Question

Which one of the following countries has the longest international boundary with India?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Bhutan
(C) China
(D) Pakistan

Answer 1

Hint: India and Bangladesh share a 4096 km long border. It's the fifth longest land border in the world.

Complete answer:
On 17 August 1947 a border formed called Radcliffe Line.
There were disputes regarding the Radcliffe Line's award of the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Gurdaspur district. Disputes also evolved around the districts of Malda, Khulna, and Murshidabad in Bengal and the sub-division of Karimganj of Assam.
The prime ministers of India and Bangladesh signed a Land Boundary Agreement in 1974 to exchange all enclaves and simplify the international border. In 1974 Bangladesh approved the proposed Land Boundary Agreement, but India did not ratify it. In 2011 the two countries again agreed to exchange enclaves and adverse possessions. A revised version of the agreement was finally adopted by the two countries when the Parliament of India passed the 119th Amendment to the Indian Constitution on 7 May 2015.
Before partition India and Bangladesh had multiple rail links. The countries are only connected by rail links on the Western Bangladeshi border. The Maitree Express and The Bandhan Express runs between Kolkata and Bangladesh.
These states of India shares borders with Bangladesh are Tripura 856km, Meghalaya 443km, Assam 262km, Mizoram 180km and 2217km with West Bengal.
Rangpur, Sylhet, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna,Mymensingh these cities are situated along the border from Bangladesh division.

Bangladesh has the longest international boundaries with India. Correct answer is (A).

Note: The Bangladesh–India border is also the result of people attempting to illegally cross into India from Bangladesh, cross border firing and cattle smuggling.To prevent smuggling and illegal migration from Bangladesh, the Indian Border Security Force exercises its controversial "Shoot-on-sight" policy. Under this policy, the BSF can shoot any person on site with or without cause.