ITANAGAR: Tibetans in Arunachal Pradesh have strongly protested Chinaโ€™s act of renaming as many as eleven (11) locations in the Northeast state.

โ€œWe condemn Chinaโ€™s act of renaming names of places in Arunachal Pradesh,โ€ said Tamdem Dorjee, president of Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, Miao.

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The Tibetans in Arunachal Pradesh had also carried out a rally in protest against China renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh.

Over 350 protestors took out the rally holding placards โ€œArunachal will always remain an integral part of Indiaโ€, โ€œWe stand by Indiaโ€ and โ€œArunachal is not a part of Chinaโ€.

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It may be mentioned here that China recently announced โ€˜standardisingโ€™ names of at least 11 places of Arunachal Pradesh.

China refers Arunachal Pradesh as โ€˜Zangnanโ€™ and considers it as Southern Tibet.

India, on the other hand, rejected Chinaโ€™s attempt to rename places in Arunachal Pradesh, saying that the state has been and will always be โ€œan integral and inalienable part of Indiaโ€.