March 6, 2025 2:28 PM

“People have forgotten, but we can’t” PM Modi on rehabilitation of evacuated villages during 1962 war

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced a campaign to rehabilitate villages that were evacuated during the 1962 India-China war. Speaking at a public rally in Harsil, Uttarakhand, he highlighted the government's efforts to revive these abandoned settlements and transform them into thriving tourist destinations. Referring to two villages in the Uttarkashi district that were vacated in the aftermath of the war, PM Modi said, “People might know that when China attacked India in 1962, ...