knowledge questions magazine Published this article page no 106 Therefore the creation of infrastructure would help integrate these areas with the hinterland create a positive perception of care by the country and encourage people to stay on in the border areas leading to safe and secure borders. India China Border India and China share a 3488 km long boundary. Unfortunately the entire boundary is disputed. The line which delineates the boundary between the two countries is popularly called the McMahon line after its author Sir Henry McMahon. In 1913 the BritishIndia government had called a tripartite conference in which the boundary between India and Tibet was formalized after a discussion between the Indian and the Tibetans. A Convention was adopted which resulted in the delimitation of the IndoTibetan boundary. This boundary is however disputed by China which terms it as illegal. In 1957 China occupied Aksai Chin and built a road through it. This episode was followed by intermittent clashes along the border which finally culminated in the border war of 1962. The boundary which came into existence after the war came to be known as Line of Actual Control (LAC). It is a military held line. The Border Area Development Programme (BADP) The BADP was launched by the Ministry of Home Affairs in 198687 as part of a comprehensive approach to Border Management. It was initiated for ensuring balanced development of border areas through development of infrastructure and promotion of a sense of security among the border population. The States covered are Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Gujarat Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand and West Bengal knowledge questions magazine buy.
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