TransHimalaya

The McMahon-Shatra Line

The McMahon-Shatra Line

In Zayul, the Chinese issued an order to the Chief of the Mijir Mishmis to open a track from Tibet to Assam. They also sent an expedition on the Delei river and planted their dragon flag at Menilkrai on the Lohit (South of Walong) with the inscription ‘The Southern Frontier of Zayul on the Borders of Sichuan Province of the Chinese Empire’.

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