Location, Standard Time & Borders of India

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• India is the 7th largest country in the world with 3287263 sq km which is 2.4% of world area.

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Largest Countries in the World by Area

Rank	Country	Capital City
1	Russia	Moscow
2	Canada	Ottawa
3	United States of America	Washington DC
4	China	Beijing
5	Brazil	Brasilia
6	Australia	Canberra
7	India	New Delhi
8	Argentina	Buenos Aires
9	Kazakhstan	Nur-Sultan
10	Algeria	Algiers

 

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Location of India

North to South

• Latitude 37⁰ 6′ north to 8⁰ 4′ north (main land) and 6⁰ 45′ north Indira Point or Pygmalion point (Indian Island).
• Indira Col (J&K) in North and Kanyakumari (Tamilnadu) in South.
• North to south distance of Indian main land is 3214 Km.

 

West to East

• Longitude – 68⁰ 7′ East to 97⁰ 25′ East
• Ghaur Moti in Gujrat to Kibithu in Arunachal Pradesh.
• West to east distance of Indian main land is 2933 Km.

Borders of India

Highest Point of India 

• Kangchenjunga 8,586 m (Sikkim)

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Lowest Point in India

• Kuttanad  -2.2 m (Kerala)

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Indian Standard Time – IST

• Indian Standard Time is calculated on the basis of 82^o 30′ or 82.5^o East longitude.
• 82^o 30′ East Longitude going through west of the town of Mirzapur, near Allahabad.
• Indian Standard Time is 5 hours 30 min ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
• 82^o 30′ East Longitude is going through 5 state – UP, MP, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, AP.
• Time difference between eastern most and western most point of India is 1 hour 56 min.
• National Physical Laboratory India (NPLI) is the Time Keeper of the Country.
• It works under Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).
• Before independence there were 2 standard time, Calcutta Time and Bombay Time.
• It continued until 1948 and 1955, respectively.
• Assam, tea gardens follow a separate time zone, known as the Chaibagaan or Bagan time, which is 1 hour ahead of IST.
• It allowed by Plantations Labour Act, 1951.

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Tropic of Cancer (23⁰ 5′ N latitude)

• Its passes through 8 states – Gujarat, Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, WB, Tripura, Mizoram.

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Neighbour Countries & Borders of India

• India has 15106.7 km of land border running through 92 districts in 18 States & UTs.
• India shares land borders with 7 countries
  • Bangladesh – 4,156 km
  • China – 3,488 km
  • Pakistan – 3,323 km
  • Nepal – 1,758 km
  • Myanmar – 1,624 km
  • Bhutan – 699 km
  • Afghanistan – 106 km
• Coastline of India is 7516.6 Km (6100 km of mainland coastline + coastline of 1417 Indian islands) touching 13 States and UTs.
• Maritime borders of India are recognized by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
• Territorial water can be divided into
  • Contiguous zones – 12-nautical-mile
  • Exclusive economic zones – 200-nautical-mile
• India has a more than 7000 km maritime border shared with 7 countries
  • Bangladesh – New Moore Island
  • Indonesia – Indira Point
  • Myanmar – Coco Islands
  • Pakistan – Sir Creek
  • Thailand – Similan Islands
  • Sri Lanka – Katchatheevu
  • Maldives – Maliku Kandu

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Land Borders of India

India Bangladesh Border

• India Bangladesh Border is the 5th longest land border in the world.
• This boundary has been determined under the Radcliffe Award.
• This border is guarded by Border Security Force (BSF).
• India Bangladesh Border state wise
  1. West Bengal – 2,217 km
  2. Tripura – 856 km
  3. Meghalaya – 443 km
  4. Assam – 262 km
  5. Mizoram – 180 km
• India & Bangladesh has Bus and Railway connection and Border Haats.
• India–Bangladesh enclaves, also known as the chitmahals.
• Tin Bigha Corridor is a strip of land belonging to India was leased to Bangladesh to access its Dahagram–Angarpota enclave in Sept 2011.
• Dahala Khagrabari was the world’s only third–order enclave.
• It was ceded to Bangladesh through 100th amendment act in Constitution of India in 2015.

Borders of India

India China Border

• India China border name is Mc Mahon Line.
• This boundary agreement was signed at Shimla accord in 1913-14.
• India China border is guarded by Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
• Boundary as per states
  1. J&K and Ladakh – 1597 km
  2. Arunachal – 1126 km
  3. Uttarakhand – 463 km
  4. Himachal – 345 km
  5. Sikkim – 220 km
• India, China and Myanmar form the tri-point borders at the Diphu mountain pass, nearby Walong, Arunachal Pradesh.
• Line of Actual Control (LAC) separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory in the Ladakh region.
• It was formed after the 1962 war.

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India Pakistan Border

• India Pakistan border is the result of partition of the country in 1947 under the Radcliffe award.
• India Pakistan border name is Radcliffe line.
• This border is guarded by Border Security Force (BSF).
• India Pakistan border state wise
  1. J&K & Ladakh – 1222 km
  2. Rajasthan – 1170 km
  3. Gujrat – 506 km
  4. Punjab – 425 km
• Line of Control (LoC) is the military control line between the India and Pakistan controlled part of Jammu and Kashmir.
• LoC is not a legally recognized international boundary.
• It is originally known as the Cease-fire Line.
• It was redesignated as the “Line of Control” after the Simla Agreement, signed on 3rd July 1972.
• The northernmost point of the Line of Control is known as NJ9842.
• India Pakistan border continues from the southernmost point on the LoC.
• Sir Creek is a 96 km long disputed maritime boundary line.
• It is a tidal estuary of the Indus River located between Gujarat of India and Sindh of Pakistan.

Borders of India

India Nepal Border

• India Nepal Border, is an open international border.
• This border was established after the treaty of Sugauli in 1816 between Nepal and British India.
• India-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship was signed at Kathmandu on 31 July 1950, which allows free movement of people and goods between the two nations.
• This border is guarded by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
• India Nepal border as per states
  1. UP – 651 km
  2. Bihar – 601 km
  3. Uttarakhand – 303 km
  4. Sikkim – 98 km
  5. WB – 96 km

Borders of India

India Myanmar Border

• India Myanmar border was decided by the treaty of Yandabo in 1826.
• This border is guarded by Assam Rifles.
• Assam Rifles is the oldest paramilitary force of India.
• India Myanmar border as per states
  1. Arunachal – 520 km
  2. Mizoram – 510 km
  3. Manipur – 398 km
  4. Nagaland – 215 km
• India Myanmar border has a Free Movement Regime.
• It allows tribes living along the border to travel 16 km across either side of the border without visa.
• India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral highway also known as East-West Economic Corridor is the AH1 of Asian Highway Network.
• It will connect Moreh (Manipur), India with Mae Sot, Thailand via Myanmar.

Borders of India

India Bhutan Border

• Treaty of Peace between Britain and Bhutan demarcated the India Bhutan border in 1865, following the Bhutan War.
• The boundary was refined in the 1973-1984 period.
• This border is guarded by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
• India Bhutan border as per states 
  1. Assam – 267 km
  2. Arunachal – 217 km
  3. WB – 183 km
  4. Sikkim – 32 km
• The India Bhutan border is the only land access to Bhutan, as the border with China is completely closed.
• The single entry point for foreign nationals is between the towns of Jaigaon, (WB) India and Phuntsholing, Bhutan.

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India Afghanistan Border

• It is called Durand line.
• In 1893, it was established between British India and Emirate of Afghanistan as international border.
• India Afghanistan border is 106 km long and in the region of PoK.

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Other Facts about Borders of India

• Longest international border of States & UTs
  1. West Bengal – 2509.7 Km
  2. Arunachal – 1,817 km
  3. Rajasthan – 1170 km
• Nagaland has the smallest international border of 215 km.
• 3 states and 1 UT have international boundary with 3 countries
  • Sikkim – China, Nepal, Bhutan
  • West Bengal – Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh
  • Arunachal Pradesh – China, Bhutan, Myanmar
  • Ladakh – Pakistan, China, Afghanistan

Borders of India