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The Bhutan–India border is the open international border separating the Kingdom of Bhutan from the Republic of India.The border is 699 km (434 m) long, and adjoins the Indian states of Assam (267 km; 166 m), Arunachal Pradesh (217 km; 135 m), West Bengal (183 km; 114 m), and Sikkim (32 km; 20 m).
The border between Bhutan and India is the only land access into entering Bhutan, as the border with China is completely closed. The single entry point for foreign nationals is between the towns of Jaigaon, Alipurduar subdivision, Alipurduar District in the Indian state of West Bengal and Phuntsholing, in South West Bhutan.
Open border. See Bhutan–India relations. China: Y: 3,488 kilometres (2,167 mi) Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Special Frontier Force: Also see Ardagh–Johnson Line, Macartney–MacDonald Line, McMahon Line, Sino-Indian border dispute and China–India relations. Myanmar: N: 1,643 kilometres (1,021 mi) Assam Rifles and Indian Army: See India ...
The second nation is the Republic of India on the south, southwest, and east; there are approximately 659 kilometres (409 mi) with the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, and Sikkim, in clockwise order from the kingdom. Bhutan's total borders amount to approximately 1,139 kilometres (708 mi).
A map of Bhutan showing its borders with China and India as of 2015. Bhutan's border with China is not mutually demarcated in some areas because China lays claims to those places. In 2021, after more than 35 years of border negotiations, China signed a memorandum of understanding with Bhutan to expedite those talks. [99]
It primarily denotes Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan; some definitions also include Afghanistan and Myanmar. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Two countries—Bhutan and Nepal—are located almost entirely within the mountain range, which also covers southern Tibet , the Indian Himalayan Region , and northern Pakistan .
The Prime Minister of India,Narendra Modi, meeting the Prime Minister of Bhutan, Tshering Tobgay, at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on July 06, 2018 The bilateral relations between the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan and the Republic of India have been traditionally close and both countries share a "special relationship", [1] [2] making Bhutan a protected state, but not a protectorate, of India. [3]
The India-Bhutan border separates two different urban areas. Jaigaon across the border is larger, bustling and loud, similar to many other West Bengal centres of commerce, albeit with many Bhutanese shoppers. Phuntsholing is uniquely more urban than other Bhutanese towns as it is the Bhutan financial, industrial and trading capital.