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Contemporary South Asia
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Explain differences between India and Bangladesh.

Answer

The differences between India and Bangladesh are as explained below :



(i) Over sharing of the Ganga and Brahmaputra river waters.

(ii) Illegal immigration to India.

(iii) Support for anti-Indian Islamic fundamentalist groups in Bangladesh.

(iv) Refusal to allow Indian troops to move through its territory to northeastern India.

(v) Not to export natural gas to India or allow Myanmar to do so through Bangladeshi territory.

(vi)Allegatoin against India for encouraging rebellion in the Chittagongs Hill Tracts.

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