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India-Bangladesh border disputes : history and post-LBA dynamics / by Amit Ranjan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ranjan, Amit, author.
- Series:
- South Asia economic and policy studies.
- South Asia economic and policy studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boundaries.
- India--Boundaries--Bangladesh.
- India.
- Bangladesh--Boundaries--India.
- Bangladesh.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 159 pages : color maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer, [2018]
- Summary:
- Globally throughout history, the absence of borders made the movement of people from one place to another easier. The construction of borders and sovereign de-limitation of territory restricted or even prevented seamless migration. The situation becomes more complex near borders that were previously open to the movement of people. One such boundary is between India and Bangladesh, where, in August 1947, suddenly people were told that the places they used to visit on a daily basis were now a part of a different sovereign country. 0Boundaries construct the identity of an individual or a group. Those who cross to the other side of a boundary, are identified and categorized by the state and the people. Sometimes these migrants face violence from the locals because they are considered a threat to the local working class. The book also explains how, after the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, everyday encounter between people from India and Bangladesh have further embedded a feeling of us versus them. In 2015, India and Bangladesh agreed to implement the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA). This book assesses whether the implementation of this agreement will have impacts on boundary-related problems like mobility, migration, and tensions.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Border: physical, political and emotional construct
- Drawing a line between two Bengals: history and politics
- India-Bangladesh border disputes, 1947-2015
- Post-LBA dynamics: an assessment
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9811083835
- 9789811083839
- OCLC:
- 1020030473
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