CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -McMahon Line, frontier between Tibet and Assam in British India, negotiated between Tibet and Great Britain at the end of the Shimla Conference (October 1913–July 1914) and named for the chief British negotiator, Sir Henry McMahon.

Detailed explanation-2: -The McMahon Line is a line agreed to by Britain and Tibet as part of the Shimla Accord. It is the effective boundary between China and India, although its legal status is disputed by the Chinese government.

Detailed explanation-3: -Complete answer: The Northern part of the India-China boundary is called the Mac Mohan line. The McMahon Line denotes the boundary between the China-involved area of the East-Himalayan district and the Indian locales.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -China and India share a disputed 3,440km (2,100 mile) long de facto border - called the Line of Actual Control, or LAC - which is poorly demarcated.