Several of the named sites on the map carry the weight of India-China conflict.

GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI: The updated Survey of India map has assigned standard place and feature names to 27 Arunachal Pradesh sites, including four mountain passes and a high-altitude lake, as part of the Union governmentâs strategy to remove any ambiguity on demarcation of territory and counter Chinaâs repeated attempts to rename places on this side of the McMahon Line.

Thag La overlooks Namka Chu valley, where the 1962 conflict began after Chinese forces crossed the McMahon Line.

Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from Indiaâs northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgencyâinternal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.