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750 INDIA/771 BANGLADESHMID#1469
Dispute Number: 1469
Date(s): April 19, 1976 to April 20, 1976
Participants: 771 Bangladesh/750 India
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Indian and Bangladeshi troops clashed twice along the border. Relations
had been strained by Bangladesh’s decision to renew diplomatic ties with Pakistan.
Coding changes: End Date changed from April 21, 1976.
MID#3109
Dispute Number: 3109
Date(s): November 21, 1980 to November 22, 1980
Participants: 750 India/771 Bangladesh
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: A firefight broke out between Indian and Bangladeshi border guards when
Indians crossed into Bangladesh to harvest a rice paddy. Indian border guards also
fired on Bangladeshi trucks.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from November 23, 1980. End Date changed
from November 23, 1980.
MID#3096
Dispute Number: 3096
Date(s): September 24, 1981
Participants: 750 India/771 Bangladesh
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Bangladesh accused the Indian military of crossing the border and attack-
ing four border outposts, killing 18 people.
MID#3055
Dispute Number: 3055
Date(s): December 9, 1983 to June 10, 1984
Participants: 750 India/771 Bangladesh
Outcome (and Settlement): Compromise (Negotiated)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: India sought to end illegal immigration from Bangladesh by building a
barbed-wire fence. Illegal immigration was a significant contributing factor to the
communal violence that erupted in Assam, India, in 1983, and India began pursuing