Before we make any comments, it is absolutely imperative that we understand how absurd the current Indo-Bangla border is. We MUST go ahead with the plan to redraw this silly border. #ISupportLBA The history of the Indo-Bangladesh enclaves ( ছিটমহল or chhitmahal ) are old and quite complex. These pieces of land of the two countries enclosed completely within the land of other countries are a result of alleged triflings on the part of the kings of Coochbehar and Rangpur. These kings of neighbouring kingdoms used to bet their villages in games of chess and hence gain control of territory within the rival kingdoms. Hell broke loose when Coochbehar decided to accede to India and Rangpur to Pakistan ( then East Pakistan and now Bangladesh ) after Independence. This led to a large number of people left surrounded by an alien land and bereft of all civic amenities. Technically they are citizens of the other country, which is not able to reach her children. We have generations of people, to whom religion and patriotism is confined to the rice they struggle to eat, the medicine, sanitation and electricity that they illegally acquire (in absence of any help from a foreign country they are surrounded by and their own country not being able to reach them) and the identity they lack. -- shamelessly stolen from Quora. Link: qr.ae/lZuhu
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:14:23 +0000
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