Borders in India - 15 Mints Seminar Notes

Borders in India - 15 Mints Seminar Notes

India shares borders with several sovereign countries

Land borders  - China , Bhutan , Nepal , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Myanmar.

Both land and maritime borders – Bangladesh & Pakistan.

Only maritime –  Srilanka.

India’s Andaman &  Nicobar  island shares maritime border with Thailand , Myanmar , Indonesia.

COUNTRY        LENGTH OF BORDERS

Bangladesh:    4096.7 km

China:        3488 km

Pakistan:        3323 km

Nepal:        1751 km

Myanmar:        1643 km

Bhutan:        699 km

Afghanistan:    106 km

Total land border – 15,106.7 km

Longest border between – Bangladesh &  India.

Shortest border between – Afghanistan & India.

INDIA –PAKISTAN BORDERS

• Total length : 3323 km

• Border touching states :

1. Jammu and Kashmir -1222 km

2. Rajasthan – 1170 km

3. Gujarat - 506 km

4. Punjab – 425 km

LOC – line of control

POK -  Pakistan occupied Kashmir

• International border name:

Radcliffe line and LOC

Radcliffe line was drawn by Sir Cyril Radcliffe between india and Pakistan on 17th august in 1947 during  the partion of india .

LOC (the line of control) seperates  Jammu and Kashmir of India from POK. This line was formally established in the year 1972 after the Simla agreement . LOC is 740 km long.

INDIA – AFGHANISTAN BORDER

Total length : 106 km

India shares smallest border with Afghanistan. There is just 106 km border length between india and Afghanistan .

Only jammu and Kashmir touches Afghanistan border but due to POK ( Pakistan occupied Kashmir) india has no effective border with Afghanistan .

Durand line is the international boundary line between Pakistan and Afghanistan . Durand line was drawn by sir Mortimer Durand in the year 1896.

INDIA – CHINA BORDER

Total length : 3488 km

Border sharing states :

1. Jammu and Kashmir – 1597 km

2. Arunachal Pradesh – 1126 km

3. Uttarakhand – 345 km

4. Sikkim  - 220 km

5. Himachal Pradesh – 200 km

McMahon line is the international boundary line between India and China. This line was demarcated by Henry McMahon in the year 1914 at Simla convention.

The Line of Actual Control or LAC is an effective boundary line which seperates the Indian administrative areas of Jammu and Kashmir from Aksai Chin. this line was drawn in 1962 after Indo-China war .

INDIA – NEPAL BORDER

• Border length – 1751 km

• Border sharing states :

1. Uttar pradesh – 651 km

2. Bihar – 601 km

3. Uttarakhand – 303 km

4. Sikkim – 97.8 km

5. West Bengal – 96 km

India – Nepal border is an open international border between India and Nepal. Because the people of these both countries can cross the boundary line from any point.

Nepal is the only country where Indian can go without passport and visa.

INDIA – BHUTAN BORDER

• Border length – 699 km

• Border sharing states:

1. Assam – 267 km

2. Arunachal Pradesh  - 217 km

3. West Bengal – 183 km

4.  Sikkim – 32 km

India – Bhutan border Is an open international border just like India – Nepal border.

INDIA – BANGLADESH BORDER

• Border length – 4096.7 km

• Border sharing states :

1. West Bengal – 2216.7 km

2. Tripura – 856 km

3. Meghalaya  - 443 km

4. Mizoram – 318 km

5. Assam – 263 km

India shares longest border with Bangladesh There is 4096.7 km long international border between these two countries.

INDIA – MYANMAR BORDER

• Border length – 1643 km

• Border sharing states:

1. Arunachal Pradesh – 520 km

2. Mizoram – 510 km

3. Manipur – 398 km

4. Nagaland – 215 km

COUNTRY             BORDER LINE

Radcliffe  line:     India and Pakistan

Durand  line:       Pakistan and Afghanistan

McMahon  line:    India and china

38th parallel:      South & North Korea

31st parallel:      Iran and Iraq

49th parallel:      USA Canada

Hindenburg  line:    France and Germany.

Presented by

Jaisurya

TNPSC Student

Magme School of Banking