India-Bangladesh Land Border Agreement

 

The Indo-Bangladesh enclaves, also known as the chitmahals sometimes called pasha enclaves,are the enclaves along the Bangladesh–India border, in Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya.

There are 106 Indian enclaves and 92 Bangladeshi enclaves.

Inside the main part of Bangladesh, 102 of these are first-order Indian enclaves, while inside the main part of India, 71 of these are Bangladeshi first-order enclaves.

Contained in some of these enclaves are 24 second-order enclaves or counter-enclaves (21 Bangladeshi, 3 Indian) and one Indian counter-counter enclave

As per joint census in 2010, there were 51,549 people residing in this enclaves, 37,334 in Indian enclaves within Bangladesh while others in Bangladeshi enclaves in India

A revised version of the agreement was finally adopted by the two countries 41 years later, when the Lok Sabha -Parliament of India passed the 100th Amendment to the Indian Constitution on May 7, 2015
Under this agreement, the enclave residents could continue to reside at their present location or move to the country of their choice

India-Bangladesh seal historic agreement to settle 41-year-old land boundary dispute

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina today Saturday June 06,2015 witnessed the exchange of instrument of ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement between the two countries in Dhaka. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was also present. 

India and Bangladesh on Saturday opened a new chapter in their ties as they settled the 41-year-old boundary dispute and promised to do more in other areas

Note
India and Bangladesh share a 4,096-km border. Five Indian states - West Bengal (2,217 km), Assam (262 km), Meghalaya (443 km), Tripura (856 km) and Mizoram (318 km) - have a border with Bangladesh