GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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1874
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1934
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1912
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1896
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Detailed explanation-1: -The agreement was signed on November 12, 1893, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Durand Line as served as the official border between the two nations for more than one hundred years, but it has caused controversy for the people who live there. When the Durand Line was created in 1893, Pakistan was still a part of India.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1893, to secure control of the strategic Khyber Pass, the British had to send diplomat Sir Mortimer Durand to negotiate an agreement to delineate the border between Afghanistan and British India. The new border, dubbed the Durand Line, divided the Pashtun tribal lands in two.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Durand Line is the 2, 250-kilometre (1, 400 mi) long border between Afghanisthan and India.