{"id":50184,"date":"2026-02-08T14:19:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=50184"},"modified":"2026-02-08T17:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:33:34","slug":"shipki-la-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/shipki-la-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Shipki La Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Shipki La Pass Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is engaged with China to explore the opening of an additional route for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, including the possibility of using the Shipki La Pass in Himachal Pradesh, the government informed Parliament recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Shipki La Pass<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>high mountain pass, bordering India and China<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the tribal district of <\/span><b>Kinnaur <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><b>Himachal Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It serves as the <\/span><b>boundary post<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the <\/span><b>frontier between China and India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Situated at an altitude of 3,930 meters, it is <\/span><b>one of the highest motorable passes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located very close to the village of Khab.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>offshoot of <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>ancient Silk Road.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>old name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Shipki La was <\/span><b>Pema La, or Shared Gate, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also known as <\/span><b>Shared Pass.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>declared <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the<\/span><b> Line of Actual Control post-1962,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and later, the<\/span><b> Indo-Tibetan Border Police named it Shipki La.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Sutlej River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (known as Langqen Zangbo in Tibet) <\/span><b>enters India through this pass, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flowing <\/span><b>from the Tibet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Autonomous Region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pass works as the <\/span><b>third frontier post of India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for carrying out <\/span><b>trade and commerce activities with China.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>other tw<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>o<\/strong> passes are the <\/span><b>Lipulekh Pass in Uttaranchal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>Nathula Pass in Sikkim. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/himachal\/himachals-shipki-la-pass-may-be-used-as-kailash-mansarovar-yatra-route\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TRI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shipki La Pass is a high mountain pass, bordering India and China in the tribal district of Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh. 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