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Detailed explanation-1: -The talk was held on the Chinese side and it ended around 10:30 PM. The Indian side was represented by new 14 Corps chief Lt General Anindya Sengupta, according to sources close to event.

Detailed explanation-2: -The McMahon Line named after Sir Henry McMahon is the effective boundary between China and India. It runs from the eastern border of Bhutan along the crest of the Himalayas until it reaches the great bend in the Brahmaputra River where that river emerges from its Tibetan course into the Assam Valley.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gulzarilal Nanda was the Acting Prime Minister of India for two short periods following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966.

Detailed explanation-4: -Overview. The term “line of actual control” is said to have been used by Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in a 1959 note to Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The boundary existed only as an informal cease-fire line between India and China after the 1962 Sino-Indian War.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ladakh standoff: India-China hold 17th round of talks, agree to maintain stability in Western Sector - BusinessToday.