Coming from Kashmir I would also like to through some light on the Galwan valley issue, which is also a part of this struggle to occupy leadership positions in the Central Military Commission (CMC) in China.
China’s claim to Galwan valley is a figment of the imagination and it had accepted Galwan as part of India as early as 1959. Historically it has been part of Jammu and Kashmir. Galwans is a household name in Kashmir who were famous for giving money to the poor as against the chaks.
They are mainly concentrated in Trehgam, Awantipora, Shopian , Bandipora, etc. Galwan village also exists in the Badgam District of Kashmir. These good build people have a sense of morality, not as a bully but in a positive context. The common phrase in the Kashmiri language is “su chu yehayi galwan hyuh” meaning he is like a Galwan, a complement for morality.
In my 45 + year-long study of Chinese language and China analysis, I have not come across a word like “Galwan” in any Chinese Vocabulary not even in ‘Ci Hai’, the treasure house of Chinese words.
Mr. Ghulam Rasool Galwan’s forefathers belonged to the famed Galwan tribe of Kashmir. The Chinese side had never claimed the valley in the past. The renewed claim is untenable and not supported by historical facts and tantamount to obliterating History and has to be resisted by all means. Read more...
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