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{{Short description|International border}} | {{Short description|International border}} | ||
[[File:Burma Indian map.png|thumb|right|Map of the India-Myanmar border (the areas marked "[[East Pakistan|Pakistan]]" are part of present-day [[Bangladesh]])]] | [[File:Burma Indian map.png|thumb|right|Map of the India-Myanmar border (the areas marked "[[East Pakistan|Pakistan]]" are part of present-day [[Bangladesh]])]] | ||
The '''India–Myanmar border''' is the international border between | The '''India–Myanmar border''' is the international border between [[India]] and [[Myanmar]] (formerly Burma). The border is {{convert|1,643|km|mi}} in length and runs from the [[tripoint]] with [[China]] in the north to the tripoint with [[Bangladesh]] in the south.<ref>{{cite web |title=Burma |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burma/ |publisher=CIA World Factbook |access-date=17 September 2020}}</ref> | ||
==Background == | ==Background == | ||
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|publisher = Boloji.com | |publisher = Boloji.com | ||
|access-date = 2007-10-10 | |access-date = 2007-10-10 | ||
|archive-url = https:// | |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120728164600/http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=350 | ||
|archive-date = | |archive-date = July 28, 2012 | ||
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}}</ref> Indian security forces blamed the porous border for the deaths of 200 security personnel and civilians in militancy-related violence in the region in 2001–2003.<ref>{{cite web | }}</ref> Indian security forces blamed the porous border for the deaths of 200 security personnel and civilians in militancy-related violence in the region in 2001–2003.<ref>{{cite web | ||
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|publisher= [[Mizzima News]] | |publisher= [[Mizzima News]] | ||
|access-date= 2007-10-10 | |access-date= 2007-10-10 | ||
|archive-url= https:// | |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130129222159/http://www.burmalibrary.org/TinKyi/archives/2003-05/msg00018.html | ||
|archive-date= | |archive-date= January 29, 2013 | ||
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}}</ref> Four Northeast Indian states share the border with Myanmar: [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Nagaland]], [[Mizoram]], and [[Manipur]]. Both national governments agreed to conduct a joint survey before erecting the fence. The Indian Home Ministry and its Myanmar counterpart completed the study within six months and, in March 2003 began erecting a fence along the border.<ref name= Khaund>{{cite web | }}</ref> Four Northeast Indian states share the border with Myanmar: [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Nagaland]], [[Mizoram]], and [[Manipur]]. Both national governments agreed to conduct a joint survey before erecting the fence. The Indian Home Ministry and its Myanmar counterpart completed the study within six months and, in March 2003 began erecting a fence along the border.<ref name= Khaund>{{cite web | ||