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8 Amazing points about India Border

Borders are geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Borders are established through agreements between political or social entities that control those areas; the creation of these agreements is called boundary delimitation.


1. A total of 7 countries share border with India. These countries from east to west are Myanmar,Bangladesh,Bhutan,Nepal,China,Afghanistan and Pakistan. India share their international border with 7 countries.

2. India has 15,106.7 km of land border and a coastline of 7,516.6 km including island territories. 
Name of the country : Length of the border (in km)
Bangladesh                 4,096.7 km
China                          4,057 km
Pakistan                      3,323 km
Nepal                          1,751 km
Myanmar                    1,643 km
Bhutan                        699 km
Afghanistan                106 km
                                      
Total                           15,106.7 km

3. India and China are two neighbouring countries in Asia. in India, the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himanchal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh share their borders with China.

4. Bangladesh shares the longest border with India while Afghanistan shares the shortest border with India.

5. Around one to two million people were killed during the implementation of the partition of India Pakistan border.

6. India - Bangladesh border is the 5th longest border in the world, while the longest border in the world is Canada - United states 8,893 km long.

7. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the man behind the creation of Pakistan as a separate country.

8. In 2011 Pakistan arrested a monkey for crossing India border. LOL


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