RADCLIFFE LINE

  • April 14, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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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.
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