Bangladesh -- India border - wikipedia Bangladesh -- India border The border has created a narrow strip known as `` Chicken 's neck '' that has made the communication and transportation between mainland India and Northeast India inconvenient The Bangladesh -- India border, known locally as the International Border ( IB ), is an international border running between Bangladesh and India that demarcates the eight divisions of Bangladesh and the Indian states. Bangladesh and India share a 4,156 km ( 2,582 mi ) - long international border, the fifth - longest land border in the world, including 262 km ( 163 mi ) in Assam, 856 km ( 532 mi ) in Tripura, 180 km ( 110 mi ) in Mizoram, 443 km ( 275 mi ) in Meghalaya, and 2,217 km ( 1,378 mi ) in Bengal. The Bangladeshi divisions of Mymensingh, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet and Chittagong are situated along the border. A number of pillars mark the border between the two states. Small demarcated portions of the border are fenced on both sides. The Land Boundary Agreement to simplify the border was ratified by both India and Bangladesh on 7 May 2015. Contents 1 History 2 Issues 3 Enclaves, adverse possessions and undemarcated boundaries 4 Maritime boundary 5 Transportation 5.1 Road links 5.2 Bus Service 5.3 India - Bangladesh Rail links 6 India - Bangladesh barrier 7 See also 8 References 9 External links 10 External links History Post number 1273 of Bangladesh -- India border Further information : Radcliffe Line The Radcliffe Line was published on 17 August 1947 as a boundary demarcation line between India and Pakistan upon the partition of India. It was named after its architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, who, as chairman of the Border Commissions, was charged with equitably dividing 175,000 square miles ( 450,000 km ) of territory with 88 million people. Issues See also : Deaths along the Bangladesh -- India border BDR ( now BGB ) Commander checking the dead Bangladeshi soldiers at the Border The border is used as a route for smuggling livestock, food items, medicines and drugs from India to Bangladesh. Moreover, illegal immigrants from Bangladesh cross the border to India. Because of a large number of illegal immigrants crossing from Bangladesh into India, a controversial shoot - on - sight policy has been enforced by the Indian border patrols. This policy was initiated with reports of violence between the illegal migrants and Indian soldiers. The border has also witnessed occasional skirmishes between the Indian Border Security Force and the Border Guards Bangladesh, most notably in 2001. In July 2009, Channel 4 News reported that hundreds of Bangladeshis were killed by the BSF along the Indo - Bangladeshi Barrier. The BSF claims that the barrier 's main purpose is to check illegal immigration and to prevent cross-border terrorism. In 2010, Human Rights Watch ( HRW ) issued an 81 - page report which brought up uncountable abuses of the BSF. The report was compiled from the interviews taken from the victims of BSF torments, witnesses, members of the BSF and its Bangladeshi counterpart. The report stated that over 1000 Bangladeshi citizens were killed during the first decade of the 21st century. According to HRW, BSF did not only shoot illegal migrants or smugglers but even innocents who were seen near, sometimes even people working in fields ( farmland ) near the border. Bangladesh Last House, in the Bangladesh -- India border at Jointa Hill Resort, Tamabil, Sylhet. BSF has often been accused by Bangladesh government of incursions into Bangladesh territory, and indiscriminate shooting of civilians along the India - Bangladesh borders. This was in retaliation to massive illegal immigration from Bangladesh to India, for which the Indo - Bangladeshi Barrier is underway. In a news conference in August 2008, Indian BSF officials admitted that they killed 59 illegals ( 34 Bangladeshis, 21 Indians, rest unidentified ) who were trying to cross the border during the prior six months. Bangladeshi media accused the BSF of abducting 5 Bangladeshi children, aged between 8 and 15, from the Haripur Upazila in Thakurgaon District of Bangladesh, in 2010. The children were setting fishing nets near the border. In 2010, Human Rights Watch has accused the Border Security Force for the indiscriminate killings. BSF forces killed and hanged the dead body over the fence Ms. Felani ( a 15 - year - old Bangladeshi girl ) on 7 January 2011. Many conferences have been held between India and Bangladesh to discuss such issues as smuggling and trespassing, cattle lifting, trafficking of drugs and arms. Colonel Muhammad Shahid Sarwar of BGB gave Border Security Force a list of miscreants which took place in India, and the BSF side also handed over a similar list to the BGB. Enclaves, adverse possessions and undemarcated boundaries Main article : India -- Bangladesh enclaves India Bangladesh Border The enclaves or chitmahals ( Bengali : ছিটমহল ) between India and Bangladesh border in the Indian state of West Bengal were a long - standing issue between the countries. The enclaves were reputedly part of a high - stakes card game or chess games centuries ago between two regional kings, the Raja of Cooch Behar and the Maharaja of Rangpur, and the result of the confused outcome of a treaty between the Kingdom of Koch Bihar and the Mughal Empire. After the partition of India in 1947, Cooch Behar district merged with India and Rangpur went to then - East Pakistan, which became Bangladesh in 1971. 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. Inside the main part of Bangladesh, there were 111 Indian enclaves ( 17,160.63 acres ), while inside the main part of India, there were 51 Bangladeshi enclaves ( 7,110.02 acres ). In respect of adverse possessions, India received 2,777.038 acres of land and transferred 2,267.682 acres to Bangladesh. Under the agreement, the enclave residents could continue to reside at their present location or move to the country of their choice. The adverse possession of Boraibari went to Bangladesh. The undemarcated borders between the nations were also finally solved with respect to Daikhata - Dumabari, Muhurichar ( an island in the Muhuri River ), and Pyrdiwah. Maritime Boundary India and Bangladesh had engaged in eight rounds of bilateral negotiations starting 1974, but it remained inconclusive until 2009. In October 2009, Bangladesh served India with notice of arbitration proceedings under the UNCLOS. The Arbitration Tribunal delivered the ruling on 7 July 2014 and settled the dispute. Transportation Main articles : Transport between India and Bangladesh, Designated border crossings of India, and Borders of India Map of major border customs checkposts Road links Designated Integrated Check Posts ( ICP, with both customs and immigration facilities ) and Land Customs Stations ( LCS ) are : Assam Mankachar Land Customs Stations ( India ) and Rowmari post ( Bangladesh ) karimgang Steamer and Ferry Station ( KSFS ) Land Customs Stations ( India ) and Zakiganj post ( Bangladesh ) West Bengal Kolkata -- Dhaka via Petrapole integrated checkpost crossing Malda - Rajshahi via Mahadipur crossing Chandrabangha integrated checkpost Hili Meghalaya Bagmara Land Customs Stations ( India ) and Bijoyour post ( Bangladesh ) Borsara Land Customs Stations ( India ) and Borsara post ( Bangladesh ) West Garo Hills - Bakshiganj via Mahendraganj crossing on NH12 Tura - Nalitabari via Dalu crossing on NH217 ( India ) and Nakugaon post ( Bangladesh ) Shillong - Sylhet via Dawki integrated checkpost crossing ( India ) and Tambil post ( Bangladesh ) Tripura Agartala - Dhaka via Afartala integrated checkpost ( india ) and Akhaura checkpost crossing Karimganj - Gopalganj District, Bangladesh via Sutarkandi integrated checkpost crossing on NH37 ( India ) and Sheola post ( Bangladesh ) Santirbazar - Feni via Santirbazar integrated border checkpost road and railway crossing in South Tripura district Mizoram Kawarpuchiah integrated checkpost, opened in Oct 2017 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bus service Transport between India and Bangladesh bears much historical and political significance for both countries, which possessed no ground transport links for 43 years, starting with the partition of Bengal and India in 1947. After the establishment of Bangladesh following the Indo - Pakistani War of 1971, bilateral relations improved considerably, but the two governments moved slowly on implementing a 1980 agreement on improving transport links. The Kolkata -- Dhaka Bus started in 1999. In 2001, another bus service was launched to connect Dhaka with Agartala, the capital of the Indian state of Tripura, the second largest city of Northeast India that borders Bangladesh in the east. In 2015 June direct bus service from Kolkata to Agartala via, Petrapole, Dhaka, Akhoura began. The service is operated by West Bengal surface transport corporation. India - Bangladesh rail links See also : Transport between India and Bangladesh § Rail links Before partition India and Bangladesh had multiple rail links. In the 21st century the countries are only connected by rail links on the Western Bangladeshi border, although there are plans to rebuild some of the other rail links. 2 scheduled passenger trains run between Kolkata and Bangladesh as the Maitree Express and the Bandhan Express. India - Bangladesh barrier The border fence close to the Hili Border station in West Bangladesh The project has run into several delays and there is no clear completion date for the project yet. The barrier when complete will be patrolled by the Border Security Force. The fence will also be electrified at some stretches. The BSF claims that the barrier 's main purpose is to prevent smuggling of narcotics. India is constructing the Indo - Bangladeshi barrier, a 3,406 - kilometre ( 2,116 mi ) fence of barbed wire and concrete just under 3 metres high, to prevent smuggling of narcotics. Out of this, 500 kilometres of fencing was completed at the cost of ₹ 28.81 billion ( US $450 million ) by November 2007. The deadline for project completion was set to 2008 -- 09 By October 2009, about 2649 kilometres of fencing along with about 3326 kilometres of border roads were completed. The deadline for project completion was revised to March 2010. By March 2011, 2735 kilometres of fencing was completed and the deadline was revised to March 2012. Assam shares 263 km of border with Bangladesh out of which 143.9 km is land and 119.1 km is riverine. As of November 2011, 221.56 km of fencing was completed. India has completed the installation of flood lights for 277 kilometers in the West Bengal sector. Sometimes between 2001 - 2006 Bangladesh Border security troops ( BDR ) clashed with the Indian Border Security Force when the fence was built beyond the no man 's land. See also Borders of India Deaths along the Bangladesh -- India border 2001 Indian -- Bangladeshi border conflict Bangladesh -- India relations Border barrier Dahala Khagrabari Indo - Bangladesh enclaves Indo - Burma barrier Line of Control Tetulia Corridor Tin Bigha Corridor References Jump up ^ `` Border Management : Dilemma of Guarding the India - Bangladesh Border ''. IDSA. January 2004. Jump up ^ `` Parliament passes historic land accord bill to redraw border with Bangladesh - Times of India ''. Retrieved 17 November 2016. Jump up ^ Read, Anthony ; Fisher, David ( 1998 ). The Proudest Day : India 's Long Road to Independence. New York : W.W. Norton & Company. p. 482. ISBN 9780393045949. Jump up ^ `` WordPress.com ''. Retrieved 17 November 2016. 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Question: what is the border line between india and bangladesh called
Answer: International Border (IB)