Chalunka is a small village in the Shyok River

Shyok River

The Shyok River flows through northern Ladakh in India and the Northern Areas of Pakistan , spanning some .The Shyok River, a tributary of the Indus River, originates from the Rimo Glacier, one of the tongues of Siachen Glacier. The river widens at the confluence with the Nubra River...

 valley, which was on the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

-Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 border till 1971 when Indian colonel Chewang Rinchen

Chewang Rinchen

Colonel Chewang Rinchen MVC , SM was an officer in the Indian Army from the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.Rinchen joined the Nubra Guard in 1948, and served in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 alongside Indian Army units...

 raised the Nubra river valley

Nubra Valley

Nubra Valley is about 150 km north of Leh, the capital town of Ladakh, India. Local scholars say that its original name was Ldumra . The Shyok River meets the Nubra or Siachan River to form a large valley that separates the Ladakh and the Karakoram Ranges. The average altitude of the valley is...

 guards from local men and captured considerable territory along the valley until they got near the village Turtuk where the present border is today. The village was heavily shelled frequently by Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

subsequently.