The first border war between Bangladesh and India took place on April 18, 2001 in Baraibari, Roumari, Kurigram, where the bloodiest encounter in history between the border guard forces of Bangladesh and India took place.
The 2001 Bangladesh–India border conflict was a series of armed clashes between India and Bangladesh in April 2001. Clashes broke out between Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) troops along the poorly marked international border between the two states.
2001 Bangladesh-India border clash Date 16-20 April 2001 (4 days) Location
Bangladesh–India border (Goainghat, Sylhet/East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya)
result
Stalemate, the situation as it existed before the war
Indian strategic failure.
Strategic stalemate.
Disputing Party Bangladesh India Commander and Leader A. L. M. Fazlur Rahman Gurbachan Globalization Unit Bangladesh Rifles Border Security Force
Padua incursion: 800 BDR personnel
Baraibari clash: 11 BDR troops
Total Strength: 811 BDR Paramilitary
Initial infiltration: 31 border guards at Padua, 300 additional border guard reinforcements sent to Baraibari to fight. Final clash at Mankachar: 50–60
Total Strength: 391 Casualties and Losses 3 soldiers killed, 5 wounded
16 soldiers killed
2 injured
2 prisoners 24 civilians injured
10,000 civilians temporarily displaced.
The conflict began on 16 April 2001, when a force of around 800 Bangladeshi paramilitary troops attacked an Indian Border Guard post in the Bangladeshi part of the village of Padua. Bangladesh claims that the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has been constructing an illegal camp in Sylhet's Padua for a long time. 70 BSF soldiers were trapped in that post. Later they all surrendered and went to India.
Following the standoff, Indian BSF paramilitary forces were ordered to be on high alert and begin intensive patrolling along the Bangladesh–India border. A few days later, a small contingent of 300 BSF troops entered Bangladeshi territory near Baraibari village, 200 km west of Padua/Pirdiwah, India used the incursion as a counter-attack to avenge the earlier incident in Padua. As soon as the Indian paramilitary forces entered Bangladeshi territory on 18 April 2001, a surprise attack by 11 Bangladeshi border guards was carried out and the attack on the BDR outpost was repelled;the Bangladeshi border guards were assisted by hundreds of villagers.
After the arrest, the bodies of the Indian soldiers were returned to India on 20 April. After both sides agreed to surrender, the conflict finally ended on 21 April 2001.A total of 21 people were killed in the conflict, including 16 Indian soldiers and three Bangladeshi border guards.
The clash was a major blow to the improving relations between India and Bangladesh. The two states signed several agreements during the years of conflict, including the Land Boundary Agreement in 2015, which was instrumental in progressing the exchange of 111 enclaves (17,160.63 acres) from India to Bangladesh and, reciprocally, later transferred 51 enclaves (7,110.02 acres) to India.
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