Johnson Line

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Johnson Line is a 19th-century British-proposed boundary in the western sector of the India–China border, placing the Aksai Chin region within the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical border proposal
proposed boundary line
appliesToJurisdiction British India NERFINISHED
appliesToTerritory Aksai Chin NERFINISHED
basedOn surveys of Ladakh and adjacent regions
consideredAs basis for Indian territorial claim over Aksai Chin
consideredBy Government of India NERFINISHED
contrastedWith Chinese traditional boundary claims in Aksai Chin
Macartney–MacDonald Line NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
definesBoundaryBetween Jammu and Kashmir NERFINISHED
Tibet NERFINISHED
describedIn surveys of the Kashmir boundary
follows Kuen Lun mountain range NERFINISHED
hasCategory Borders of Jammu and Kashmir
Boundary treaties and lines
British India history
India–China border NERFINISHED
hasEffectOn India–China border dispute
territorial status of Aksai Chin
hasGeopoliticalSignificance high
historicalPeriod British Raj NERFINISHED
inception circa 1865
influenced post-independence Indian official maps of Jammu and Kashmir
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity western sector of the India–China border
mapRepresentation northern boundary of Jammu and Kashmir including Aksai Chin
namedAfter William H. Johnson NERFINISHED
opposedBy People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
Qing dynasty authorities (retrospectively in Chinese historiography) NERFINISHED
partOf history of the Kashmir conflict
history of the Sino-Indian border dispute
placesWithin Aksai Chin NERFINISHED
princely state of Jammu and Kashmir NERFINISHED
proposedBy British Indian government NERFINISHED
region Aksai Chin plateau NERFINISHED
Ladakh NERFINISHED
startTime 1860s
status not mutually recognized by India and China
surveyedBy William H. Johnson NERFINISHED
topicOf historical maps of Jammu and Kashmir
scholarly works on India–China boundary
usedBy British Indian cartographers
usedIn 19th century
early 20th century

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