evidence: Arunachal Pradesh (/ərʊˌnɑːtʃəl prəˈdeɪʃ/;[19] lit. 'Dawn-Lit Mountain Province')[20] is a state in northeast India. It was formed from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is its capital and largest town. It borders the Indian states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares international borders with Bhutan in the west, Myanmar in the east, and a disputed 1,129 km border with China's Tibet Autonomous Region in the north at the McMahon Line.[21] Arunachal Pradesh is claimed by China as South Tibet as part of the Tibet Autonomous Region;[22][23] China occupied some regions of Arunachal Pradesh in 1962 but later withdrew its forces.[24][25] [...] Recent claims [edit]The 14th Dalai Lama did not originally recognise India's sovereignty over Arunachal Pradesh. As late as 2003, he said that "Arunachal Pradesh was actually part of Tibet".[64] In January 2007, the Dalai Lama said that both Britain and Tibet had recognised the McMahon Line in 1914. In 2008, he said that Arunachal Pradesh was a part of India under the agreement signed by Tibetan and British representatives.[65] According to the Dalai Lama, "In 1962 during the India-China war, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) occupied all these areas (Arunachal Pradesh) but they announced a unilateral ceasefire and withdrew, accepting the current international boundary".[66]