Neighbors
Geography · पड़ोसी देश · 19 facts
Bangladesh shares the LONGEST border with India (~4,096 km) — NOT China or Pakistan
Afghanistan shares the SHORTEST border (~106 km) via PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir)
Nepal and Bhutan are landlocked countries in the Himalayas
Myanmar's capital changed from Yangon (Rangoon) to Naypyidaw in 2006
China shares border with 14 countries — most in the world (tied with Russia)
Bhutan is the only country that measures Gross National Happiness (GNH) instead of GDP
India has 7 land neighbours + 2 water neighbours (Sri Lanka, Maldives) = 9 total
Longest border: Bangladesh (~4,096 km); Shortest: Afghanistan (~106 km)
Radcliffe Line (1947) = India-Pakistan/Bangladesh partition border
McMahon Line (1914) = India-China border, China does not accept it
LoC (1972) = India-Pakistan ceasefire line in J&K, Shimla Agreement
Durand Line (1893) = Pakistan-Afghanistan border
LAC = Line of Actual Control = de facto India-China border
Palk Strait separates India from Sri Lanka; Ram Setu connects them
Maldives = smallest Asian country, lowest country (1.5 m avg.), capital Male
Myanmar capital = Naypyidaw (not Yangon); Currency = Kyat
Bhutan: capital Thimphu, currency Ngultrum, measures GNH not GDP
Nepal: capital Kathmandu, currency Nepalese Rupee, only Hindu-majority neighbour
Sri Lanka: capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, currency Sri Lankan Rupee