What is difference between Lac & Loc?

While LAC stands for Line of Actual Control, LOC stands for Line of Control. For instance, the border separating parts of India and Pakistan-controlled Jammu Kashmir is called the LOC, while LAC is a border like Aksai Chin which is not clearly demarcated between India and China.

What is the length of LAC?

4,057-km long
The Line of Actual Control (LAC) is the effective border between India and China. The LAC is 4,057-km long and traverses three areas of northern Indian states: western (Ladakh, Kashmir), middle (Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh) and eastern (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh).

Which state of India has longest border with China?

The correct answer is option 1) i.e. Arunachal Pradhesh. This state is the most northeastern one of India. China and Arunachal Pradesh share a border, which is called McMahon Line. Also, the Republic of China claims a large part of the state.

What is LAC and how is it established geographical extent and significance?

The LAC separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory. It is a big empty region and nearly 50 to 100 kms distance is maintained by the armies of India and China. The Chinese government considers LAC to be around 2,000 km while India considers the LAC to be 3,488 km long.

Which Indian state has the longest border with China?

What is the difference between the Lac and the LOC?

The LAC is the Line of Actual Control between India & China and as of now there is no clarity over the line, there is no agreement over it by both countries and neither it appears on the map. On the other hand, the Line of Control (LOC) is between India & Pakistan.

What is the line of Actual Control (LAC)?

What is the Line of Actual Control? The LAC is the demarcation that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory. India considers the LAC to be 3,488 km long, while the Chinese consider it to be only around 2,000 km.

What is the Lac boundary issue between India and China?

There is no clarification on the LAC boundary. China and India have signed four agreements on this boundary issue. These agreements were signed in September 1993, November 1996, April 2005 and October 2013. Indian & Chinese bilateral talks on border disputes is held on the basis of these four agreements.

What is the history of the Lac?

Shivshankar Menon has explained in his book Choices: Inside the Making of India’s Foreign Policy that the LAC was “described only in general terms on maps not to scale” by the Chinese. After the 1962 War, the Chinese claimed they had withdrawn to 20 km behind the LAC of November 1959.