Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar has World's biggest cluster of
exclaves and enclaves. Look up under Bangladesh and India for more
information.
The number of existing enclaves in
Bangladesh and India varies from source to source. The present figures
derive from Brendan Whyte's PhD thesis on Indo-Bangladeshi enclaves.
There is a 1974 agreement between Bangladesh and India proposing
exchange of lands, which, when ratified by India, will largely decrease
the number of enclaves in both countries. The agreement was ratified by
Bangladesh in 1974. (Palmberg.)
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Literature:
Whyte, Brendan:
Waiting for the Esquimo, an historical and documentary study of
the Cooch Behar enclaves of India and Bangladesh, Research Paper 8, School
of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Melbourne.
Publication of PhD thesis. xvi +502 pp. ISBN 0 734 02208 5.
Maps:
The Indo-Bangladeshi enclaves at Cooch Behar, West Bengal including past
enclaves, Berubari and Tin Bigha Corridor; Scale: c.1:130.000; Compilation
Notes, © B. R. Whyte, 2001, cartography A. R. Hardie, editing A. Edwards.
Links:
Exclave Info: India - Bangladesh Border
Complex
http://exclave.info/current/indo-bangla/indo-banglamaps.html
Humanscape Features November 2002 - Nowhere people - Indians living on Indian territory in Bangladesh are treated shabbily by both countries
http://www.humanscapeindia.net/humanscape/new/nov02/theinsiders.htm
This page was last time updated 01/03/03 .
