There is a boil of patriotism in the villages along the border between China and Tanatani. However, the villagers of Nelong-Jadhang village also have a twinge of eviction. He is awaiting compensation till date. The elders of the border area say that the Indo-China war went on from October 20 to November 21 in 1962. The next year, when they started going to their villages, the government stopped them. Their Nelong and Jadhang villages were handed over to the army, declaring a threat from China. According to him, the villagers of Nelong-Jadhang used to migrate to the traditional pasture camps of Dunda, Tehri, Mussoorie, Rishikesh, and Dehradun with their flocks. The villagers returned from these villages to their winter camps in the month of September before Diwali in 1962. The security of this border was dependent on the police and the Special Task Force. Later ITBP and Army were deployed here.

75-year-old Sevakram Bhandari, a resident of Border Nelang village, chairman of Jad Bhotia Janakalyan Samiti, Narayan Singh Negi, 73, president of Frontier Sheep Palak Sangh and Nagendra Singh, 73, of Harshil, recall the old days. Both Nelong and Jadhang villages were inhabited on the border before the invasion. The villagers used to cultivate Kuttu, Fabra, Potato, and Barley and go to the border of Tibet to feed the flocks. They used to have raw encroachments made of clay and stone at places like Sumla, Mandi, etc. Sumla, Mandi, as well as Tibetan traders, used to come to Bagori near Harshil. Tibetan traders used to take grains and pulses, jaggery, etc. from here instead of sheep, goat, cow, coral, gold, ghee, wool, salt, etc.

The elders of Nelang and Jadung village tell that a large number of Tibetan refugees entered India in the year 1962 via Uttarkashi. A large number of these refugees reached Nelong through the passes of Teesuncula, Muningla, Thagla-1 and Thagla-2. Due to prolonged trade and communication with them, the local people had no problem. Thakur Hukam Singh was posted at the check post in Nelong. His wife was from Tibet and he himself knew the Tibetan language. After informing the local administration, they stopped these refugees in Harshil. After this, they were sent to Rajpur (Dehradun) and Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) after staying in Maneri for a few days.

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