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The Republic of India shares borders with several sovereign countries; it shares land borders with China , Bhutan , Nepal , Pakistan , Bangladesh , and Myanmar . Bangladesh , Myanmar , and Pakistan share both land borders as well as maritime borders, while Sri Lanka shares only a maritime border through Ram Setu . India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand , Myanmar , and Indonesia .

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19-980: (Redirected from Intelligence Department ) Directorate of Military Intelligence or Military Intelligence Directorate may refer to: Directorate of Military Intelligence (India) Directorate of Military Intelligence (Ireland) Directorate of Military Intelligence (Nepal) Directorate of Military Intelligence (Sri Lanka) Directorate of Military Intelligence (United Kingdom) Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel) Military Intelligence (Pakistan) Military Intelligence Directorate (Syria) See also [ edit ] Military Intelligence (disambiguation) National Intelligence Service (disambiguation) Foreign Intelligence service (disambiguation) State Intelligence Service (disambiguation) Federal Intelligence Service (disambiguation) General Intelligence Directorate (disambiguation) Intelligence Bureau (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

38-588: A 106 kilometres (66 mi) land border with a seventh nation, Afghanistan , as part of its claim on the Kashmir region; however, this is disputed and the region bordering Afghanistan has been administered by Pakistan as part of Gilgit-Baltistan since 1947 (see Durand Line ). Maritime borders of India are the maritime boundary recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Law of

57-616: A Reconnaissance operation. It was due to this operation, that Indian government got first-hand evidence that China had illegally built a road in Aksai Chin . The personnel had joined a group of yak grazers in disguise and gathered the first-hand evidence. In late 1990s, M.I. officers were also deployed in Tajikistan and later into Afghanistan , in support of the Ahmad Shah Massoud –led Northern Alliance that overthrew

76-657: A similar but much friendlier ceremony than the Indo-Pakistani Attari-Wagah ceremony, is held daily jointly by India's Border Security Force and Border Guards Bangladesh at India-Bangladesh border from 4.30 to 5 pm. It is open to civilians without any ticket or special permit. The Benapole – Petrapole joint retreat ceremony results in lowering of national flags of India and Bangladesh. The map of ICP and LCS . India has 7 functional ICPs, and plans are underway to upgrade 13 more LCS to ICP, including 7 at borders taking total of border ICP to 14, at

95-554: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Directorate of Military Intelligence (India) The Directorate of Military Intelligence ( M.I. ) is the Intelligence arm of the Indian Army . The primary mission of military intelligence is to provide timely, relevant, accurate, and synchronized intelligence support to tactical, operational and strategic-level needs of

114-486: The Gelephu -Hatisar border market road entry point, Phuntsholing to its west and Samdrup Jongkhar to its east are two other border market road entry points into Bhutan. India–Myanmar border Haats are. Pradeep Damodaran's book Borderlands: Travels Across India's Boundaries chronicles all land borders of India. The Bollywood director J. P. Dutta has specialised in making Hindi movies with India's border as

133-1498: The Kamtapur Liberation Organisation . Within months of the Hasina government taking over in 2009, the entire leadership of the U.L.F.A. and the U.N.L.F. was handed over to Indian authorities. In January 2012, the M.I. warned Sheikh Hasina , the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, about a coup brewing in the Bangladeshi Army which was ultimately foiled. Since 2005, M.I. is also involved in hundreds of cross-border counter terrorism strikes across LOC, into Pakistan. Most notable being 2016 Surgical strike . Military Intelligence Training School & Depot (MINTSD) at Pune trains intelligence professionals of Indian Army, Navy, Air Force, Para Military Forces, Civil Intelligence Agencies and Friendly Foreign Countries. It started modestly in Karachi on 20 January 1941. MINTSD moved through Murree in July 1947 and after partition to Mhow in November 1947 and finally to its present location in Pune in September 1952. It offers

152-468: The Sea entails boundaries of territorial waters , contiguous zones , and exclusive economic zones . India, with its claim of a 12-nautical-mile (22 km; 14 mi) territorial maritime zone and 200-nautical-mile (370 km; 230 mi) exclusive economic zone, has a more than 7,000-kilometre (4,300 mi) maritime border shared with seven nations. India does not have a National Border Policy. For

171-752: The Taliban in 2001 with the aid of the US-led coalition forces in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and the subsequent War in Afghanistan . M.I. was also active in Myanmar , which nurtured insurgent groups. In 1998, a M.I. operative impersonated a Khalistani terrorist and infiltrated a gun-running Myanmar insurgent group. He led them into a death trap in the Andaman islands . Operation Leech , as

190-408: The army. It also conducts counter-intelligence activities to detect, identify and neutralize adversarial intelligence threats inside Indian Army. Approximately 3,700 military personnel are assigned to intelligence duties. These personnel are trained at Military Intelligence Training School and Depot (MINTSD), Pune. The operational geographical mandate of the organization is set to 50 km from

209-690: The border. The agency was set up in 1941 as part of the erstwhile British Indian Army to generate field intelligence for the army, in the Second World War. After Independence, M.I. was initially tasked with generating only tactical or field intelligence in all countries bordering India . In 1978, the directorate was involved in the Samba spy scandal , wherein it was later found that the directorate had falsely implicated three Indian Army officers as Pakistani spies. In early 1957, 2 M.I. officers had infiltrated into Chinese territory and carried out

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228-644: The cost of ₹ 3,005 crore (US$ 360 million) (c. June 2024 ). Designated Integrated Check Posts (ICP), with both customs and immigration facilities are: Designated Land Customs Stations (LCS) are (no immigration facilities): This proposed list of border bazaars and haats is in varying stages of implementation, as suggested by State Governments to the Ministry of External Affairs for setting up Border Haats. India–Bangladesh border Haat areas are as follows: India-Bhutan Border Haat on India-Bhutan border are in operation, such as

247-421: The fences along the following borders: India co-hosts the joint ceremonies with the neighbouring nations at the following border crossings. The most attended and emotionally charged among these is the one at Wagha-Attari Border near Amritsar-Lahore. At the following border crossing sites the beating retreat flag ceremonies are jointly held by the military of both nations every day at 6 pm, which are open to

266-909: The following courses under the Savitribai Phule Pune University - Diplomas in Combat Intelligence and Security, Management of Intelligence and Security Teams, Management of Intelligence and Security Teams, Security, Security and Intelligence Tradecraft; P.G. Diploma in Combat Intelligence Analysis and Management, Intelligence Tradecraft and Practice, Satellite and Aerial Imagery Interpretation and Security with Specialization in Counter Intelligence. Borders of India India shares land borders with six sovereign nations. The state's Ministry of Home Affairs also recognizes

285-772: The operation was called, marked the start of the outreach of the Indian Army to the Burmese junta in the 1990s. It also aimed to offset the expanding footprint of China on the eastern border of India. M.I. has carried out operations in Bangladesh too because of safe sanctuaries provided to insurgent groups like the United Liberation Front of Assam (U.L.F.A.), the United National Liberation Front of Manipur (U.N.L.F.) and

304-549: The playing of each country's national anthem and saluting of their respective flags, and ceremonial addresses by representative of both armies. On Indian side only Indian citizens are allowed to visit only 2 passes out of these several BPM passes/sites, Bum La Pass and Nathu La, only on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, only after obtaining Inner Line Permit (ILP) one day in advance. These BPM passes and border posts where these meetings are held, from west to east, are as follows:- Benapole–Petrapole border ceremony ,

323-554: The public as tourist attractions. No special permit or ticket is needed. From north to south, the ceremony sites are as follows: India and China have five Border Personnel Meeting point (BPM points) where they hold the flag meeting to discuss the military matters as well as the ceremonial BPMs for cultural exchange to improve bilateral relations by celebrating New Year's Day (January 1), India's Republic Day (January 26), Harvest Festival (April 14), PLA Day ( May 15) and Indian Independence Day (August 15). These meetings include

342-469: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Directorate of Military Intelligence . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Directorate_of_Military_Intelligence&oldid=1108072638 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

361-483: The strategic national interest reasons, there are suggestions that India must define a National Border Policy to comprehensively deal with border related issues, not just the fencing of open borders but also to deal with the negative consequences of porous borders. For example, India-Nepal border is an open border with no fence, which has been misused by Pakistan's ISI to create trouble in India . India has constructed

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