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Map showing disputed territories of India. There are several disputed territories of India.A territorial dispute is a disagreement over the possession or control of land between two or more sovereign states or over the possession or control of land by a new state and occupying power after it has conquered the land from a former state no longer currently recognized by the new state.
The countries agreed to end the dispute in July 2007. [126] Migingo Island vicinity, and, farther north, the vicinity of the islands of Lolwe, Oyasi, Remba, Ringiti and Sigulu , all a maritime rights dispute in Lake Victoria. Kenya Uganda: 2008 2009 In 2009, Migingo Island became a disputed territory when Uganda raised its national flag.
The Sino–Indian border dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute over the sovereignty of two relatively large, and several smaller, separated pieces of territory between China and India. The territorial disputes between the two countries stem from the legacy of British colonial-era border agreements, particularly the McMahon Line in the ...
For a detailed map of all disputed regions in South Asia, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg Internal borders The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified.
Disputed Territory Fatalities 2000: 2006: 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict Israel v. Lebanon: Shebaa farms: 30 2001: 2001: 2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes Bangladesh v. India: Bangladesh–India border region: 20 2001: 2002: 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff India v. Pakistan: Kashmir: 789–1,874 2002: 2002: Perejil Island crisis ...
The dispute over the Teesta River dates back to the partition of India in 1947, when the river's catchment areas became divided between India and Bangladesh. The issue resurfaced after Bangladesh gained independence in 1971. In 1983, a temporary water-sharing agreement was made between the two nations, giving India 39% of the river's water and ...
India and China have agreed to work urgently to achieve the withdrawal of tens of thousands of troops stationed along their disputed border in a long-running standoff, India's government said.
Territorial disputes are often related to the possession of natural resources such as rivers, fertile farmland, mineral or petroleum resources although the disputes can also be driven by culture, religion, and ethnic nationalism. Territorial disputes often result from vague and unclear language in a treaty that set up the original boundary.