CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -McMahon Line-India-China International Boundary Line. McMahon Line is the effective boundary between China and India and the line is named after Sir Henry McMahon, foreign secretary of the British-run Government of India and the chief negotiator of the convention at Simla.

Detailed explanation-2: -The McMahon Line is the boundary between Tibet and British India as agreed in the maps and notes exchanged by the respective plenipotentiaries on 24–25 March 1914 at Delhi, as part of the 1914 Simla Convention.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Johnson-Ardagh line shows the Aksai Chin region as a territory within the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir while the Macartney-MacDonald line placed much of Aksai Chin in China. McMahon Line acts as the de facto boundary line in the Eastern sector. However, China refuses to accept this.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is the Radcliffe Line? On 17 August 1947, the borderline that separated India from Pakistan, known as the Radcliffe Line was revealed. The Radcliffe line is spread through the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat to the international border in Jammu in Jammu & Kashmir, dividing India and Pakistan into two different countries.