Spanggur Gap

{{short description|Mountain pass in China and India}}

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| location = Ladakh, India – Tibet, China

| range = Pangong Range–Kailash Range

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The Spanggur Gap ({{zh|c=斯潘古爾山口|p=Sī pān gǔ ěr shānkǒu}}) is a {{convert|4900|m|ft}} high mountain pass on the Line of Actual Control between the Ladakh union territory of India and the Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet region of China. It is a gap in the mountains to the south of the Pangong Lake. To the east of the gap is the Spanggur Lake.

According to Indian sources, India was in control of the Spanggur Gap during the war of 1962 and there were Indian posts there,

{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Jasjit |title=China's India War, 1962 : looking back to see the future |date=15 March 2013 |publisher=KW Publishers in association with Centre for Air Power Studies |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-93-81904-72-5 |quote=Holding on to Spanggur Gap and Maggar Hill was now considered futile and the posts were asked to withdraw. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p026DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT89 |accessdate=2 October 2017}}

{{Cite journal |title=Battle of Eastern Ladakh : 1962 Sino-Indian Conflict |last=Thapliyal |first=SV |date=April–June 2005 |journal=Journal of the United Service Institution of India |issue=560 |volume=135 |pages=282–298 |url=https://usiofindia.org/publication/usi-journal/battle-of-eastern-ladakh-1962-sino-indian-conflict-2/ |archive-date=2021-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731100750/http://usiofindia.org/publication/usi-journal/battle-of-eastern-ladakh-1962-sino-indian-conflict-2/}}

{{Cite web |url=https://bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/history/1962war/264-chushul.html |title=存档副本 |access-date=2020-09-13 |archive-date=2020-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019160727/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/history/1962war/264-chushul.html}}

but it was taken over by the Chinese army during the Sino-Indian War as the Indian army withdrew in order to bolster defenses of the nearby Indian village of Chushul. India wants to restore the post and take over the pass.

{{Cite book |last=Praval |first=Major K.C. |title=Chapter 9 |date=1987 |publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdxDcxj_wn4C |isbn=9781935501619 |access-date=2020-09-13 |archive-date=2017-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315182847/https://books.google.com/books?id=DdxDcxj_wn4C}}

{{Cite news |author=Mohan Guruswamy |title=Don't forget the heroes of Rezang La |newspaper=The Hindu |date=19 November 2012 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/dont-forget-the-heroes-of-rezang-la/article4112584.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526002150/http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/dont-forget-the-heroes-of-rezang-la/article4112584.ece |archive-date=2014-05-26}}

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