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	~~[[File:BGB Commander checking the dead Bangladeshi soldiers at the Border.jpg\|left\|thumb\|BDR (now BGB) Commander checking dead Bangladeshi soldiers at the border]]~~

	The border is used as a route for smuggling livestock, food items, medicines, and drugs from India to Bangladesh. Moreover, illegal immigrants from Bangladesh cross the border to India. Because of a large number of illegal immigrants crossing from Bangladesh into India, a controversial shoot-on-sight policy has been enforced by the Indian border patrols.<ref>{{cite news \|author=Tusha Mittal \|date=15 October 2011 \|title=Blood on the Border \|url=http://old.tehelka.com/blood-on-the-border/ \|work=Tehelka \|access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2011/jan/23/india-bangladesh-border-shoot-to-kill-policy \| location=London \| work=The Guardian \| first=Brad \| last=Adams \| title=India's shoot-to-kill policy on the Bangladesh border \| date=23 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/24/india-new-killings-torture-bangladeshi-border\|title=India: New Killings, Torture at Bangladeshi Border \|date=24 July 2011 \|website=Human Rights Watch \|access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> This policy was initiated with reports of violence between the illegal migrants and Indian soldiers.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_bsf-jawan-killed-in-ambush-near-bangladesh-border_1419764 \|title=BSF jawan killed in ambush near Bangladesh border \|work=DNA \|date=6 August 2010 \|access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> The border has also witnessed occasional skirmishes between the Indian [[Border Security Force]] (BSF) and the [[Border Guards Bangladesh]] (BGB), most notably [[2001 Indian–Bangladeshi border conflict\|in 2001]].		The border is used as a route for smuggling livestock, food items, medicines, and drugs from India to Bangladesh. Moreover, illegal immigrants from Bangladesh cross the border to India. Because of a large number of illegal immigrants crossing from Bangladesh into India, a controversial shoot-on-sight policy has been enforced by the Indian border patrols.<ref>{{cite news \|author=Tusha Mittal \|date=15 October 2011 \|title=Blood on the Border \|url=http://old.tehelka.com/blood-on-the-border/ \|work=Tehelka \|access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2011/jan/23/india-bangladesh-border-shoot-to-kill-policy \| location=London \| work=The Guardian \| first=Brad \| last=Adams \| title=India's shoot-to-kill policy on the Bangladesh border \| date=23 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/24/india-new-killings-torture-bangladeshi-border\|title=India: New Killings, Torture at Bangladeshi Border \|date=24 July 2011 \|website=Human Rights Watch \|access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> This policy was initiated with reports of violence between the illegal migrants and Indian soldiers.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_bsf-jawan-killed-in-ambush-near-bangladesh-border_1419764 \|title=BSF jawan killed in ambush near Bangladesh border \|work=DNA \|date=6 August 2010 \|access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> The border has also witnessed occasional skirmishes between the Indian [[Border Security Force]] (BSF) and the [[Border Guards Bangladesh]] (BGB), most notably [[2001 Indian–Bangladeshi border conflict\|in 2001]].

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{{Short description|International border of Bangladesh and India}}
{{Infobox border
| name = Bangladesh–India border
| image = Chickensneckindia.jpg
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| caption = The border has created a narrow strip known as "[[Siliguri Corridor]]" that has made communication and transportation between mainland India and [[Northeast India]] inconvenient
| territory1 = {{country|Bangladesh}}
| territory2 = {{country|India}}
| length = {{cvt|4156|km}}
| enclaves =
| established = 17 August 1947
| establishedreason = Creation of the [[Radcliffe Line]] by [[Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe|Sir Cyril Radcliffe]] due to the [[Partition of India|Partition of British India]]
| current = 7 May 2015
| currentreason = Exchange of [[India–Bangladesh enclaves|enclaves]], simplification of land boundaries
| disestablished =
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The '''Bangladesh–India border''', known locally as the '''International Border''' ('''IB'''), is an [[international boundary|international border]] running between [[Bangladesh]] and [[India]] that demarcates the [[Divisions of Bangladesh|eight divisions of Bangladesh]] and the [[States and territories of India|Indian states]].

Bangladesh and India share a {{convert|4096|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} international border, the fifth-longest land border in the world, including {{cvt|262|km}} in [[Assam]], {{cvt|856|km}} in [[Tripura]], {{cvt|318|km}} in [[Mizoram]], {{cvt|443|km}} in [[Meghalaya]], and {{cvt|2217|km}} in [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Border Management: Dilemma of Guarding the India–Bangladesh Border|url=http://www.idsa.in/strategicanalysis/BorderManagementDilemmaofGuardingtheIndiaBangladeshBorder_nsjamwal_0104.html|publisher=[[Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses|IDSA]] |date=January 2004}}</ref> The Bangladeshi divisions of [[Mymensingh Division|Mymensingh]], [[Khulna Division|Khulna]], [[Rajshahi Division|Rajshahi]], [[Rangpur Division|Rangpur]], [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet]], and [[Chittagong Division|Chittagong]] are situated along the border. A number of pillars mark the border between the two states. Small demarcated portions of the border are fenced on both sides.

==History==
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{{Further|Radcliffe Line}}
The [[Radcliffe Line]] was published on 17 August 1947 as a boundary [[demarcation line]] between [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] upon the [[partition of India]]. It was named after its architect, [[Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe|Sir Cyril Radcliffe]], who, as chairman of the Border Commissions, was charged with equitably dividing {{convert|175000|sqmi|km2|order=flip}} of territory with 88 million people.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Read|first1=Anthony|last2=Fisher|first2=David|date=1998|title=The Proudest Day: India's Long Road to Independence|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Proudest_Day.html?id=60qjQgAACAAJ|location=New York|publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]]|isbn=9780393045949|page=482}}</ref>

==Issues==
{{See also|Deaths along the Bangladesh–India border}}
[[File:BGB Commander checking the dead Bangladeshi soldiers at the Border.jpg|left|thumb|BDR (now BGB) Commander checking dead Bangladeshi soldiers at the border]]

The border is used as a route for smuggling livestock, food items, medicines, and drugs from India to Bangladesh. Moreover, illegal immigrants from Bangladesh cross the border to India. Because of a large number of illegal immigrants crossing from Bangladesh into India, a controversial shoot-on-sight policy has been enforced by the Indian border patrols.<ref>{{cite news |author=Tusha Mittal |date=15 October 2011 |title=Blood on the Border |url=http://old.tehelka.com/blood-on-the-border/ |work=Tehelka |access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2011/jan/23/india-bangladesh-border-shoot-to-kill-policy | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Brad | last=Adams | title=India's shoot-to-kill policy on the Bangladesh border | date=23 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/24/india-new-killings-torture-bangladeshi-border|title=India: New Killings, Torture at Bangladeshi Border |date=24 July 2011 |website=Human Rights Watch |access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> This policy was initiated with reports of violence between the illegal migrants and Indian soldiers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_bsf-jawan-killed-in-ambush-near-bangladesh-border_1419764 |title=BSF jawan killed in ambush near Bangladesh border |work=DNA |date=6 August 2010 |access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> The border has also witnessed occasional skirmishes between the Indian [[Border Security Force]] (BSF) and the [[Border Guards Bangladesh]] (BGB), most notably [[2001 Indian–Bangladeshi border conflict|in 2001]].

In July 2009, [[Channel 4 News]] reported that hundreds of Indians and [[Bangladeshis]] were killed by the BSF along the Indo-Bangladeshi border fence during its construction. The BSF state that the fence's main purpose is to check illegal immigration and to prevent [[cross-border terrorism]].<ref name="India-Bangladesh 'security' fence">{{cite news |title=India-Bangladesh 'security' fence |url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/indiabangladesh+apossecurityapos+fence/3281357 |work=Channel 4 News |date=24 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725083858/http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/indiabangladesh+apossecurityapos+fence/3281357 |archive-date=25 July 2009}}</ref> In 2010, [[Human Rights Watch]] (HRW) issued an 81-page report which documented a number abuses committed by the BSF. The report was compiled from the interviews of abuse victims, witnesses, members of the BSF, and its Bangladeshi counterpart, the BGB. The report stated that over 900 Bangladeshi citizens were killed during the first decade of the 21st century, many of whom crossed the border for cattle rustling or other smuggling activities. However, the report also noted that some were killed due to "indiscriminate firing from across the border". The HRW called for a joint independent investigation to be conducted by both governments.<ref>{{cite web |title=India/Bangladesh: Indiscriminate Killings, Abuse by Border Officers |url=https://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/12/06/indiabangladesh-indiscriminate-killings-abuse-border-officers |date=9 December 2010 |work=[[Human Rights Watch]] |access-date=21 January 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110123104243/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/12/06/indiabangladesh-indiscriminate-killings-abuse-border-officers |archive-date=23 January 2011 |url-status= live}}</ref>

[[File:The Last House of Bangladesh, Sylhet (01).jpg|thumb|250px|[[Bangladesh Last House]], on the Bangladesh–India border at Jointa Hill Resort, Tamabil, [[Sylhet]]]]
The BSF has often been accused by the Bangladeshi government of incursions into Bangladeshi territory, and indiscriminate shooting of civilians along the India–Bangladesh border. In a news conference in August 2008, Indian BSF officials admitted that they killed 59 illegals (34 Bangladeshis, 21 Indians, rest unidentified) who were trying to cross the border during the prior six months.<ref name="bsf killing">[http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-35156020080824 India says 59 killed over last six months on Bangladesh border], [[Reuters]], 24 August 2008.</ref> Bangladeshi media accused the BSF of abducting 5 Bangladeshi children, aged between 8 and 15, from the [[Haripur Upazila]] in [[Thakurgaon District]] of Bangladesh, in 2010. The children were setting fishing nets near the border.<ref name="dstar">{{cite news|title=BSF abducts 5 children from border|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=148029|access-date=24 July 2010|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=24 July 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100726180826/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=148029| archive-date= 26 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> In 2010, Human Rights Watch accused the Border Security Force of the indiscriminate killings. On 7 January 2011, BSF forces killed 15-year-old [[Border shooting of Felani Khatun|Felani Khatun]] after she became tangled while climbing the border fence during a return trip to Bangladesh. Her body was left hanging from the fence where it was photographed, drawing widespread outrage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.akmnahid.com/countries/bangladesh/bsf-killed-innocent-bangladeshi-girl-117.html|title=15 Years Innocent Bangladeshi Girl Felani Killed by Aggressive Indian Border Security Force (BSF)|access-date=17 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108042121/http://blog.akmnahid.com/countries/bangladesh/bsf-killed-innocent-bangladeshi-girl-117.html|archive-date=8 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Enclaves==
{{main|India–Bangladesh enclaves}}
[[File:India Bangladesh Border.jpg|thumb|left|300px|India Bangladesh Border]]
There were nearly 200 enclaves and counter-enclaves that existed on both sides of the border up until 2015. The enclaves or ''chitmahals'' ({{lang-bn|ছিটমহল}}) that ran along the border between the two nations were a longstanding feature of the region. The enclaves were reputedly part of a high-stakes card game or chess games centuries ago between two regional kings, the Raja of [[Cooch Behar]] and the Maharaja of [[Rangpur, Bangladesh|Rangpur]], and the result of the confused outcome of a treaty between the Kingdom of Koch Bihar and the [[Mughal Empire]]. After the [[partition of India]] in 1947, Cooch Behar district merged with India and Rangpur went to then-[[East Pakistan]], which became Bangladesh in 1971.

The prime ministers of India and Bangladesh signed a Land Boundary Agreement in 1974 to exchange all enclaves and simplify the international border. In 1974 Bangladesh approved the proposed Land Boundary Agreement, but India did not ratify it. In 2011 the two countries again agreed to exchange enclaves and adverse possessions. A revised version of the agreement was finally adopted by the two countries when the Parliament of India passed the 119th Amendment to the Indian Constitution on 7 May 2015.<ref>"The Constitution (119th Amendment) Bill, 2013" PRS India. Retrieved 10 May 2015.[http://www.prsindia.org/billtrack/the-constitution-119th-amendment-bill-2013-3049/]</ref><ref name="Shubhajit Roy" />

Inside the main part of Bangladesh, there were 111 Indian enclaves (17,160.63 acres), while inside the main part of India, there were 51 Bangladeshi enclaves (7,110.02 acres). Under the Land Boundary Agreement, the enclave residents could continue to reside at their present location or move to the country of their choice.<ref name="Sougata Mukhopadhyay">{{cite news |url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indiabangladesh-sign-pact-on-border-demarcation/181937-3.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120622024224/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indiabangladesh-sign-pact-on-border-demarcation/181937-3.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 22 June 2012 | title = India–Bangladesh sign pact on border demarcation | author = Sougata Mukhopadhyay | publisher = CNN-IBN | date = 7 September 2011 | access-date = 20 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Parliament-passes-historic-land-accord-bill-to-redraw-border-with-Bangladesh/articleshow/47190401.cms|title=Parliament passes historic land accord bill to redraw border with Bangladesh |work=The Times of India |date=7 May 2015 |access-date=7 May 2015}}</ref> The [[adverse possession]] of Boraibari went to Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|author=Manoj Anand |url=http://www.asianage.com/india/bangladesh-land-swap-deal-agp-calls-bandh-says-pm-modi-betrayed-people-374|title=Bangladesh land swap deal: AGP calls bandh, says PM Modi betrayed people |work=The Asian Age |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> The undemarcated borders between the nations were also finally solved with respect to Daikhata-Dumabari, Muhurichar (an island in the [[Muhuri River]]),<ref name="Shubhajit Roy">{{cite web|author=Shubhajit Roy |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/explained-land-swap-in-offing/|title=Everything you need to know: Land swap in offing with Bangladesh to end disputes |work=The Indian Express |date=2 December 2014 |access-date=2 December 2014}}</ref> and Pyrdiwah.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150507/jsp/frontpage/story_18745.jsp|title=Meghalaya groups flay land-swap deal |work=The Telegraph |location=Calcutta |date=6 May 2015 |access-date=6 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Stateless misery on India–Bangladesh border |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14715825 |work=BBC News |date=5 September 2011}}</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jC3MBSdkuCv8RMTee88OerJ2sFAQ?docId=CNG.d83256110765c85aab9e890617af6914.1c1 "Bangladesh, India to swap 162 land parcels"], [[Agence France-Presse|AFP]], 1 September 2011</ref>

==Maritime boundary==
{{anchor | EEZ | Maritime | Maritime boundary }}
{{See also | Exclusive economic zone of India | Exclusive economic zone of Bangladesh  }}

India and Bangladesh, with different perceptions of their maritime boundaries and exclusive economic zone, engaged in eight rounds of bilateral negotiations since 1974, which remained inconclusive until 2009 when both agreed to undergo arbitration under the [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea|UNCLOS]]. On 7 July 2014, [[Permanent Court of Arbitration|Arbitration Tribunal]] resolved the dispute in Bangladesh's favor, which was amicably accepted by both sides, thus ending the dispute.<ref name=IndBang1>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/ChanakyaCode/pca-ruling-on-the-chinese-claims-of-sovereignty-in-south-china-sea/ PCA Ruling on the Chinese claims of sovereignty in South China Sea], [[The Times of India]], 6 June 2020.</ref> Dispute also included [[South Talpatti]] (also called "New Moore"), a small uninhabited offshore sandbar that emerged as an Island in the aftermath of the [[1970 Bhola cyclone|Bhola cyclone]] in 1970, and disappeared around March 2010.<ref name=CSM>[http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0324/Global-warming-as-peacemaker-Disputed-island-disappears-under-rising-sea. Global warming as peacemaker? Disputed island disappears under rising sea. ], ''The Christian Science Monitor'', 24 March 2010</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bonnett, Alastair, 1964-|title=Off the map : lost spaces, invisible cities, forgotten islands, feral places, and what they tell us about the world|year=2014|isbn=978-1-78131-257-5|location=London|oclc=868380030}}</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:India–Bangladesh Friendship Gate.jpg|thumb|right|India–Bangladesh Friendship Gate between Tamabil (Bangladesh) and Dawki (India) border.]]
{{main|Transport between India and Bangladesh | Borders_of_India#Designated_crossings_with_ICP_&_LCS | label 2 = Designated border crossings of India | Borders of India}}

=== Road links ===
Designated Integrated Check Posts (ICP, with both customs and immigration facilities) and Land Customs Stations (LCS) are:<ref name=icp1>[http://www.mdoner.gov.in/sites/default/files/silo2_content/Look%20East%20Policy/RIS%20Border%20Trade%20Report%20-%20final.pdf ICP and LCS]</ref>
* [[Assam]]
** Mankachar Land Customs Stations(India) and Rowmari post (Bangladesh)
** [[Karimganj district#Sutarkandi international border crossing|Karimganj]]–[[Beanibazar Upazila]] via [[Karimganj district#Sutarkandi international border crossing|Sutarkandi]] integrated checkpost crossing on [[National Highway 37 (India)|NH37]](India) and Sheola post (Bangladesh)
** Karimganj Steamer and Ferry Station (KSFS) Land Customs Stations(India) and Zakiganj post (Bangladesh)
* [[West Bengal]]
** [[Kolkata]]–[[Dhaka]] via [[Petrapole]] integrated checkpost crossing
** [[English Bazar|Malda]]–[[Rajshahi]] via [[Mahadipur]] crossing
** Chandrabangha integrated checkpost
** Hili
* [[Meghalaya]]
** Bagmara Land Customs Stations (India) and Bijoyour post (Bangladesh)
** Borsara Land Customs Stations(India) and Borsara post (Bangladesh)
** [[West Garo Hills district#Economy|West Garo Hills]]–[[Baksiganj Upazila|Bakshiganj]] via [[West Garo Hills district#Mahendraganj international border crossing|Mahendraganj]] crossing on [[National Highway 217 (India)|NH12]]
** [[Tura, Meghalaya|Tura]]–[[Nalitabari Upazila|Nalitabari]] via [[Dalu, Meghalaya|Dalu]] crossing on [[National Highway 217 (India)|NH217]] (India) and Nakugaon post (Bangladesh)
** [[Shillong]]–[[Sylhet]] via [[Dawki]] integrated checkpost crossing (India) and Tambil post (Bangladesh)
* [[Tripura]]
** [[Agartala]]–[[Dhaka]] via Agartala integrated checkpost (India) and [[Akhaura Upazila|Akhaura]] checkpost crossing
** [[Santirbazar]]–[[Feni District|Feni]] via [[Santirbazar#Santirbazar integrated checkpost|Santirbazar integrated border checkpost]] road and railway crossing in [[South Tripura district]]
* [[Mizoram]]
** Kawarpuchiah integrated checkpost, opened in October 2017 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<ref name=pm1>{{cite news |title=India opens two border crossing points with Myanmar, Bangladesh |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/india-opens-two-border-crossing-points-with-myanmar-bangladesh/article9883216.ece |work=The Hindu Business Line |date=1 October 2017}}</ref>

=== Bus service ===
Transport between India and Bangladesh bears much historical and political significance for both countries, which possessed no ground transport links for 43 years, starting with the [[Partition of Bengal (1947)|partition of Bengal]] and [[partition of India|India]] in 1947. After the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|establishment of Bangladesh]] following the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], bilateral relations improved considerably, but the two governments moved slowly on implementing a 1980 agreement on improving transport links.<ref name="BS">{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990618/ige18050.html |title=Bus maps the route to better Indo-Bangla ties |last=Malhotra |first=Jyoti |date=18 June 1999 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=21 April 2008}}</ref>

The [[Kolkata]]–[[Dhaka]] Bus started in 1999.<ref name="TOI">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kolkata-Dhaka_train_service_resumes_after_43_years/articleshow/2950159.cms |title=Kolkata–Dhaka Moitree Express flagged off |date=14 April 2008 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=21 April 2008}}</ref> In 2001, another bus service was launched to connect Dhaka with Agartala, the capital of the Indian state of [[Tripura]], the second-largest city of [[Northeast India]] that borders Bangladesh in the east. In 2015 June direct bus service from Kolkata to Agartala via, Petrapole, Dhaka, Akhoura began. The service is operated by West Bengal surface transport corporation.

===India–Bangladesh rail links===
{{see also|Transport between India and Bangladesh#Rail links | label 1 = India Bangladesh existing rail links | Kaladan_Multi-Modal_Transit_Transport_Project#Northeast railway connectivity projects | label 2 = Northeast railway connectivity projects}}
Before partition India and Bangladesh had [[Transport between India and Bangladesh#Rail links|multiple rail links]]. In the 21st century, the countries are only connected by rail links on the Western Bangladeshi border, although there are plans to rebuild some of the other rail links. 2 scheduled passenger trains run between [[Kolkata]] and Bangladesh as the [[Maitree Express]] and the [[Bandhan Express]].

==India–Bangladesh barrier==
[[Image:Indo-Bangladeshi Barrier.JPG|thumb|300px|The border fence close to the Hili Border station in West Bangladesh]]

India is constructing the India–Bangladesh barrier, a {{convert|3406|km|adj=on}} fence of [[barbed wire]] and concrete just under {{convert|3|m}} high, to prevent smuggling of narcotics. Out of this, {{convert|500|km}} of fencing was completed at the cost of {{INRConvert|28.81|b}} by November 2007. The deadline for project completion was set to 2008–09.<ref name="Centre has fenced 3406 km along Indo-Bangladesh border">{{cite news|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/centre-has-fenced-3406-km-along-indo-bangladesh-border_1006842.html|title=Centre has fenced 3406 km along Indo-Bangladesh border|publisher=Thaindian news|date=27 November 2007}}</ref> By October 2009, about {{convert|2649|km}} of fencing along with about {{convert|3326|km}} of border roads were completed. The deadline for project completion was revised to March 2010.<ref name="Indo-Bangla border fencing to be completed by March 2010">{{cite news|title=Indo-Bangla border fencing to be completed by March 2010|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/indo-bangla-border-fencing-to-be-completed-by-march-2010_569528.html|access-date=6 August 2012|newspaper=Zee News|date=9 October 2009}}</ref> By March 2011, {{convert|2735|km}} of fencing was completed and the deadline was revised to March 2012.<ref name="Bangla border fence deadline extended">{{cite news|title=Bangla border fence deadline extended|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=mar1711/at09|access-date=6 August 2012|newspaper=The Assam Tribune|date=17 March 2011}}</ref>

The project has run into several delays and there is no clear completion date for the project yet.<ref name="Centre has fenced 3406 km along Indo-Bangladesh border"/><ref name="Indo-Bangla border fencing to be completed by March 2010"/><ref name="Bangla border fence deadline extended"/> The barrier when complete will be patrolled by the [[Border Security Force]]. The fence will also be electrified at some stretches.

[[Assam]] shares {{convert|263|km}} of border with Bangladesh out of which {{convert|143.9|km}} is land and {{convert|119.1|km}} is [[riverine]]. As of November 2011, {{convert|221.56|km}} of fencing was completed.<ref name="Fencing along India-Bangladesh Border">{{cite web|title=Fencing along India–Bangladesh Border|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=77968|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India|access-date=7 August 2012}}</ref> India has completed the installation of [[high-intensity discharge lamp|flood lights]] for {{convert|277|km}} in the [[West Bengal]] sector.<ref name="Centre has fenced 3406 km along Indo-Bangladesh border"/> Sometimes between 2001 and 2006 Bangladesh Border security troops (BDR) clashed with the Indian [[Border Security Force]] when the fence was built beyond the no man's land.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiamonitor.com/news/readCatFullNews.jsp?ni=232&ct=India-Bangladesh |title=India–Bangladesh News from India |publisher=India Monitor |access-date=11 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928131819/http://indiamonitor.com/news/readCatFullNews.jsp?ni=232&ct=India-Bangladesh |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Div col|colwidth=12em}}
* [[Borders of India]]
* [[Deaths along the Bangladesh–India border]]
* [[2001 Indian–Bangladeshi border conflict]]
* [[Bangladesh–India relations]]
* [[Border barrier]]
* [[Dahala Khagrabari]]
* [[Indo-Bangladesh enclaves]]
* [[Indo-Burma barrier]]
* [[Line of Control]]
* [[Tetulia Corridor]]
* [[Tin Bigha Corridor]]
{{div col end}}

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://i0.wp.com/www.insightsonindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BBIN.jpg?resize=1303%2C859 Map of India–Bangladesh border links]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4319515.stm India–Bangladesh border gunfire]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190104103500/http://indiamonitor.com/news/readNewsCate.jsp?nc=India-Bangladesh News from India]

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