Assam and Arunachal CMs sign pact to resolve border dispute
- July 16, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Assam and Arunachal CMs sign pact to resolve border dispute
Subject : Geography
- Assam Chief Minister HimantaBiswaSarma and his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu on Friday signed the Namsai Declaration for minimising the inter-State boundary dispute involving 123 villages.
- Present-day Arunachal Pradesh, which attained Statehood in February 1987, used to be the North East Frontier Tract, administered by the Governor of Assam as an agent of the President of India. It was renamed North East Frontier Agency and brought under the Central government’s control in 1954.
- When new states were carved out of Assam (Nagaland in 1963, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura and Manipur in 1972, and Arunachal Pradesh in 1987), border disputes was still not addressed.
- Other major disputes are
Maharashtra-Karnataka: Belgaum
Ladakh-Himachal Pradesh: Sarchu
Haryana-Himachal Pradesh: Parwanoo region
Assam-Meghalaya: Blocks I and II of the Mikir Hills or present-day Karbi Anglong district to Assam.
Assam-Nagaland:North Cachar and Nagaon districts.
Assam-Mizoram:Lushai Hills and Manipur boundary region
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