Location, Standard Time & Borders of India

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  • India is the 7th largest country in the world with 3287263 sq km which is 2.4% of world area.

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Largest Countries in the World by Area

RankCountryCapital City
1RussiaMoscow
2CanadaOttawa
3United States of AmericaWashington DC
4ChinaBeijing
5BrazilBrasilia
6AustraliaCanberra
7IndiaNew Delhi
8ArgentinaBuenos Aires
9KazakhstanNur-Sultan
10AlgeriaAlgiers

 

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Location of India

North to South

  • Latitude 370 6′ north to 80 4′ north (main land) and 60 45′ north Indira Point or Pygmalion point (Indian Island).
  • Indira Col (J&K) in North and Kanyakumari (Tamilnadu) in South.
  • North to south distance of Indian main land is 3214 Km.

 

West to East

  • Longitude – 680 7′ East to 970 25′ East
  • Ghaur Moti in Gujrat to Kibithu in Arunachal Pradesh.
  • West to east distance of Indian main land is 2933 Km.

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Highest Point of India 

  • Kangchenjunga 8,586 m (Sikkim)

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Lowest Point in India

  • Kuttanad  -2.2 m (Kerala)

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Indian Standard Time – IST

  • Indian Standard Time is calculated on the basis of 82o 30′ or 82.5o East longitude.
  • 82o 30′ East Longitude going through west of the town of Mirzapur, near Allahabad.
  • Indian Standard Time is 5 hours 30 min ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
  • 82o 30′ East Longitude is going through 5 state – UP, MP, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, AP.
  • Time difference between eastern most and western most point of India is 1 hour 56 min.
  • National Physical Laboratory India (NPLI) is the Time Keeper of the Country.
  • It works under Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).
  • Before independence there were 2 standard time, Calcutta Time and Bombay Time.
  • It continued until 1948 and 1955, respectively.
  • Assam, tea gardens follow a separate time zone, known as the Chaibagaan or Bagan time, which is 1 hour ahead of IST.
  • It allowed by Plantations Labour Act, 1951.

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Tropic of Cancer (230 5′ N latitude)

  • Its passes through 8 states – Gujarat, Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, WB, Tripura, Mizoram.

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Borders of India state wise

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Neighbour Countries & Borders of India

  • India has 15106.7 km of land border running through 92 districts in 18 States & UTs.
  • India shares land borders with 7 countries
    • Bangladesh – 4,156 km
    • China – 3,488 km
    • Pakistan – 3,323 km
    • Nepal – 1,758 km
    • Myanmar – 1,624 km
    • Bhutan – 699 km
    • Afghanistan – 106 km
  • Coastline of India is 7516.6 Km (6100 km of mainland coastline + coastline of 1417 Indian islands) touching 13 States and UTs.
  • Maritime borders of India are recognized by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
  • Territorial water can be divided into
    • Contiguous zones – 12-nautical-mile
    • Exclusive economic zones – 200-nautical-mile
  • India has a more than 7000 km maritime border shared with 7 countries
    • Bangladesh – New Moore Island
    • Indonesia – Indira Point
    • Myanmar – Coco Islands
    • Pakistan – Sir Creek
    • Thailand – Similan Islands
    • Sri Lanka – Katchatheevu
    • Maldives – Maliku Kandu

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Land Borders of India

India Bangladesh Border

  • India Bangladesh Border is the 5th longest land border in the world.
  • This boundary has been determined under the Radcliffe Award.
  • This border is guarded by Border Security Force (BSF).
  • India Bangladesh Border state wise
    1. West Bengal – 2,217 km
    2. Tripura – 856 km
    3. Meghalaya – 443 km
    4. Assam – 262 km
    5. Mizoram – 180 km
  • India & Bangladesh has Bus and Railway connection and Border Haats.
  • India–Bangladesh enclaves, also known as the chitmahals.
  • Tin Bigha Corridor is a strip of land belonging to India was leased to Bangladesh to access its Dahagram–Angarpota enclave in Sept 2011.
  • Dahala Khagrabari was the world’s only thirdorder enclave.
  • It was ceded to Bangladesh through 100th amendment act in Constitution of India in 2015.

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India China Border

  • India China border name is Mc Mahon Line.
  • This boundary agreement was signed at Shimla accord in 1913-14.
  • India China border is guarded by Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
  • Boundary as per states
    1. J&K and Ladakh – 1597 km
    2. Arunachal – 1126 km
    3. Uttarakhand – 463 km
    4. Himachal – 345 km
    5. Sikkim – 220 km
  • India, China and Myanmar form the tri-point borders at the Diphu mountain pass, nearby Walong, Arunachal Pradesh.
  • Line of Actual Control (LAC) separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory in the Ladakh region.
  • It was formed after the 1962 war.

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India Pakistan Border

  • India Pakistan border is the result of partition of the country in 1947 under the Radcliffe award.
  • India Pakistan border name is Radcliffe line.
  • This border is guarded by Border Security Force (BSF).
  • India Pakistan border state wise
    1. J&K & Ladakh – 1222 km
    2. Rajasthan – 1170 km
    3. Gujrat – 506 km
    4. Punjab – 425 km
  • Line of Control (LoC) is the military control line between the India and Pakistan controlled part of Jammu and Kashmir.
  • LoC is not a legally recognized international boundary.
  • It is originally known as the Cease-fire Line.
  • It was redesignated as the “Line of Control” after the Simla Agreement, signed on 3rd July 1972.
  • The northernmost point of the Line of Control is known as NJ9842.
  • India Pakistan border continues from the southernmost point on the LoC.
  • Sir Creek is a 96 km long disputed maritime boundary line.
  • It is a tidal estuary of the Indus River located between Gujarat of India and Sindh of Pakistan.

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India Nepal Border

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India Myanmar Border

  • India Myanmar border was decided by the treaty of Yandabo in 1826.
  • This border is guarded by Assam Rifles.
  • Assam Rifles is the oldest paramilitary force of India.
  • India Myanmar border as per states
    1. Arunachal – 520 km
    2. Mizoram – 510 km
    3. Manipur – 398 km
    4. Nagaland – 215 km
  • India Myanmar border has a Free Movement Regime.
  • It allows tribes living along the border to travel 16 km across either side of the border without visa.
  • India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral highway also known as East-West Economic Corridor is the AH1 of Asian Highway Network.
  • It will connect Moreh (Manipur), India with Mae Sot, Thailand via Myanmar.

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India Bhutan Border

  • Treaty of Peace between Britain and Bhutan demarcated the India Bhutan border in 1865, following the Bhutan War.
  • The boundary was refined in the 1973-1984 period.
  • This border is guarded by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
  • India Bhutan border as per states 
    1. Assam – 267 km
    2. Arunachal – 217 km
    3. WB – 183 km
    4. Sikkim – 32 km
  • The India Bhutan border is the only land access to Bhutan, as the border with China is completely closed.
  • The single entry point for foreign nationals is between the towns of Jaigaon, (WB) India and Phuntsholing, Bhutan.

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India Afghanistan Border

  • It is called Durand line.
  • In 1893, it was established between British India and Emirate of Afghanistan as international border.
  • India Afghanistan border is 106 km long and in the region of PoK.

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Other Facts about Borders of India

  • Longest international border of States & UTs
    1. West Bengal – 2509.7 Km
    2. Arunachal – 1,817 km
    3. Rajasthan – 1170 km
  • Nagaland has the smallest international border of 215 km.
  • 3 states and 1 UT have international boundary with 3 countries
    • Sikkim – China, Nepal, Bhutan
    • West Bengal – Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh – China, Bhutan, Myanmar
    • Ladakh – Pakistan, China, Afghanistan

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