Batalik

View around Batalik
Road and River near Dah village
A village seen through Chortens

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Batalik is a town in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, located on the upper reaches of the Indus river. It has been a focal point in all Indo-Pakistani wars because of its strategic location between Kargil, Leh and Baltistan.[2] Operation Safed Sagar, 1971 and the Kargil war, 1999 were both fought in this region.[3] Batalik is 56 km from Kargil and is known for its four Brokpa villages: Dah, Hanu, Garkon and Darchak. [4] The Brokpa tribe is believed to be directly descended from the soldiers of Alexander the Great. Most of the valley is made up of nominally Buddhist Brokpas, but a few communities have converted to Shia Islam and intermarried with other Muslim ethnic groups as a result.

See also

Manoj Kumar Pandey (The Hero of Batalik)

References

  1. ↑ lhamo, padma (26 February 2018). "Aryan cute girl from garkon". encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Kargil anniv: 10 years later the war is Drass versus Batalik". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  3. ↑ "BATTLE FOR BATALIK". The Tribune. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  4. ↑ "Now, go for a vacation to Kargil war battlefield Batalik". Dnaindia.com. 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2017-09-30.

Coordinates: 34°50′N 76°34′E / 34.833°N 76.567°E / 34.833; 76.567


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