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The teenager Bigha corridoris a fragment of land belonging to India. it's miles placed among Dahagram–Angarpota enclaves at Kucalibari Union in Patgram sub-district of Lalmonirhat on the West Bengal–Bangladesh border. which in September, 2011, became leased to Bangladesh in order that it could access its Dahagram–Angarpota enclaves.

According to the Indira-Sheikh Mujib treaty of 1974, India and Bangladesh had been to hand over the sovereignty of the youngster Bigha (teenager is three in Bengali, and bigha is a unit of area more or less 1,500 to 6,771 rectangular meters) hall (178 x 85 squarem) and South Berubari (7.39 sq.km) to each different, thereby allowing entrance to the Dahagram Angarpota enclaves and the Indian enclaves adjoining to South Berubari. Bangladesh did surrender the bigger South Berubari to India in 1974. India, however, Rejected to switch the a whole lot smaller youngster Bigha hall to Bangladesh.

The Indira Gandhi-Sheikh Mujibur Rahman treaty of sixteen might also, 1974, India and Bangladesh were to hand over the sovereignty of the Tin Bigha hall (178 by way of way of 80 5 metres (584 ft × 279 ft)) and South Berubari (7.39 km2 (2.eighty five squaremi)) to each exclusive, thereby allowing get entry to to the Dahagram–Angarpota enclaves and the Indian enclaves adjoining to South Berubari. Bangladesh did give up the sovereignty of the smaller South Berubari to India without delay in 1974. India, but, could not transfer the Tin Bigha hall to Bangladesh as it required constitutional modification which could not be accomplished due to political reasons.

After loads Bangladesh government protest, India, in vicinity of delivering sovereignty in 2011, proposed to hire the Tin Bigha corridor to Bangladesh for a certain time. South Berubari, meanwhile, would possibly live in the possession of India

the complete vicinity of South Berubari Union No. 12 is 22.fifty eight km2 (8.seventy  squaremi) of which 11.29 km2 (four.36 squaremi) modified into to go to Bangladesh. The area of the four Cooch Behar enclaves which could moreover should visit Bangladesh turned into 6.84 km2 (2.sixty four squaremi) making the entire location to be transferred 18.13 km2 (7.00 squaremi). The populace of the location together with the 4 enclaves to be transferred, as constant with 1967 statistics, have become 90% Hindu. The Bangladesh enclaves, Dahagram and Angorpota, have been to be transferred to India. Their standard place became 18.68 km2 (7.21 squaremi) and as consistent with 1967 records extra than 80% in their population become Muslim. If this modification had long beyond thru, it'd have meant a change of nationality for the populace or migration of the population from Dahagram and Angorpota and South Berubari Union No. 12 and consequent intense rehabilitation issues. There were anyways main agitations through manner of the human beings of Berubari protesting in competition to the transfer.

After 1971, India proposed to Bangladesh that India may also additionally preserve to keep the southern half of of of South Berubari Union No. 12 and the adjoining enclaves and, in trade, Dahagram and Angorpota may be retained by Bangladesh. As a part of the package deal a strip of land would be leased in perpetuity with the aid of India to Bangladesh, giving her get entry to to Dahagram & Angorpota so one can permit her to exercise sovereignty on these  enclaves. This changed into normal with the aid of Bangladesh as part of a carefully built Land Boundary agreement signed by using the usage of top Minister Indira Gandhi and high Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in may additionally additionally 16, 1974. The Berubari dispute modified into thus ultimately resolved thru Article 1.14 of the settlement which said:

"India will preserve the southern half of of South Berubari Union No. 12 and the adjacent enclaves, measuring a place of 6.8 km2 (2.sixty four squaremi) about, and in change Bangladesh will retain the Dahagram and Angorpota enclaves. India will lease in perpetuity to Bangladesh an area of 178 by the usage of eighty 5 metres (584 feet × 279 feet) near 'Tin Bigha' to connect Dahagram with Panbari Mouza (P.S. Patgram) of Bangladesh.

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The corridor was officially declared open by the Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina on October 19, 2011