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- June-August 2023 marks the sapphire jubilee of a very important event in the history of the exploration of the Siachen glacier.
- In June 1958, exactly 65 years ago, V. K. Raina, an Assistant Geologist with the GSI led the first GSI Survey of the Siachen glacier.
- It became a bone of contention between India and Pakistan in the future and the site of Operation Meghdoot launched by the Indian Armed forces in 1984.
- 5Q 131 05 084 is the number assigned to the Siachen glacier by the Geological Survey of India (GSI).
- The grid reference point NJ 9842 is the last mutually demarcated point between India and Pakistan as per the Karachi ceasefire agreement of 1949.
- Also, this is the point where the Line of Control of the Shimla Agreement ends.
- 1958 was an important year for geologists all over the world as it was celebrated as the International Geophysical Year.
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