India Rejects China’s Renaming of Arunachal Pradesh Locations as ‘Vain and Preposterous’

India Rejects China’s Renaming: India on Wednesday rejected what it called "preposterous attempts" by China to rename places in the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state.

New Delhi's reaction came in response to Beijing announcing Chinese names for some places in Arunachal Pradesh, which the neighbouring country claims as the southern part of Tibet.

“We have noticed that China has persisted with its vain and preposterous attempts to name places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said in a statement.

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India and China have counterclaims in the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state of the South Asian nation. Arunachal Pradesh is known as Zangnan in China, with Beijing stating it has “never recognized the so-called Arunachal Pradesh.”

"Consistent with our principled position, we reject such attempts categorically,” the spokesman said, adding: “Creative naming will not alter the undeniable reality that Arunachal Pradesh was, is, and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India.”

Also, the X account of Chinese publication Global Times was withheld in India after the MEA strongly objected to Beijing's 'vain and preposterous' attempts to rename places in Arunachal Pradesh.

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The People's Republic of China has repeatedly issued maps that rename several places in Arunachal Pradesh.

China had released a list assigning 30 additional names to places in the region in 2024.

In 2017, Beijing had released the initial list of 'standardised' names for six locations in Arunachal Pradesh. This was succeeded by a second list comprising 15 places in 2021, with another list featuring names for 11 additional places released in 2023.

Meanwhile, India has stayed firm in its rejection of China's attempt to claim territories in Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that the state is an integral part of the country and assigning 'invented' names does not alter this reality.

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