The length of the border between India and Pakistan is 2,912 kilometers [1] . The only locality through which one can cross the border between the two states is the village of Wagah [2] (the eastern part of the village is in India, the western part is in Pakistan).
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Wagah
Wagah is located on the old great wheel track between the cities of Amritsar and Lahore . The controversial line of Radcliffe in 1947 passed through Wagah. The part of the Indo-Pakistan border, located in Wagah, is often called the " Berlin Wall of Asia " [3] . Every evening there is a ceremony called “ flag-down ” [2] , the first of which was held in 1959 [4] . For the observance of order on the border are responsible border troops of India and Pakistani Rangers .
Line of control
The line of control - the demarcation line between India and Pakistan, drawn along the former principality of Jammu and Kashmir - legally unrecognized, but de facto, is the border. Originally called the “Line of Ceasefire”, but was renamed the “Line of Control” after the agreement in Simla , July 3, 1972 .
See also
- Indian-pakistani relations
- Indo-Pakistani conflict
Notes
- ↑ Pakistan , cia.gov.
- ↑ 1 2 Thorold, Crispin . Batting for unity in Pakistan , BBC News .
- ↑ Percy, Steve . Through Asia's Berlin Wall , New Statesman (12 June 2000).
- ↑ Wagah border ceremony aggression toned down , BBC News .
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