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the survey. As a result, the pro- The inter-state border dis- rejected the reports if its claim ed that they want a peaceful
cess of demarcation had to be putes in the Northeast have per- was not favoured. resolution of the border areas
suspended. sisted for long. Several attempts While Assam, Nagaland and based on negotiations. But a
The border dispute be- at resolving these disputes have Arunachal Pradesh await the negotiated settlement to these
tween the two states arose when been unsuccessful indicating the verdict of the Supreme Court, border disputes appears to be a
Arunachal Pradesh refused to collective failure of Union and state governments have stat- non-starter.
accept the 1951 notification as state governments. After every
the basis of boundary delinea- major incident, the Union gov- Dr. Pushpita Das is Research Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute
tion. In April 1951, on the rec- ernment or the Supreme Court for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi
ommendations of the Bordoloi have appointed commissions,
Committee, a total of 3,648 sq. which recommended ways to re- Views expressed are of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
km of the plain area compris- solve the issue. However, since views of the Manohar Parrikar IDSA or of the Government of India.
ing the present-day Darrang, these recommendations were This is the abridged version of the article which appeared first in the
Dhemaji and Jonoi districts was not binding upon the states, one Comment section of the website (www.idsa.in) of Manohar Parrikar In-
transferred to Assam. or the other state government stitute for Defense Studies and Analyses, New Delhi on August 4, 2021

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