The LAC at Galwan has always been at this location. Whether Brig. RJS and his soldiers had authorization to patrol past is another discussion. In general, when ten sources say something and one source says something different, that source is either lying, mistaken, or outdated.
And some members here do not understand that patrolling =! controlling. In the past both sides regularly crosse the lac to the patrols, yet those areas were not controlled. In order to control an area, that requires either direct domination through physical occupation or indeirect occupation through infrastructure building, etc. China has not captured any area previously controlled by India, even if you use the Shukla claim line. Whereas China has lost access from fingers 8-3, which it had controlled since at the latest 2000.
No one has ever said patrol = control. That's you strawmanning people here.
India patrolled F3 to F8 since it has claimed F3 to F8 and the LAC is between F4 and F8 and by India's own four star's admission, India has trespassed beyond LAC more than 5 times as often as PLA for conducting patrols.
China captured F4 to F8 for a year and IA was completely useless in pushing PLA out.
If you can call China losing access to F8 to F3 then India's lost access to F3 to F8 has it not?
Now it may seem equal in "loss" to you feeble minded Jai Hinds but you have ignored two very important points.
1. China has always offered to settle this along the LAC and draw permanent, clear border somewhere between F4 and F8. Meanwhile India always insisted on getting everything up to F8. Now with this above situation, India has lost more because India wanted all of it while China wanted half or so but was happy to negotiate for settlement.
2. India patrolled and intruded more than China. This bothered China so much that PLA was sent in to occupy the entire F4 to F8 stretch which it did successfully and held for as long as the CCP wanted them to. India eventually relented and agreed it will no longer patrol F3 to F8.
1 and 2 will shift the balance of win much more towards China's direction. This isn't even considering that IA was defeated by PLA despite IA tactics in using human wave and superior numbers. They couldn't remove PLA the entire time. Then comparing the military of India and China, the difference is even wider than the difference between the Chinese military and the US. Sure India has certain logistic and numerical superiority in this region of the world but the Indians still did not shoot for the entire year the PLA occupied F4 to F8 which was traditionally more patrolled by India and claimed by India. Something China only really wanted half of or truly anything beyond F8 is fine.
REMEMBER that China has already won Aksai Chin and pushed forward in Pangong. China was always behind F8 and WELLLLLLLL behind F8 before the 1960s war.
China has won the first struggle in the 1960s and remained in control of won territory that was previously disputed.
Now India has performed salami slicing to build up and made China uncomfortable enough to use PLA and China has taken two steps forward. Given India a one step back only in return for India also taking one step back. How stupid do you idiots have to be to still not see this as clear and obvious as it already is.
Net balance:
China won huge swathes of disputed land in Aksai Chin after 1962. Controlled it (not patrol... control)
India build up and increased patrols pushed China to take another two steps forward and captured parts of Galwan/Depsang and Pangong F4 to F8. India tried tactics and failed but negotiated. India agrees to take one step back and refrain from patrols in still disputed parts in return for China taking one or two steps back. Or because it is still yet unclear what's really happening in Depsang.
Net is China major win in 20th century. Then previous status quo got shifted for variety of reasons by bilateral action.
Post status quo shift; China took two step forward and in return for taking one step back, India has to take at least one step back as well which India has agreed to and has performed. Tell me what that net is.