India–Myanmar border
border separating India and Myanmar
The India–Myanmar border is the international border between India and Myanmar (formerly Burma). The 1,643 kilometres (1,021 mi) long border runs from the tripoint with China in the north to the tripoint with Bangladesh in the south. Geographically, the Indo-Burman Ranges stand as a physical barrier between the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asian Massif.
History
Early history
Various empires and states of India and Burma, as Indianised Hindu-Buddhist mandala of Greater India and Indosphere, have had changing borders going back several centuries.
19–20th century: British colonial period
The first formation of the Indo-Burmese border during the British Raj was through the First Anglo-Burmese War, which resulted in the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826. The Burmese relinquished control over Assam, Manipur, Rakhine (Arakan), and the Tanintharyi coast, thereby delimiting much of the modern boundary in general terms. In 1834 the Kabaw Valley areas was returned to Burma and a modified boundary delimited the region called the 'Pemberton Line' after a British boundary commissioner, Robert Boileau Pemberton. In 1837 the Patkai Hills were unilaterally designated as the northern boundary.
Large swathes of Burma were annexed to the British Empire following the Second Anglo-Burmese War of 1852–53. The remainder of Burma was conquered in 1885 and incorporated into British India as a province.
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