Why India Occupied Siachen?

[CaptainJackSparrow]

What made India occupy Siachen? ​

Although Pakistan never deployed troops in the region , since the 1970s they encouraged international mountaineering expeditions on the glacier. These expeditions were authorized by the Pakistani government and were generally seen as an attempt to reinforce Pakistan's claim on the region. It is reported that in 1977 an Indian colonel , Narinder (Bull) Kumar, read an article on a Siachen expedition in an international mountaineering magazine. This prompted him to lead an Indian team to the glacier. The Indians successfully reached the glacier , climbed several peaks and returned back. Later, the Pakistanis spotted the Indian trail when they found a crumpled packet of an Indian brand of cigarette . Alarmed by this, the Pakistani army decided to occupy the glacier. An international magazine (Time) has reported that there was a huge intelligence blunder as the Pakistanis ordered mountaineering gears from a London firm that happened to be a supplier for India . The information got leaked and in April 1984 India launched "Operation Meghdoot" to defend Siachen . Indian troops reached the glacier much before the Pakistanis and since then Siachen is under Indian control.

India gained control over Siachen in 1984 - The Economic Times

 

[Shinigami]

Operation Meghdoot:

R&AW received information from the London company which had supplied Arctic-weather gear for Indian troops from Northern Ladakh region some paramilitary forces that Pakistan too had bought similar Arctic-weather gear. This information was shared with Indian Army which soon launched Operation Meghdoot to take control of Siachen Glacier with around 300 acclimatized troops were airlifted to Siachen before Pakistan could launch any operation resulting in Indian head start and eventual Indian domination of all major peaks in Siachen.

THIS IS SIACHIN

 

[IndiaIsrael]

Good work by RAW.

 

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Good work by RAW.

The 'Best' intelligence agencies in the world bite and how!

They do not boast of being no. 1 intelligence agency in the world.

Actions speak louder than words.

 

[Shinigami]

The 'Best' intelligence agencies in the world bite and how!

They do not boast of being no. 1 intelligence agency in the world.

Actions speak louder than words.

CIA created AL Qaida and taliban. dangerous terror organizations. RAW created LTTE, the most dangerous terror organization the world has ever seen, which has its own navy and AF.

RAW is also largely responsible for creating a country, something hardly any Intel organization has done.

and a lot more

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_and_Analysis_Wing

and yet they are anonymous and have a weird name: Research and Analysis Wing

 

[darkinsky]

what guys dont realize is, there is no advantage of being in siachen, the lives costs are on both sides, the expense costs are on both sides, colonial masters are willing to get money for the conflicts between two countries, siachen is india's or pakistan doesnt matter because both are paying the costs, ultimately the winner of the conflict is the colonial masters, they are just supporting india more because itspaying more price for the info

 

[CaptainJackSparrow]

CIA created AL Qaida and taliban. dangerous terror organizations. RAW created LTTE, the most dangerous terror organization the world has ever seen, which has its own navy and AF.

RAW is also largely responsible for creating a country, something hardly any Intel organization has done.

and a lot more

Research and Analysis Wing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and yet they are anonymous and have a weird name: Research and Analysis Wing

RAW is the sexiest acronym an intelligence agency could have!

what guys dont realize is, there is no advantage of being in siachen, the lives costs are on both sides, the expense costs are on both sides, colonial masters are willing to get money for the conflicts between two countries, siachen is india's or pakistan doesnt matter because both are paying the costs

Actually, there's no 'two sides' on Siachen.

There's only one side on Siachen and that is India.

Pakistanis are around Siachen, below Siachen but not ON SIACHEN.

 

[Rank]

but not capable to KICK BACK SUPER POWERS!

 

[Markus]

what guys dont realize is, there is no advantage of being in siachen, the lives costs are on both sides, the expense costs are on both sides, colonial masters are willing to get money for the conflicts between two countries, siachen is india's or pakistan doesnt matter because both are paying the costs, ultimately the winner of the conflict is the colonial masters, they are just supporting india more because itspaying more price for the info

Siachen control gives India proximity to a very critical Sino-Pakistani highway...

 

[Tshering22]

Why India Occupied Siachen?

What a question!?

As a part of J&K it has historically belonged to us. What's there to occupy in it?

 

[alphamale]

it was claimed by both sides but none had presence there before 1984. It is just that india reached there early & occupied it.

 

[Secur]

Actually, there's no 'two sides' on Siachen.

There's only one side on Siachen and that is India.

Pakistanis are around Siachen, below Siachen but not ON SIACHEN.

Where exactly is the Gyong La ?

 

[acetophenol]

Siachin gave us the rarest distinction of controlling the highest battlefield in earth.

 

[Always Neutral]

Siachen control gives India proximity to a very critical Sino-Pakistani highway...

Again bull crap. The highway is 130 miles away. The Indians cannot climb down and PA cannot climb up to launch any meaningful attack. Its a stalemate.

 

[Uchiha]

What a question!?

As a part of J&K it has historically belonged to us. What's there to occupy in it?

In a paper published in the Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, the writer Dr Ishtiaq Ahmad, (associate professor at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad) notes that it is disputed whether Siachen is even part of J&K. It falls under the Pakistani-administrated northern areas of the Baltistan region, the paper says. It further claims that the northern areas have no ethnic or cultural similarities with the Kashmiri people and hence their fate should not be linked with the resolution of the J&K dispute. The writer mentions that Pakistan's claim on Siachen is internationally recognized as various international magazines have shown in their maps that the region belongs to Pakistan.