The World's Most Complex Borders ~ India/Bangladesh | Wide Angle
Start date: Late 1980sProposed length: Approximately 3,000 milesOfficial purpose: Defense and stopping illegal trade The 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent created two Pakistans, one on each side of India: West Pakistan and East Pakistan. Following a war with West Pakistan in which India entered the fray, siding with its neighbors to the east