Our Neighbours
- Name the South Asian regional grouping of countries of India in which India is a member:- SAARC
- The 8 members of South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation (SAARC) are India,Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Afghanistan. Its 8th member Afganistan was admitted to SAARC in 2006.
- India is the 7th largest Country and 2nd most populous in the World.
- Westernmost State of India is Gujarat, Northernmost State of India is Jammu & Kashmir;Eastern most State is Arunachal Pradesh and Southernmost State is Tamil Nadu.
- South easternmost State of India is Mizoram
- South easternmost part of India is Nicobar Island.
- India is the second largest Peninsula in the World.The largest Peninsula is Arabia.
- Rajasthan is one of the border States of India sharing India’s frontier with Pakistan on the west and north west.
- The Indian State that shares the maximum frontier with China is Arunachal Pradesh.
- The Indian States which touch Pak border are Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat in the order from north to south.
- PoK is Pak occupied Kashmir.Muzaffarabad is the capital of Pok.
- LAC : Line of Actual Control.
- Area of Jammu and Kashmir 2,22236 Sq.km. This includes 78,114 sq km under illegal occupation of Pakistan, 5180 sq.km illegally handed over by Pakistan to China and 37,555 sq.km under illegal occupation of China.
- The States which surround Bangladesh are West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
- The States which share border with Myanmar are Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.
- Tripura is bounded on the North west and South by Bangladesh.
- Teen Begha Corridor has been leased to Bangladesh by India for 999 years out of humanitarian consideration. The corridor belongs to West Bengal.
- The Indian States which surrounded Nepal are Uttarkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim.
- The States which share border with Bhutan are Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Sir Creek is at Rann of Kuch in Gujarat. Talk between Indian and Pakistan is going on to resolve dispute of territory at Sir Creek.
- New Moore Island situated in Bay of Bengal belongs to India.
- Nine Degree Channel is in Lakshadweep.
- Nathula Pass is in Sikkim. This pass was opened in 2006 for trade between India and China.Earlier China removed Sikkim from its website.
- Maldives lies south of Lakshadweep.
- Diego Garcia is the American naval base in the Indian Ocean.
- The Indian Sub-continent includes India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan.
- McMahon Line separates India from China.
- The Radcliffe Line separates India from Pakistan.
- The Gulf of Mannar, Adam’s Bridge and the Palk Strait separate India from Sri Lanka.
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