{"id":8301,"date":"2026-08-02T14:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T09:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=8301"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T05:28:30","slug":"key-facts-about-nathu-la-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-nathu-la-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathu La Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nathu La Pass Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Border trade via Nathu La Pass, which had remained suspended for six years due to Covid-19 pandemic and India-China border tensions, resumed recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Nathu La Pass<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>mountain pass <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>Himalayas in Sikkim, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">54 kilometres <\/span><b>east of Gangtok.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>connects <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Indian state of<\/span><b> Sikkim with China&#8217;s Tibet Autonomous Region.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018\u2019Nathu\u2019\u2019 means \u201clistening ears\u201d, and \u2018\u2019La\u2019\u2019 means \u201cpass\u201d in Tibetan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pass, at <\/span><b>4,310 m <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">above mean sea level, forms a part of an <\/span><b>offshoot of the ancient Silk Road.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> one of the highest motorable roads <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>guarded <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on both sides by <\/span><b>Chinese and Indian soldiers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>one of the three open trading border posts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between <\/span><b>India and China<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the <\/span><b>other two are <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><b>Himachal Pradesh (<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/shipki-la-pass\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shipkila<\/a>) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Uttarakhand (Lipulekh).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Sealed by India after the 1962 Sino-Indian War,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nathu La was <\/span><b>reopened in 2006 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">following numerous bilateral trade agreements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Traded items<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><b>limited <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and include<\/span><b> silk, clothes, and yak hair <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and tail.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Only citizens of India can visit the pass, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and then only after obtaining a permit in Gangtok. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/thesundaystandard\/2026\/Aug\/02\/border-trade-with-china-through-nathu-la-pass-resumes-after-six-year-suspension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NIE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathu La Pass is a Himalayan mountain pass in Sikkim connecting India with Tibet along the historic Silk Road. 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