map of India then you shayad realize what we have lost to others.But you are so intelligent that no body can explain.Thanks once again
RE:China's claim is not false
by loler Chicken on Oct 11, 2007 12:23 AM Permalink
oye... in that case... pakistan srilanka bangladesh nepal afghanistan... all came under Bharat tag. :) but we dont care about those who leave us.... :)
RE:China's claim is not false
by ShivSena on Oct 11, 2007 12:55 AM Permalink
hey we sri lankans are not part of bharat sh**. we dont crap in the streets like you guys in india. we have enough tamilians in our country to cause headaches without having more indians.
