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The border itself—see the map below—is an astoundingly ... India and Bangladesh first attempted to resolve the border in 1974, shortly after Bangladesh’s separation from Pakistan and ...
The India-Bangladesh border disputes involve land, river and maritime boundaries which encompass much more territory than Nepal’s territorial claims with India. But there are similarities -- like the ...
The Indian government is set to introduce a bill in the Rajya Shaba, upper house of the parliament, today to amend its constitution and resolve land border disputes with Bangladesh. The amendment will ...
In the map, around 121,110sq-km was recorded against the Bangladesh maritime border; as well as 24,077sq-km of ten meters deep inlet, coastal water and river estuary; 42,007sq-km of 10 to 200 meter of ...
India and Bangladesh began signing border maps in Dhaka on Saturday, officially recognising their 4,156-km international boundary and ending a decades-old lingering discord over the issue.
When Bangladesh (then known as East Pakistan) partitioned itself from India in 1947, there were still about 100 little bits of each country surrounded by the other—enclaves, geographers call them.
Bangladesh High Commissioner in New Delhi Tariq Ahmad Karim and Indian High Commissioner here Rajeet Mitter signed some of the 1,149 maps for five sectors of the 4,156-km border.
After nearly seventy years, it appears that India and Bangladesh may at last resolve their border issues, a legacy of the partition of India in 1947. Following the failed effort of the previous ...