#nationalinterest India and Bangladesh (East Pakistan then) inherited a complex border from Sir Cyril Radcliffe, who gave each side enclaves deep inside the other’s territory. These involve not much territory, but about 51, 000 people. Because of our cussed bilateral relationship then, neither side gave easy access to the other to its enclaves. The 2015 Land Boundary Pact changed that. Watch #NationalInterest, originally published on 31 August, 2013 with the Editor-in-Chief @ShekharGupta where he wrote an appeal to Narendra Modi on why the agreement matters. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read #NationalInterest originally published on 31 August, 2013 in The Indian Express: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/national-interest-dear-narendrabhai/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read #NationalInterest published on 06 February, 2020 : https://theprint.in/national-interest/dear-narendrabhai/361008/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive content, special privileges & more – Subscribe to ThePrint for Special benefits: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ » Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3nCMpht » Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theprintindia » Tweet us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theprintindia » Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theprintindia » Find us on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/theprint » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia » Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NMVlnB » Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pEOta8