India and Her Neighbours
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Ch in a Nepal Bhutan INDIA AND HER Myanmar Bangladesh NEIGHBOURS Sri Lanka Our Neighbours Name the South Asian regional grouping of and north west. countries of India in which India is a member. The Indian State that shares the maximum frontier (a) ASEAN (b) SAARC (c) APEC (d) D-8 with China is Arunachal Pradesh. Ans: (b) SAARC The Indian States which touch Pak border are The 8 members of South Asian Association of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Regional Co-operation (SAARC) are India, Gujarat in the order from north to south. Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, PoK is Pak occupied Kashmir. Maldives and Afghanistan. Its 8th member Afganistan was admitted to SAARC in 2006. Muzaffarabad is the capital of Pok. India is the 7th largest Country and 2nd most LAC : Line of Actual Control. populous in the World. Area of Jammu and Kashmir 2,22236 Sq.km. This Westernmost State of India is Gujarat, includes 78,114 sq km under illegal occupation Northernmost State of India is Jammu & Kashmir; of Pakistan, 5180 sq.km illegally handed over by Eastern most State is Arunachal Pradesh and Pakistan to China and 37,555 sq.km under illegal Southernmost State is Tamil Nadu. occupation of China. South easternmost State of India is Mizoram The States which surround Bangladesh are West South easternmost part of India is Nicobar Island. Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and India is the second largest Peninsula in the World. Mizoram. The largest Peninsula is Arabia. The States which share border with Myanmar are Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Rajasthan is one of the border States of India Mizoram. sharing India’s frontier with Pakistan on the west 433 Tripura is bounded on the North west and South by Bangladesh. Teen Begha Corridor has been leased to Bangladesh by India for 999 years out of humanitarian consideration. The corridor belongs to West Bengal. The Indian States which surrounded Nepal are Uttarkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim. The States which share border with Bhutan are KING JIGME SINGYE WANGCHUCK Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh. Sir Creek is at Rann of Kuch in Gujarat. Talk The smallest neighbouring country of India is Bhutan. Its capital is Thimpu. between Indian and Pakistan is going on to Bhutan is a Monarchy but its recent resolve dispute of territory at Sir Creek. development points to its transformation to New Moore Island situated in Bay of Bengal democracy. In 2005 march King Wangchuk belongs to India. released a draft of a new constitution which outlines plans for the country to shift from an Nine Degree Channel is in Lakshadweep. absolute monarchy to a two party democracy. In Nathula Pass is in Sikkim. This pass was opened 2006 the king stepped down from throne to pave in 2006 for trade between India and China. way to appoint his son as the new king. Earlier China removed Sikkim from its website Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh Maldives lies south of Lakshadweep. and Myanmar. Diego Garcia is the American naval base in the In December 2004 Bhutan became the first nation Indian Ocean. in the world to ban the sales of tobacco and The Indian Sub-continent includes India, smoking in public. Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. A few months ago Bhutan Royal Army helped McMahon Line separates India from China. India by driving out and destroying military The Radcliffe Line separates India from Pakistan. campus run by some of the extremist group like ULFA, to work against India. The Gulf of Mannar, Adam’s Bridge and the Palk Strait separate India from Sri Lanka. China Bhutan India continue to view bilateral relations with Bhutan and India share extensive and mutually China in a positive spirit, seeking friendly, Co- beneficial relations. There is free movement of operative, good-neighbourly and mutually people and goods between two countries, and beneficial relations on the basis of the Five the Indian rupee is a legal tender in Bhutan. Tara mega project of 1020 mw is a joint hydro electric project between India and Bhutan which Mao -Tse- Tung was commission in 2006. Capital : Thimphu Currency : Ngultrum. It is fixed at par with Indian rupees which is also legal tender in Bhutan. Bhutan is known as land of Thunder Dragon. India has common borders with Pakistan, 434 became a republic in 1911, under Sun Yat Sun. Chinese President Hu Jintao was in India in November 2006 for a four days visit to strengthen Sun-Yat-Sen is known as father of Chinese relationship between the countries. Republic. China is the biggest neighbour of India Peoples Republic of China was proclaimed on Capital : Beijing (Peking) Oct 1, 1949 under Mao-Tse-Tung. Mao-Tse-Tung Currency : Yuan died in 1976. Principles of peaceful Co-existence In Late 1978, the Chinese leadership began (Panchasheel), mutually sensitive to each other’s moving the economy from a Soviet style centrally concerns and aspirations and equality. planned economy to a more market oriented Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and economy. This result in the accelerated growth Chinese premier Chou-en Lai signed of economy. Panchasheel in 1954. Chinese government follows one child norm and Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Yaxis claim it targets zero population growth by 2010. that Arunachal Pradesh is a part of China in 2006 Lhasa is the capital of Tibet which is an created resentment among India. autonomous region of China. China overtook Japan in 2006 to become the India has provided political assylum to Dalai Country with World’s largest foreign reserve. Lama, the Spiritual leader of Tibet. Tiananmen Square is in china. It was the venue Three Gorges at Yangtze (Chang) river of student uprising in 1989 for political reform, commissioned in 2006 is the largest Hydro liberalisation and democracy which was put electric project in the World. down by the government. The highest railways in the World was inaugurated at Lhasa in 2006. It is 5000 meteres above sea level. The highest railway in the World, Qinghani- Natu La Pass in Sikkim was opened for trade Tibet Railway was between India and China in 2006. launched in Golmud city in north west China’s China became the third country in the world to Qinghai Province in send a man in space after Russia and USA. First July 1, 2006. Chinese in space is Yangliwi and the second Chinese in space is Fei Julong & Niel Haisheng It was on october 26, 1971 China was admitted a on October 17, 2005. member of UN, displacing Taiwan. India and China has started serious negotiations Nepal to solve their dispute through bilateral Capital : Kathmandu negotiation. Recently China has dropped Sikkim Currency : Nepalese Rupee from their official map. Moreover a Chinese Lumbini, the birth place of Buddha is in Nepal. delegation visited India in 2006 and they held discussion to solve the dispute at Kumarakam An open border of 1860 kilometers between India (Kottayam) in Kerala. and Nepal. Facilitates free movement of goods China is the most populous Country in the World (1,306, 313, 812) and third largest in area. Nepal adopted a new constitution in 2006. Now it is a secular country. Formerly it was the only The language spoken by largest number of Hindu country in the world. Moreover it has people in the World is Mandarin (Chinese) drastically cut down the powers of King. Now parliament has an upper hand over the king who The Peoples Republic of China was established was reduced to a mere rubber stamp. on October 1, 1949 under Mao -Tse- Tung. China 435 Durand Line separates Prachanda Pakistan from Communist Party of Nepal Afghanistan while (Maoist) chairman Radcliff Line separates Pushpakumar Dahal also known as Prachanda. His India from Pakistan. main task will be to re- Major rivers are Indus, constitute Royal Nepal Sutlej, Chenab, Ravi, Army with a mix of both maoists and the existing Jhelum all these rivers soldiers furthermore, flows from India to making the poverty stricken Pakistan. Nepalese realise their Pervez Musharraf dream of economic Major cities in Pakistan development will be the top most on Prachanda's are Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Hyderabad, agenda. Multan and Peshwar. It become a muslim State from Partition of British and people. Indian rupee is a legal tender in India in 14 August 1947 comprising Eastern half Nepal. of Bengal Provinces & parts of Assam. After years of turmoil and uncertainity the seven Pakistan became an Islamic republic on 23 march party Alliance (SPA) and Maoist rebels signed a 1956. landmark agreement in 2006 to herald a new era On May 28, 1998 Pakistan tested five nuclear of peace in the Himalayan kingdom. devices and this was followed on a sixth one on The Maoist who have been waging an armed May 30 at Chagai Hills. struggle have decided to end their fight and share Mohammed Ali Ginnah is known as the Father power. of Pakistan. The former King Birendar the Queen and Six other Khan Abdul Ghafer Khan is known as frontier members of the royal family were assasinated on Gandhi. June 1, 2001 by the Prince. Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) India and Nepal signed two agreements in 1996 is known as the Daughter of East. for sharing of water and electricity from the The missiles the Pakistan feel proud of includges Mahakali River. Ghori. These missile are modelled on South Pakistan Korean Nodong missile. Agra Summit was help in July 2000 between Capital : Islamabad Musharraf and the then India PM Vajpayee to Currency : Pakistan rupee find a peaceful formula for the disputes between Pakistan shares boundaries with India, China, the India and Pakistan.