Pangsau Pass : In News
The Pangsau Pass International Festival was celebrated in Nampong, Arunachal Pradesh.
- It is celebrated every year in Nampong which is situated in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
- The festival offers a platform for the cross-border trade and cultural exchange with Myanmar to exhibit its culture and other products.
- Pangsau Pass or Pan Saung Pass, 3,727 feet (1,136 m) in altitude, lies on the crest of the Patkai Hills on the India-Myanmar border.
- The pass offers one of the easiest routes into Myanmar from the Assam plains.
- It is named after the closest Burmese village, Pangsau, that lies 2 km beyond the pass to the east.
- It is the reputed route of the 13th century invasion of Assam by the Ahoms, a Shan tribe.
- The pass became famous during World War II for being the initial obstacle encountered by American General “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell’s forces in their effort to build a land route to isolated China after the fall of Burma to the Japanese.
- The famous lake called, the Lake of No Return in Myanmar side, can be viewed from Pangsau pass.
- Pangsau Pass is considered to be “Hell gate” or “Hell Pass” due to difficult terrains in the Patkai Mountain Range.
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