India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA), was first signed in 1974. A protocol to this agreement was signed in 2011.

The three outstanding issues were:

o an un-demarcated land boundary of approximately 6.1 km

o exchange of enclaves

o unresolved adverse possession

♤ The agreement was, Implemented in 2015, with the passage of relevant Act (100th Amendment Act) by the Indian Parliament and exchange of instruments the same year.

♤ This step not only removed all hurdles for the final settlement of borders, but also ensured the way for exchange of Enclaves and merger of Adverse Possessions by re-drawing the International Boundary (IB), also known as the Radcliffe Line.

♤ India transferred 111 enclaves with a total area of 17,160.63 acres to Bangladesh, while Bangladesh transferred 51 enclaves with an area of 7,110.02 acres to India.

♤ As for Adverse Possessions, India received 2777.038 acres of land and transferred 2267.682 acres to Bangladesh.