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	The '''Tin''' (or '''Teen''') '''Bigha Corridor''' ({{~~lang-~~bn\|তিনবিঘা করিডর}}) is a strip of land belonging to [[India]] on the [[West Bengal]]–[[Bangladesh]] border which, in September 2011, was leased to Bangladesh so the country could access its [[Dahagram–Angarpota]] enclave from the mainland. The enclave remains the only one still in existence after the 2015 resolution of the [[~~India-Bangladesh~~ enclaves]] issue. It is situated in the town of [[Patgram Upazila]].		\| image_caption = Entrance of Tin Bigha Corridor from Mainland
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			The '''Tin''' (or '''Teen''') '''Bigha Corridor''' ({{langx\|bn\|তিনবিঘা করিডর}}; {{translation\|Three [[Bigha]] Corridor}}) is a road or strip of land belonging to [[India]] on the [[West Bengal]]–[[Bangladesh]] border which, in September 2011, was leased to Bangladesh so the country could access its '''[[Dahagram–Angarpota]]''' enclave from the mainland. The enclave remains the only one still in existence after the 2015 resolution of the [[India–Bangladesh enclaves]] issue. It is situated in the town of [[Patgram Upazila]].

	==History==		==History==
	[[File:Tin Bigha Corridor (তিনবিঘা করিডোর) 03.jpg\|thumb\|Road connecting ~~Dahgram~~-Angarpota enclave with mainland Bangladesh.]]		[[File:Tin Bigha Corridor (তিনবিঘা করিডোর) 03.jpg\|thumb\|Road connecting Dahagram-Angarpota enclave with mainland Bangladesh.]]
	[[File:Tin Bigha Corridor (তিনবিঘা করিডোর) 05.jpg\|thumb\|The border fence around Tin Bigha Corridor.]]		[[File:Tin Bigha Corridor (তিনবিঘা করিডোর) 05.jpg\|thumb\|The border fence around Tin Bigha Corridor.]]
	According to the [[Indira Gandhi]]-[[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] treaty of 16 May 1974, India and Bangladesh were to hand over the sovereignty of the Tin Bigha Corridor ({{convert\|178\|x\|85\|m}}) and South Berubari ({{convert\|7.39\|km2\|abbr=on}}) to each other, thereby allowing access to the Dahagram–Angarpota enclaves and the Indian enclaves adjacent to South Berubari. Bangladesh did hand over the sovereignty of the smaller South Berubari to India instantly in 1974. India, however, could not transfer the Tin Bigha Corridor to Bangladesh as it required constitutional amendment which could not be done due to political reasons.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/09/24/79555.html\|title=~~404 Not Found~~\|work=The Financial Express \|location=Dhaka \|url-status=dead\|~~archiveurl~~=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402040134/http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/09/24/79555.html\|~~archivedate~~=2 April 2012~~\|df=dmy-all~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Enclaves\|title=Enclaves\|work=banglapedia.org}}</ref>		According to the [[Indira Gandhi]]-[[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] treaty of 16 May 1974, India and Bangladesh were to hand over the sovereignty of the Tin Bigha Corridor ({{convert\|178\|x\|85\|m}}) and South Berubari ({{convert\|7.39\|km2\|abbr=on}}) to each other, thereby allowing access to the Dahagram–Angarpota enclaves and the Indian enclaves adjacent to South Berubari. Bangladesh did hand over the sovereignty of the smaller South Berubari to India instantly in 1974. India, however, could not transfer the Tin Bigha Corridor to Bangladesh as it required constitutional amendment which could not be done due to political reasons.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2024-02-01 \|title=The Tin Bigha Corridor: Bridging Nations, Fostering Unity \|url=https://www.mizanurrmizan.info/2024/02/the-tin-bigha-corridor-bridging-nations-fostering-unity.html \|access-date=2024-02-02 \|website=Domain of Mizanur R. Mizan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/09/24/79555.html \|title=Bangladeshis in Angarpota, Dahagram deserve better connectivity \|work=The Financial Express \|location=Dhaka \|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402040134/http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/09/24/79555.html\|archive-date=2 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Enclaves\|title=Enclaves\|work=banglapedia.org}}</ref>

	After much Bangladesh government protest, India, instead of handing over sovereignty in 2011, proposed to lease the Tin Bigha Corridor to Bangladesh for a certain time. South Berubari, meanwhile, would remain in the possession of India.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110907/jsp/siliguri/story_14473988.jsp\|title=Berubari plea to PM for place on map\|work=The Telegraph \|location=kolkata}}</ref>		After much Bangladesh government protest, India, instead of handing over sovereignty in 2011, proposed to lease the Tin Bigha Corridor to Bangladesh for a certain time. South Berubari, meanwhile, would remain in the possession of India.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110907/jsp/siliguri/story_14473988.jsp\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150907181100/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110907/jsp/siliguri/story_14473988.jsp\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=7 September 2015\|title=Berubari plea to PM for place on map\|work=The Telegraph \|location=kolkata}}</ref>

	The total area of South Berubari Union No. 12 is {{convert\|22.58\|km2\|abbr=on}} of which {{convert\|11.29\|km2\|abbr=on}} was to go to Bangladesh. The area of the four [[Cooch Behar district#Geography\|Cooch Behar enclaves]] which would also have to go to Bangladesh was {{convert\|6.84\|km2\|abbr=on}} making the total area to be transferred {{convert\|18.13\|km2\|abbr=on}}. The population of the area including the four enclaves to be transferred, as per 1967 data, was 90% Hindu. The Bangladesh enclaves, [[Dohogram\|Dahagram]] and Angorpota, were to be transferred to India. Their total area was {{convert\|18.68\|km2\|abbr=on}} and as per 1967 data more than 80% of their population was Muslim. If this exchange had gone through, it would have meant a change of nationality for the population or migration of the population from Dahagram and Angorpota and South Berubari Union No. 12 and consequent serious rehabilitation problems. There were in any case major agitations by the people of Berubari protesting against the transfer.		The total area of South Berubari Union No. 12 is {{convert\|22.58\|km2\|abbr=on}} of which {{convert\|11.29\|km2\|abbr=on}} was to go to Bangladesh. The area of the four [[Cooch Behar district#Geography\|Cooch Behar enclaves]] which would also have to go to Bangladesh was {{convert\|6.84\|km2\|abbr=on}} making the total area to be transferred {{convert\|18.13\|km2\|abbr=on}}. The population of the area including the four enclaves to be transferred, as per 1967 data, was 90% Hindu. The Bangladesh enclaves, [[Dohogram\|Dahagram]] and Angorpota, were to be transferred to India. Their total area was {{convert\|18.68\|km2\|abbr=on}} and as per 1967 data more than 80% of their population was Muslim. If this exchange had gone through, it would have meant a change of nationality for the population or migration of the population from Dahagram and Angorpota and South Berubari Union No. 12 and consequent serious rehabilitation problems. There were in any case major agitations by the people of Berubari protesting against the transfer.

	After 1971, India proposed to Bangladesh that India may continue to retain the southern half of South Berubari Union No. 12 and the adjacent enclaves and, in exchange, Dahagram and Angorpota may be retained by Bangladesh. As part of the package a strip of land would be leased in perpetuity by India to Bangladesh, giving ~~her~~ access to Dahagram & Angorpota to enable ~~her~~ to exercise sovereignty on these two enclaves. This was accepted by Bangladesh as part of a carefully constructed Land Boundary Agreement signed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 16 May 1974. The Berubari dispute was thus finally resolved by Article 1.14 of the Agreement which stated:		After 1971, India proposed to Bangladesh that India may continue to retain the southern half of South Berubari Union No. 12 and the adjacent enclaves and, in exchange, Dahagram and Angorpota may be retained by Bangladesh. As part of the package a strip of land would be leased in perpetuity by India to Bangladesh, giving access to Dahagram and Angorpota to enable Bangladesh to exercise sovereignty on these two enclaves. This was accepted by Bangladesh as part of a carefully constructed Land Boundary Agreement signed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 16 May 1974. The Berubari dispute was thus finally resolved by Article 1.14 of the Agreement which stated:

	"India will retain the southern half of South Berubari Union No. 12 and the adjacent enclaves, measuring an area of {{convert\|2.64\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=flip}} approximately, and in exchange Bangladesh will retain the Dahagram and Angorpota enclaves. India will lease in perpetuity to Bangladesh an area of {{convert\|178\|x\|85\|m\|abbr=out}} near 'Tin Bigha' to connect Dahagram with Panbari Mouza (P.S. Patgram) of Bangladesh."<ref>[http://www.hcidhaka.org/tin_bigha.php~~]{{dead link~~\|date=~~April 2021~~}}</ref>		"India will retain the southern half of South Berubari Union No. 12 and the adjacent enclaves, measuring an area of {{convert\|2.64\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=flip}} approximately, and in exchange Bangladesh will retain the Dahagram and Angorpota enclaves. India will lease in perpetuity to Bangladesh an area of {{convert\|178\|x\|85\|m\|abbr=out}} near 'Tin Bigha' to connect Dahagram with Panbari Mouza (P.S. Patgram) of Bangladesh."<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.hcidhaka.org/tin_bigha.php \|title=Technical Difficulties \|access-date=29 May 2012 \|archive-date=4 March 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041434/http://www.hcidhaka.org/tin_bigha.php \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==
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	==Access to corridor==		==Access to corridor==
	[[File:BSF Camp at Tin Bigha Corridor (তিনবিঘা করিডোর) 3.jpg\|thumb\|Indian BSF Camp at Tin Bigha Corridor.]]		[[File:BSF Camp at Tin Bigha Corridor (তিনবিঘা করিডোর) 3.jpg\|thumb\|Indian BSF Camp at Tin Bigha Corridor.]]
	The corridor was previously open for 12 daylight hours only,<ref name=12hr>{{cite news\|title='Tin Bigha likely to be kept open 24 hrs within a short time'\|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=162896\|accessdate=7 September 2011\|newspaper=The Daily Star\|date=20 November 2010}}</ref><ref name=12hr1>{{cite news\|title=Dahagram-Angorpota's unending miseries\|url=http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=166244&cid=2\|accessdate=7 September 2011\|newspaper=bdnews24.com\|date=30 June 2010\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402071226/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=166244&cid=2\|archivedate=2 April 2012~~\|df=dmy-all~~}}</ref> causing great hardships for the inhabitants of the enclave, given ~~the fact~~ that the enclave ~~has~~ no hospitals or law enforcement facilities.<ref name=12hr1/>		The corridor was previously open for 12 daylight hours only,<ref name=12hr>{{cite news\|title='Tin Bigha likely to be kept open 24 hrs within a short time'\|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=162896\|accessdate=7 September 2011\|newspaper=The Daily Star\|date=20 November 2010}}</ref><ref name=12hr1>{{cite news\|title=Dahagram-Angorpota's unending miseries\|url=http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=166244&cid=2\|accessdate=7 September 2011\|newspaper=bdnews24.com\|date=30 June 2010\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402071226/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=166244&cid=2\|archivedate=2 April 2012}}</ref> causing great hardships for the inhabitants of the enclave, given that the enclave had no hospitals or law enforcement facilities.<ref name=12hr1/>

	Following a treaty signed by the Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh on 6 September 2011 in [[Dhaka]], it was agreed that the corridor would be open for 24 hours for Bangladeshis in the enclave to access the mainland.<ref name=24hr>{{cite news\|title=Tin Bigha corridor to remain open 24 hours\|url=http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=537ca67a1852ec7e93feda1fa86a3a05&nttl=2011090724619\|accessdate=7 September 2011\|newspaper=Bangla News 24\|date=6 September 2011\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922065308/http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=537ca67a1852ec7e93feda1fa86a3a05&nttl=2011090724619\|archivedate=22 September 2012~~\|df=dmy-all~~}}</ref><ref name=24hr1>{{cite news\|title=Transit tumbles into Teesta abyss\|url=http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=52&id=205307&hb=4\|accessdate=7 September 2011\|newspaper=bdnews24.com\|date=7 September 2011\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402071251/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=52&id=205307&hb=4\|archivedate=2 April 2012~~\|df=dmy-all~~}}</ref>		Following a treaty signed by the Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh on 6 September 2011 in [[Dhaka]], it was agreed that the corridor would be open for 24 hours for Bangladeshis in the enclave to access the mainland.<ref name=24hr>{{cite news\|title=Tin Bigha corridor to remain open 24 hours\|url=http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=537ca67a1852ec7e93feda1fa86a3a05&nttl=2011090724619\|accessdate=7 September 2011\|newspaper=Bangla News 24\|date=6 September 2011\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922065308/http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=537ca67a1852ec7e93feda1fa86a3a05&nttl=2011090724619\|archivedate=22 September 2012}}</ref><ref name=24hr1>{{cite news\|title=Transit tumbles into Teesta abyss\|url=http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=52&id=205307&hb=4\|accessdate=7 September 2011\|newspaper=bdnews24.com\|date=7 September 2011\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402071251/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=52&id=205307&hb=4\|archivedate=2 April 2012}}</ref>

	The corridor was officially declared open by the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh\|Bangladesh Premier]] [[Sheikh Hasina]] on 19 October 2011.<ref name=pm />		The corridor was officially declared open by the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh\|Bangladesh Premier]] [[Sheikh Hasina]] on 19 October 2011.<ref name=pm />

	==Infrastructure==		==Infrastructure==
	Until recently, the enclaves had no hospitals<ref name=12hr1 /> or colleges.{{citation needed\|date=October 2011}} [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh\|Bangladesh ~~Premier~~]] [[Sheikh Hasina]] inaugurated a ten-bed Dahagram Hospital and the Dahagram Union Parishad Complex on 19 October 2011.<ref name=pm>{{cite news\|title=2 enclaves float in joy\|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=207269\|accessdate=20 October 2011\|newspaper=The Daily Star\|date=20 October 2011\|author=Shakhawat Liton\|author2=Dilip Roy}}</ref>		Until recently, the enclaves had no hospitals<ref name=12hr1 /> or colleges.{{citation needed\|date=October 2011}} Former [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh\|Bangladesh Prime Minister]] [[Sheikh Hasina]] inaugurated a ten-bed Dahagram Hospital and the Dahagram Union Parishad Complex on 19 October 2011.<ref name=pm>{{cite news\|title=2 enclaves float in joy\|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=207269\|accessdate=20 October 2011\|newspaper=The Daily Star\|date=20 October 2011\|author=Shakhawat Liton\|author2=Dilip Roy}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Tetulia Corridor]]		* [[Tetulia Corridor]]
	* [[India-Bangladesh enclaves]]
	* [[Enclaves and exclaves]]		* [[Enclaves and exclaves]]

	==References==		== References ==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

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[[File:Entrance of Tin Bigha Corridor (02).jpg|thumb|Entrance of Tin Bigha Corridor from Mainland Bangladesh.]]
The '''Tin''' (or '''Teen''') '''Bigha Corridor''' ({{lang-bn|তিনবিঘা করিডর}}) is a strip of land belonging to [[India]] on the [[West Bengal]]–[[Bangladesh]] border which, in September 2011, was leased to Bangladesh so the country could access its [[Dahagram–Angarpota]] enclave from the mainland. The enclave remains the only one still in existence after the 2015 resolution of the [[India-Bangladesh enclaves]] issue. It is situated in the town of [[Patgram Upazila]].

==History==
[[File:Tin Bigha Corridor (তিনবিঘা করিডোর) 03.jpg|thumb|Road connecting Dahgram-Angarpota enclave with mainland Bangladesh.]]
[[File:Tin Bigha Corridor (তিনবিঘা করিডোর) 05.jpg|thumb|The border fence around Tin Bigha Corridor.]]
According to the [[Indira Gandhi]]-[[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] treaty of 16 May 1974, India and Bangladesh were to hand over the sovereignty of the Tin Bigha Corridor ({{convert|178|x|85|m}}) and South Berubari ({{convert|7.39|km2|abbr=on}}) to each other, thereby allowing access to the Dahagram–Angarpota enclaves and the Indian enclaves adjacent to South Berubari. Bangladesh did hand over the sovereignty of the smaller South Berubari to India instantly in 1974. India, however, could not transfer the Tin Bigha Corridor to Bangladesh as it required constitutional amendment which could not be done due to political reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/09/24/79555.html|title=404 Not Found|work=The Financial Express |location=Dhaka |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402040134/http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/09/24/79555.html|archivedate=2 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Enclaves|title=Enclaves|work=banglapedia.org}}</ref>

After much Bangladesh government protest, India, instead of handing over sovereignty in 2011, proposed to lease the Tin Bigha Corridor to Bangladesh for a certain time. South Berubari, meanwhile, would remain in the possession of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110907/jsp/siliguri/story_14473988.jsp|title=Berubari plea to PM for place on map|work=The Telegraph |location=kolkata}}</ref>

The total area of South Berubari Union No. 12 is {{convert|22.58|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|11.29|km2|abbr=on}} was to go to Bangladesh. The area of the four [[Cooch Behar district#Geography|Cooch Behar enclaves]] which would also have to go to Bangladesh was {{convert|6.84|km2|abbr=on}} making the total area to be transferred {{convert|18.13|km2|abbr=on}}. The population of the area including the four enclaves to be transferred, as per 1967 data, was 90% Hindu. The Bangladesh enclaves, [[Dohogram|Dahagram]] and Angorpota, were to be transferred to India. Their total area was {{convert|18.68|km2|abbr=on}} and as per 1967 data more than 80% of their population was Muslim. If this exchange had gone through, it would have meant a change of nationality for the population or migration of the population from Dahagram and Angorpota and South Berubari Union No. 12 and consequent serious rehabilitation problems. There were in any case major agitations by the people of Berubari protesting against the transfer.

After 1971, India proposed to Bangladesh that India may continue to retain the southern half of South Berubari Union No. 12 and the adjacent enclaves and, in exchange, Dahagram and Angorpota may be retained by Bangladesh. As part of the package a strip of land would be leased in perpetuity by India to Bangladesh, giving her access to Dahagram & Angorpota to enable her to exercise sovereignty on these two enclaves. This was accepted by Bangladesh as part of a carefully constructed Land Boundary Agreement signed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 16 May 1974. The Berubari dispute was thus finally resolved by Article 1.14 of the Agreement which stated:

"India will retain the southern half of South Berubari Union No. 12 and the adjacent enclaves, measuring an area of {{convert|2.64|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=flip}} approximately, and in exchange Bangladesh will retain the Dahagram and Angorpota enclaves. India will lease in perpetuity to Bangladesh an area of {{convert|178|x|85|m|abbr=out}} near 'Tin Bigha' to connect Dahagram with Panbari Mouza (P.S. Patgram) of Bangladesh."<ref>[http://www.hcidhaka.org/tin_bigha.php]{{dead link|date=April 2021}}</ref>

==Etymology==
''Tin'' is the word for the numeral "three" in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], and [[bigha]] is a unit of area ranging from {{convert|1500|to(-)|6,771|m2|abbr=on}}.

==Access to corridor==
[[File:BSF Camp at Tin Bigha Corridor (তিনবিঘা করিডোর) 3.jpg|thumb|Indian BSF Camp at Tin Bigha Corridor.]]
The corridor was previously open for 12 daylight hours only,<ref name=12hr>{{cite news|title='Tin Bigha likely to be kept open 24 hrs within a short time'|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=162896|accessdate=7 September 2011|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=20 November 2010}}</ref><ref name=12hr1>{{cite news|title=Dahagram-Angorpota's unending miseries|url=http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=166244&cid=2|accessdate=7 September 2011|newspaper=bdnews24.com|date=30 June 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402071226/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=166244&cid=2|archivedate=2 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> causing great hardships for the inhabitants of the enclave, given the fact that the enclave has no hospitals or law enforcement facilities.<ref name=12hr1/>

Following a treaty signed by the Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh on 6 September 2011 in [[Dhaka]], it was agreed that the corridor would be open for 24 hours for Bangladeshis in the enclave to access the mainland.<ref name=24hr>{{cite news|title=Tin Bigha corridor to remain open 24 hours|url=http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=537ca67a1852ec7e93feda1fa86a3a05&nttl=2011090724619|accessdate=7 September 2011|newspaper=Bangla News 24|date=6 September 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922065308/http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=537ca67a1852ec7e93feda1fa86a3a05&nttl=2011090724619|archivedate=22 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=24hr1>{{cite news|title=Transit tumbles into Teesta abyss|url=http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=52&id=205307&hb=4|accessdate=7 September 2011|newspaper=bdnews24.com|date=7 September 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402071251/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=52&id=205307&hb=4|archivedate=2 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The corridor was officially declared open by the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Bangladesh Premier]] [[Sheikh Hasina]] on 19 October 2011.<ref name=pm />

==Infrastructure==
Until recently, the enclaves had no hospitals<ref name=12hr1 /> or colleges.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Bangladesh Premier]] [[Sheikh Hasina]] inaugurated a ten-bed Dahagram Hospital and the Dahagram Union Parishad Complex on 19 October 2011.<ref name=pm>{{cite news|title=2 enclaves float in joy|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=207269|accessdate=20 October 2011|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=20 October 2011|author=Shakhawat Liton|author2=Dilip Roy}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Tetulia Corridor]]
* [[India-Bangladesh enclaves]]
* [[Enclaves and exclaves]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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{{Bangladesh-India relations}}

[[Category:Geography of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Geography of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Territorial disputes of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Territorial disputes of India]]
[[Category:Bangladesh–India border]]
[[Category:Geopolitical corridors]]