RADCLIFFE LINE
- April 14, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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RADCLIFFE LINE
Subject: Security
Concept:
- The Radcliffe line is spread through the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat till international border in Jammu in Jammu & Kashmir, dividing India and Pakistan into two different countries.
- Radcliffe divided India into three halves: West Pakistan, East Pakistan and India.
- It was named after the chairman of the Border Commissions, Sir Cyril Radcliffe. He was a lawyer from England who had no previous knowledge or experience with cartography.
- This border line is today the international boundary between India and Pakistan on the western side and between India and Bangladesh on the eastern side.