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• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the revamped war memorial at Rezang La in eastern Ladakh next week.
• The memorial, dedicated to those who laid down their lives in the Battle of Rezang La during the 1962 war, now includes the names of Army personnel who lost their lives in the violent clash at Galwan last year.

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• Rezang La is a mountain pass on the Line of Actual Control between Indian-administered Ladakh and the Chinese-administered Spanggur Lake basin that is also claimed by India.
• The pass is located on the eastern watershed ridge of the Chushul Valley that China claims as its boundary.
• It is at the head of the Rezang Lungpa valley, which houses a stream draining into the Spanggur Lake.

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