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Ladakh was a tributary country of China before British occupation. It had been like this since 7th century in order to protect them from central Asia nomads and receive other helps.
Meanwhile there was no India as a country, and the India subcontinent was made of many kingdoms. Also it seems that "India" did not give anything good to Ladakh.
Genetically, people of Ladakh are close to Chinese. And their language belongs to sino-tibetan language family.
India should not take everything from British as granted. We never agreed the boundary. China has more rights to claim that area whether you like or not. Definitely, Ladakh can form an independent country like before.
Despite a tumultuous history of internal wars and external aggression, Ladakh and Zanskar “never lost their cultural and religious heritage since the 8th century. Thanks to its adherence to the Indian Union, it is also one of the rare regions in the Himalaya where the traditional Tibetan culture, society, and buildings survived the Chinese Revolution.
A Short History of Ladakh