In June 1947, the then British Government had appointed Sir Cyril Radcliffe for the boundary demarcation of the two countries in five weeks, stipulating the partition of British India into two new sovereign states - India and Pakistan (Pakistan and East Pakistan now Bangladesh). However, Radcliffe and the other commission members lacked the expert knowledge and information needed for the task of boundary demarcation. Soon after independence, a problem arose of Enclaves who were ignored by the Boundary Commission members at the time of boundary demarcation.

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