An image of the Indian army is being widely circulated on the social media claiming that the Indian Army has captured the Mount Kaislash which has been occupied by the Chinese since 1962.
GD Bakshi, the former Major General G.D. Bakshi also shared this viral image on September 14 with a caption “in 1841 Gen Zorawar Singh had invaded Tibet advanced 800 km inside and captured the famous Mansarovar lake. A major battle was fought on the banks of the sacred lake in which a huge Chinese force was routed. Our army is now sitting on the approach to Mt Kailash.
The Kashmiriyat in a simple Image reverse on Google found that the image is Morphed and has been used by various news organizations in the past.
Here’s the original Image
In the Past, IndiaToday used this same image with the caption – ‘Jawans hold the tricolor at LoC on the eve of Republic Day’.
The image is part of a series of images showing soldiers and children celebrating Republic Day at the LoC.
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The claim that the viral photo is taken after the Indian soldiers captured the Kailash mountain is false.
However, it is important to note that the Indian Army captured strategic heights on the intervening night of August 29 and August 30.
The Indian Army reportedly occupied critical heights overlooking the PLA Army positions at Finger 4 along the Pangong lake.
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Colonel Aman Anand (PRO, Indian Army) described the incident saying, “Indian troops pre-empted this PLA activity on the Southern Bank of Pangong Tso Lake, undertook measures to strengthen our positions and thwart Chinese intentions to unilaterally change facts on the ground.”
Tensions have been soaring between the two countries for the last 5 months despite the efforts being made to disengage.