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inter-state Border Disputes

in Northeast india:

problems and solutions

Several attempts at resolving these disputes have been unsuccessful indicating

the collective failure of Union and state governments

puShpita DaS lation Act of 1873, should be the
N ortheast India has been states in the Northeast are also
basis for delineating the border.
Apart from Mizoram, other
witnessing
inter-state
border disputes since
with Assam. The longest and
the early 1960s when the pro- embroiled in border disputes
cess of carving out states from the bloodiest of these is the bor-
the undivided Assam com- der dispute between Assam and
menced. The most recent in Nagaland.
the series of border disputes
that plagued the region is the assam and nagaland share
Assam–Mizoram border, which a 434 km-long border. while
has been witnessing violent in- the border dispute between
cidents since 2020. The situ-
ation took a worse turn on 26 the two states began right af-
July 2021, when six policemen ter nagaland attained state-
from Assam were killed in a vi- hood in 1963, it is important
olent clash. It was alleged that to note that even before In-
the Assam Police were fired
upon by the Mizoram Police. dia gained independence, the
The situation, in fact, is a cul- naga national council (nnc)
mination of a series of allega- had demanded the return of
tions and counter-allegations the territories which formed
of encroachment by Assam and part of naga Hills district. this
Mizoram since June 2021.
On 30 June 2021, the demand was included in the
Mizoram government accused nine point agreement signed
the Assam government officials between governor of assam
of encroaching into an area sir akbar Hydari and the nnc
called Aitlang hnar in Mizoram
and destroying plantation crops. in June 1947.
On their part, the Assam gov- Arunachal shares an 804.1
ernment claimed that Mizo resi- km long boundary with Assam.
dents have encroached upon 6.5 The boundary dispute between
km inside the Assamese territo- the two states came to the
ry and planted banana and betel
nut saplings besides construct- Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Assam Ripun Bora with fore after the establishment of
ing makeshift settlements. poster 'Save Assam Save Mizoram, save India' at the Parliament House, Arunachal Pradesh as a Union
Mizoram was carved out in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI) Territory in 1972. The process
of demarcation of the boundary
of Assam and established as a between Assam and Arunachal
Union Territory in 1972 and as in turn is based on Notification as notified in 1933 arguing that started in 1972 and by 1979, 396
a full-fledged state in 1987. The No. 2106 AP dated 9 March it was a decision imposed upon km of the boundary was demar-
two states share a 164.6 km-long 1933. them by the British. Mizoram
border. The boundary between The dispute between As- suggests that the Inner Line Re- cated. However, a number of
the two states is defined in the sam and Mizoram stems from served Forest, as described in anomalies and disputes regard-
North-Eastern Areas (Reor- the latter’s refusal to accept the the 1875 notification under the ing the border surfaced during
ganisation) Act of 1971, which present boundary with Assam Bengal Eastern Frontier Regu- Continued on next page... >>

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