India today took strong exception to China renaming six places in Arunachal Pradesh in Chinese. <br/><br/>Responding to a query, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Gopal Baglay said inventing names of states of a neighbour does not make illegal territorial claims legal. He said Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India and will always remain so. <br/><br/>Yesterday, China had announced that it has standardised official names for six places in the Northeastern state and termed the provocative move as a legitimate action.'<br/><br/>The Chinese move came days after Beijing lodged strong protests with India over the Dalai Lama's recent visit to Arunachal Pradesh.

India today took strong exception to China renaming six places in Arunachal Pradesh in Chinese. Responding to a query, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Gopal Baglay said inventing names of states of a neighbour does not make illegal occupation legal. He said Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India and will remain so. <br/><br/>Yesterday, China had announced that it has standardised official names for six places in the North-Eastern state and termed the provocative move as a legitimate action. The Chinese move came days after Beijing lodged strong<br/>protests with India over the Dalai Lama's recent visit to Arunchal Pradesh.