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Discuss the origin, dimensions and implications of the Sino-Indian border dispute.

  • 15 marks
  • Political Aspects

The Sino-Indian border dispute represents an irreconciled collision between inherited British colonial cartography, differing conceptions of state sovereignty, and rival modern nationalist assertions across 3,488 km of high Himalayan frontiers. In terms of Richard Hartshorne’s genetic classification of boundaries, the frontier was historically an antecedent boundary — sparsely populated, demarcated by natural watersheds and high…

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  • 1. Origin: An Unclosed Colonial Inheritance
  • A. Western Sector (Ladakh)
  • B. Eastern Sector (Arunachal Pradesh)
  • 2. Dimensions: The Three Contemporary Disputed Sectors
  • 3. The Breakdown of Border Management and the 2020 Pivot
  • 4. The 2024–2026 Breakthrough: The Depsang–Demchok Disengagement
  • …and 2 more sections, with a conclusion

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