Interesting facts about India Borders

 

Interesting facts about Borders of India with other countries

India has total border length with other countries is around 14867 Km. This is 3^rd largest border after China and Russia which respective have borders lengths of around 22,147 km and 20,017 km.

Bifurcation of border lengths with respective countries are as below: -

a)      Pakistan- 3310 Km and it is taken care by Border Security force (BSF)

b)     Bangladesh- 4096 Km and is taken care by BSF

c)      China- 3488 Km and is taken care by ITBP and Special Frontier force

d)     Bhutan- 578 Km and is taken care by Sashastra Seema Bal(SSB)

e)      Mayanmar- 1643 Km and is taken care by Assam Riffles and Indian Army

f)       Nepal- 1752 Km and is taken care by SSB

g)     Sri Lanka- 0.1 Km and is taken care by BSF

Apart from above India has coastline of 7515 km.

1.       On India Bhutan borders there are only small bars to separate them as there are no tense situations on comparison to other borders.

2.      India Pakistan border is visible from space during night time as border between India and Pakistan is so much lightened that can be visible from space. It looks like orange thread separating the two countries, orange colour is due to security lights during night hours.

3.      There is huge temperature difference throughout India Pakistan border. There is temperature as high as 50 degrees in Thar desert of Rajasthan and temperature as low as of -60 degree on Siachen glacier. There are also so many peaks on which borders are preserved by Armed forces. There is mountain of Mount Tirich Mir which rises near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border to 25239 feet.  There is also Karakoram range of Mountains which contains second highest peak in the world K2.

Above mentioned temperature variations, peaks make the India Pakistan border as the most dangerous borders.

4.      Border line between India and Pakistan is known as The Radcliffe Line. The said line was created by Sir Cyril Radcliffe.

5.      The initial border between India and Pakistan was formed by Lard Wavell, The Viceroy of India. But to bring the clarity about which territory goes to which country Britain appointed Sir Cyril Radcliffe.

6.      Further India Sri Lanka border is shortest land border in the world. Length of border is only 100 meters. India Sri Lanka border is joined by narrow stretch of Ram Satu also called as Adam’s Bridge.  

7.      Border between India Bangladesh is the 5^th longest land border in the world i.e. after Following border lengths:-

(a)   Canada United states border length of 8893 Km

(b)  Kazakhstan-Russia border length of 6846 Km

(c)   Argentina Chile border length of 5300 km

(d)  Mongolia- China border length of 4677 km

8.      Nepal shares border with Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and   Uttrakhand. Nepal and India has open border between them.  This relation allows the citizens of India and Nepal to cross their shared borders without passport and visa restrictions.

9.      India Myanmar shares border across India 4 states naming as Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. Myanmar is considered as India gateway to South East Asia.

10.  India China border runs across Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Most of border is surrounded by hills and International boundary is known as McMahon Line.