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In 1954 Pakistan and India signed a treaty over the Dahagram–Angarpota and Berubari enclaves. Dahagram–Angarpota, according to the treaty, was meant to go to Pakistan while Berubari was to be divided between India and Pakistan, North Berubari going to India and South Berubari to Pakistan. The treaty
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was signed which protected the status of Dahagram–Angarpota and in return Bangladesh gave India the whole of Berubari village. This was challenged in Bangladeshi courts but it was resolved quickly and the treaty ratified in 1974. The treaty provided Bangladesh with the
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in India about 200 m (660 ft) away from the border of Bangladesh. It had a population of 17,000 people in 2014. Dahagram–Angarpota was the second largest (the biggest Bangladeshi) and is the only remaining enclave after the 2015 resolution of the
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that connected the enclave with mainland Bangladesh. The corridor started functioning in 1992 when it was open for a few hours every day. Since 2011 the corridor has been open for 23 hours a day. The corridor is closed for one hour every day so that the
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had a population of 10,040 as per the 2011 census, living in two villages: Dahagram and Angarpota. Nearly the entire population is Muslim, with a religious minority of 56 Hindus.
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in the corridor. BSF controls the corridor and the gates. The area has seen limited development through the opening of a clinic, school, and market.
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was not ratified as it faced legal challenges in India. In 1971 Bangladesh became
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from Pakistan. Bangladesh and India proceeded to sign a new treaty. The
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issue. The enclave is connected to mainland Bangladesh by the
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Indo-Bangla Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace
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Ten-bed Dahagram Hospital
Dahagram is located in Rangpur division
Dahagram is located in Bangladesh
26°18′1″N 88°56′43″E / 26.30028°N 88.94528°E / 26.30028; 88.94528
enclave
India–Bangladesh enclaves
Tin Bigha Corridor
Patgram Upazila
Lamonirhat district
Cooch Behar district
Teesta river
independent
1974 Indira-Mujib pact
Tin Bigha Corridor
Border Security Force
Indian flag
Dahagram Union
Bangladesh–India border


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"Dahgram–Angarpota remains in Bangladesh"


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Borderlines and Borderlands: Political Oddities at the Edge of the Nation-State

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