The following States border shared with Bangladesh.
- Mizoram: 318 km
- Tripura: 856 km
- Meghalaya: 443 km
- Assam: 263 km
- West Bengal: 2216 km
Total: 4096 km ( highest length)
Land Issues:
- Since 1947, nearly 37000 Indians were living in 111 Indian enclaves inside Bangladesh. Nearly 14000 Bangladeshi were also living inside Indian territory in 51 Bangladeshi enclaves. These people were living as stateless people because of poorly defined boundaries.
- The land deal was signed in 1974 and protocol was also made in 2011 to swap the enclave land.
- In 2015, the Land Boundary Agreement( LBA) was signed, under this: India gave away 110 Indian enclaves to Bangladesh, and received 51 enclaves. As of now, there are no issues over the land boundary between India and Bangladesh.
Maritime boundary issues:
- The maritime boundary between India and Bangladesh was not demarcated before 2013.
- In 2009, Bangladesh went to UNCLOS.
- UNCLOS; United Nations convectional for the law of the sea. It is also referred to as the law of the sea. Headquarters in Hague.
- The verdict came in 2013. 4/5 of the disputed land is awarded to Bangladesh and 1/4th of the disputed region is awarded to India.
You may like also:
ConversionConversion EmoticonEmoticon