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Bangladesh-India bilateral trade was over US$10 billion in 2018–19. [51] [52] Bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh stood at US$6.6 billion in 2013–14 with India's exports at US$6.1 billion and imports from Bangladesh at US$462 million, representing more than double the value of US$2.7 billion five years ago. [53]
Bangladeshis in India are members of the Bangladesh diaspora who currently reside in India.The mass migration into India since Bangladesh independence has led to the creation of anti-foreigner movements, instances of mass violence and political tension between Bangladesh and India, but it has also created measurable economic benefits for both nations.
See Bangladesh–India relations, Bangladeshis in India and Indians in Bangladesh. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 December 1971. [12] [13] Generally, relations are usually friendly; however, government to government contacts are sometimes poor because of border disputes and river disputes. [197]
On 25 November 2024, Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu monk and spokesperson of Sanatan Jagaran Mancha, was arrested on sedition charges in Bangladesh, leading to widespread protests in India. [6] Demanding the release of Das, on 27 November, Bharatiya Janata Party 's West Bengal chief Suvendu Adhikari threatened to stage a blockade at the ...
Bangladesh has a labor force of 71.4 million, [167] which is the world's seventh-largest; with an unemployment rate of 5.1% as of 2023. [168] Its foreign exchange reserves, although depleting, [169] remain the second-highest in South Asia, after India. Bangladesh's large diaspora contributed roughly $27 billion in remittances in 2024. [170]
Bangladesh occupies a strategic position between Myanmar, a longtime Chinese ally now wracked by internal conflict, and India, the rising Asian giant with which China has a longstanding border ...
The partition of Bengal and India on 15 August 1947 led to the establishment of the Indian state of West Bengal; East Bengal became a province of the state of Pakistan.The hostile bilateral relations between the two nations made transport links very limited, despite the cultural and commercial links between West and East Bengal.
The Radcliffe Line was published on 17 August 1947 as a boundary demarcation line between the dominions of 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 450,000 square kilometres (175,000 sq mi) of territory with 88 million people based on religious lines. [2]