❖ The day marks the sacrifice of 10 CRPF men who lost their lives to a Chinese attack in 1959.

❖ A police contingent comprising CRPF and ITBF personnel were killed by Chinese troops in an ambush in the Hot Springs area near Ladakh.

❖ Hot Spring in Aksai Chin in Ladakh is situated between 15,000 and 16,000 ft above the sea level on the Indo-Tibet border.