Category 12 · International Relations & Places in News
Border, Territorial and Maritime Disputes in the News
10 micro topics in International Relations & Places in News for UPSC Prelims, in book order: Line of Actual Control (LAC) – India-China Border Disputes (Galwan, Doklam, Depsang); Line of Control (LoC) – India-Pakistan Border; and 8 more.
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Line of Actual Control (LAC) – India-China Border Disputes (Galwan, Doklam, Depsang)
The Line of Actual Control, LAC, is the de facto boundary between Indian-controlled and Chinese-controlled territory along their disputed frontier, which India puts at about 3,488 kilometres and China at around 2,000 kilometres. It runs across…
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Line of Control (LoC) – India-Pakistan Border
The Line of Control, LoC, is the de facto military line that divides Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir, about 740 kilometres long. It originated as the ceasefire line of 1949 under the Karachi Agreement, which…
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Sir Creek Dispute – India-Pakistan
Sir Creek is a roughly 96-kilometre tidal estuary in the marshy Rann of Kutch, between the Indian state of Gujarat and Pakistan's Sindh province, where the Arabian Sea meets the land boundary. The dispute is over…
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Kalapani, Lipulekh and Susta Disputes – India-Nepal
Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura are territories in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, at the India-Nepal-China tri-junction, which Nepal claims as its own on the basis of the Treaty of Sugauli of 1816. The dispute is about…
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Katchatheevu Island Issue – India-Sri Lanka
Katchatheevu is a small uninhabited island of about 285 acres in the Palk Strait, between Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu and Delft Island in Sri Lanka, about 33 kilometres from the Indian coast. It was ceded to…
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South China Sea Disputes and India's Position
The South China Sea disputes are competing claims over islands, reefs and waters in the sea that lies south of China and is bordered by Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Taiwan. China claims most…
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Doklam Standoff – India-China-Bhutan Trijunction
Doklam, called Donglang by China, is a plateau at the trijunction of India, China and Bhutan, near the Chumbi Valley and the Jampheri ridge, claimed by both Bhutan and China. In June 2017 Chinese troops began…
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Teesta River Water Sharing Dispute – India-Bangladesh
The Teesta river water sharing dispute is a long-running disagreement between India and Bangladesh over the sharing of the lean-season flow of the Teesta, a river that rises in the Himalaya in Sikkim, flows about 414…
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Farakka Barrage and Ganga Water Treaty
The Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganga in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, commissioned in April 1975, that diverts water through a 38-kilometre feeder canal into the Bhagirathi-Hooghly river to keep the Kolkata Port…
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Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes in the Indian Ocean
An Exclusive Economic Zone, EEZ, is a sea area extending up to 200 nautical miles from a country's coast, in which the coastal state has sovereign rights over living and non-living resources, as set out in…
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Which topics are in Border, Territorial and Maritime Disputes in the News?
Border, Territorial and Maritime Disputes in the News has 10 micro topics in International Relations & Places in News: Line of Actual Control (LAC) – India-China Border Disputes (Galwan, Doklam, Depsang); Line of Control (LoC) – India-Pakistan Border; Sir Creek Dispute – India-Pakistan; Kalapani, Lipulekh and Susta Disputes – India-Nepal; Katchatheevu Island Issue – India-Sri Lanka; South China Sea Disputes and India's Position; Doklam Standoff – India-China-Bhutan Trijunction; Teesta River Water Sharing Dispute – India-Bangladesh; Farakka Barrage and Ganga Water Treaty; Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes in the Indian Ocean.
Is Border, Territorial and Maritime Disputes in the News important for UPSC Prelims?
Border, Territorial and Maritime Disputes in the News is a part of the UPSC Prelims International Relations & Places in News syllabus map on MaargX UPSC. Each of its 10 published topics has key terms, a Mains angle and practice questions.