Chulichan
Chulichan | |
|---|---|
village | |
  Chulichan Location inLadakh, India  Chulichan Chulichan (India) | |
| Coordinates:34°39′48″N76°18′54″E/ 34.663323°N 76.315108°E | |
| Country | India |
| Union Territory | Ladakh |
| District | Kargil |
| Tehsil | Kargil |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.2590 km2(0.4861 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 912 |
| • Density | 720/km2(1,900/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Brokskat |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30(IST) |
| PIN | 194103 |
Chulichan[a]is a village in theKargil districtofLadakh,India, close to theLine of ControlwithPakistan-administered Kashmir.It is populated by Shia Brokpas andBaltis.
Geography
[edit]Chulichan is on the left bank of theIndus Riverin a narrow section of Indus valley known asBrog Yul.It is the last village inIndian-administeredLadakh; the next village on the left bank, Natsara, is inPakistan-administeredBaltistan.Chulichan has an area of 125.90 hectares (1.2590 km2) and includes fivehamlets:Groung Khril, Groung Stod-I, Groung Stod-II, Sharchey and Grongjuk.[3][4]
History
[edit]Historically, Chulichan and the adjacent regions were populated byBrokpapeople. Folklore maintains that they arrived at their current habitat from theGilgitregion.[5]The Brokpa chieftains wielded autonomy in the region, pledging nominal allegiance to the Maqpon rulers ofSkardu.[5]
However, things changed in the seventeenth century whenJamyang Namgyalof Ladakh had a conflict withAli Sher Khan Anchanof Skardu and had to accept Gurgurdho, a hamlet on the opposite bank of the Indus river, as a boundary between their territories.[5]Consequently, Chulichan and villages to the north of it, such asGanokhandMarol,became part of Baltistan and influenced by Shia Islam.[5]WhenRobert Barkley Shawvisited the village in 1876, he foundBaltisandBrokpasliving there, professing Shia Islam.[6]
Nevertheless, the local Brokpas continued to maintain marital relations with their ethnic kin in theDah Hanu regionof Ladakh; such connections would cease only with the latter's acceptance of Buddhism c. late nineteenth century.[5]In the aftermath of theFirst Kashmir War(1947–1948), with Pakistan anne xing territories north of Chulichan, it became the only Brokpa village in India to be primarily composed of Muslims.
Demographics
[edit]According to the latest census of India (2011), the village has 912 inhabitants across 112 households.[3]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Kashmir & Jammu mapsheet 52-b,Survey of India, 1928.
- ^Bhan 2013,p. 31.
- ^ab"Directorate of Census Operations, 2011"(PDF).p. 56.
- ^"Hamlet wise village detail".DISTRICT Statistics & Evaluation office Kargil, Ladakh.
- ^abcdeVohra, Rohit (1982)."Ethnographic Notes on the Buddhist Dards of Ladakh: The Brog-Pā".Zeitschrift für Ethnologie.107(1): 72, 81–82.ISSN0044-2666.
- ^Shaw, R. B. (1878).Stray Arians in Tibet.
The village of Ganok is entirely inhabited by Musalman Brokpas, while those of Dangel, Marul, Chuli-chan, and singkarmo, are inhabited partly by Musalmun (Shi'ah) Brokpas, and partly by Baltis (Tibetan Musalmans) of the same sect.
- Sources
- Bhan, Mona (2013),Counterinsurgency, Democracy, and the Politics of Identity in India: From Warfare to Welfare?,Routledge,ISBN978-1-134-50983-6