From ANI Shimla, July 4: Hundreds of delegates from the entire Himalayan region assembled here to express solidarity with the Tibetan exiles to mark the 94th anniversary of 'Simla Agreement of 1914'. Simla agreement was a tripartite among the governments of India, Tibet andhina creating an external line, called McMohan line covering the three countries. It became controversial because only India, then under British rule, and Tibet signed the agreement and not China. A day-long conference was organised by the Trans-Himalayan Parliamentaryorum and The Himalayan Parivar, an umbrella organization of countries and states connected with the Himalayas, to highlight the importance of the July 3, 1914 Simla Agreement. "McMohan line was not the line that divided Tibet and India, but was the line (that) actually joined India and Tibet....
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