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The Constitution of India in English 2026: page 386

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355                  THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                  (Appendix I)

Enclaves
       111 Indian Enclaves in Bangladesh and 51 Bangladesh Enclaves in India
as per the jointly verified cadastral enclave maps and signed at the level of
DGLR&S, Bangladesh and DLR&S, West Bengal (India) in April, 1997, shall be
exchanged without claim to compensation for the additional areas going to
Bangladesh.
Article 3:
      (I) Article 2 of the 1974 Agreement shall be implemented as follows:—
             The Government of India and the Government of Bangladesh agree
      that the boundary shall be drawn as a fixed boundary for territories held in
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      Adverse Possession as determined through joint survey and fully depicted
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      in the respective adversely possessed land area Index Map (APL map)
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      finalised by the Land Records and Survey Departments of both the
      countries between December, 2010 and August, 2011, which are fully
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      described in clause (a) to (d) below.
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            The relevant strip maps shall be printed and signed by the
      Plenipotentiaries and transfer of territorial jurisdiction shall be completed
      simultaneously with the exchange of enclaves. The demarcation of the
      boundary, as depicted in the above-mentioned Index Maps, shall be as
      under:—
                    (a) West Bengal Sector
                          (i) Bousmari – Madhugari (Kushtia-Nadia) area
                                 The boundary shall be drawn from the existing
                          Boundary Pillar Nos. 154/5-S to 157/1-S to follow the
                          centre of old course of river Mathabanga, as depicted
                          in consolidation map of 1962, as surveyed jointly and
                          agreed in June, 2011.
                           (ii)   Andharkota (Kushtia-Nadia) area
                                The boundary shall be drawn from existing
                          Boundary Pillar No. 152/5-S to Boundary Pillar No.
                          153/1-S to follow the edge of existing River
                          Mathabanga as jointly surveyed and agreed in June,
                          2011.
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