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to
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Angorpota, were to be transferred to India. Their total area was 18.68 km (7.21 sq mi) and as per 1967 data more than 80% of their population was Muslim. If this exchange had gone through, it would have meant a change of nationality for the population or migration of the population
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treaty of 16 May 1974, India and
Bangladesh were to hand over the sovereignty of the Tin Bigha Corridor (178 by 85 metres (584 ft × 279 ft)) and South Berubari (7.39 km (2.85 sq mi)) to each other, thereby allowing access to the Dahagram–Angarpota enclaves and the Indian
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enclaves adjacent to South
Berubari. Bangladesh did hand over the sovereignty of the smaller South Berubari to India instantly in 1974. India, however, could not transfer the Tin Bigha Corridor to Bangladesh as it required constitutional amendment which could not be done due to political reasons.
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Bangladesh was 6.84 km (2.64 sq mi) making the total area to be transferred 18.13 km (7.00 sq mi). The population of the area including the four enclaves to be transferred, as per 1967 data, was 90% Hindu. The Bangladesh enclaves,
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