Technically India did not lose Manasarovar to China because it was not a part of India but having said that India had unfettered access to the holy mountain for close to 2 thousand years. It was like a “no man land” though located in Tibet. It is the holiest Hindu place of worship and abode of Lord Shiva. In 1947 after the departure of the British, India could have very easily incorporated Mansarovar which is close to the Indian border into the Indian Union. Unfortunately, Pandit Nehru was sitting on his haunches and failed to act. In addition despite exhortations by Sardar Patel failed to stop China’s invasion of Tibet in 1950. He refused to do so and in the bargain brought China to the border of India after 2000 years.
Now Indians have to take a visa to visit Mansarovar. It must be noted that China did not allow any Indian pilgrims to visit Mount Kailash for decades after 1959. This is a sad story but the entire blame for this goes to Pandit Nehru and the Congress Party which completely misread the situation and made India vulnerable
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