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3 J. Territorial & Mar. Stud. 5 (2016)

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The   Colonial   Origins   of Territorial  Disputes in South Asia






Sandip Kumar Mishra
Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, India















Abstract
South  \sian territorial disputes are intractable at pr sent and this article argues
that the most ImpolLani  reasol 1 ller   inlctalablity Iis tirll colonlial orIgins.
With  the advent of Britain in the region, new notis 11of teritoryand boundary
were imposed  on pre-modern  Soui      anstates Moreover,  to seek Lottl control
and more  revenue, partitions in the region were done without much consideration
for socio-cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious complexities. This article argues
that after decolonization of the region, territorial disputes have become more pro-
nounced,  as there is no overarching authority like Britain to suppress them. This
paper concludes that without recognizing the salience of colonial origins, it would
not be possible to resolve these territorial disputes in South Asia.



Keywords
territorial disputes, South Asian conflicts, colonialism and territorial disputes,
border disputes, colonial borders in South Asia


The Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies Volume 3 Number 1 (January 2016) pp. 5-23
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