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Pangong Lake

September 2, 2020;

The Indian army said it thwarted a Chinese attempt to “change the status quo” at Pangong Lake on August 29 and 30. During “provocative military movements” by the PLA one Tibetan soldier from the Special Frontier Forces Vikas Battalion, Company Leader Nyima Tenzin, 51, was killed. Another Tibetan soldier, Tenzin Lodhen, 24, was injured. Nyima Tenzin’s body was handed over to his family in Sonamling Tibetan settlement on Tuesday.

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