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The man who won Tawang
Times of India | Oinam Sunil | TNN | Nov 17, 2012, 04.33 AM IST
He is a hero forgotten by his own countrymen. But Ralengnao (Bob) Khathing, an army officer from Manipur who joined the administrative services and went on to become India's first ambassador to Myanmar, played an important role in the history of India by bringing Tawang under New Delhi's control.
Many in Arunachal Pradesh claim it was "Khathing sahib" who brought Tawang under the Indian administration. "Khathing is the first Indian officer to have hoisted the Tricolour there in 1951, four years after Independence," says Dorjee Khandu Thongdok, a former Arunachal minister who has written a book on the 1962 Sino-Indian war.
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