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title: "Galwan Valley Clash 2020: India-China LAC | Model Diplomat"
description: "The Galwan Valley Clash was the 15 June 2020 India-China brawl in eastern Ladakh that killed 20 Indian soldiers — the first LAC combat deaths since 1975."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Galwan Valley Clash was a violent confrontation on 15 June 2020 between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh.
- Why did the Galwan clash involve no gunfire despite causing deaths?
- How many soldiers died, and did China disclose its losses?
- What strategic factor made the Galwan Valley significant?
- How did the clash change India-China relations after 2020?

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1. 15 June 2020

   The Galwan Valley Clash was a violent confrontation on between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh.

2. 6 June 2020

   A corps commander–level meeting on at Chushul-Moldo produced an agreement on mutual disengagement.

3. 10 September 2020

   Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in Moscow on on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, producing a five-point consensus.

4. 21 October 2024

   On , India announced an agreement on patrolling arrangements in the Depsang and Demchok areas, ahead of a Modi–Xi meeting at the BRICS summit in Kazan.

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On 15 June 2020, Indian soldiers led by Colonel B. Santosh Babu of the 16 Bihar Regiment clashed with PLA troops near Patrol Point 14 in the Galwan Valley, leaving 20 Indian soldiers dead.

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