Why India Has This Narrow Corridor

[@balpreetsingh6834]

The most chicken-neck of all chicken-necks ever

[@SaikatB]

Watching from the city of Siliguri, in Siliguri, myself being the 3rd generation of one of those Refugees who lost most of their belongings in East Pakistan and moved to India. There are millions and millions like me, and most of them have created everything almost from scratch over the next 2 generations.

[@CountingStars333]

Punjabi para, khal para, uttorayon, hong kong market etc etc

[@Dheeraj-y4f]

Bollywood should had made a film over this

[@frank871]

​@@Dheeraj-y4f they would've lost their title of urduwood.

[@muzamilraza49]

​@@frank871👈🤡 Lindoo detected

[@robaticgaming1017]

@@muzamilraza49Mula bulla spotted 🤡💣

[@ninonysoft6865]

0:32 "only 32 million" which is more populous than a majority of nations haha. Just goes to show how populous India really is.

[@punbug4721]

True lol. I'm from the USA. The fact that a country with less land than mine has triple the population is hard to think about lol

[@Abhisheksharma-ez6vf]

​@@punbug4721check the cropland map of the world that would explain alot

[@Abhisheksharma-ez6vf]

​@@punbug4721Google cropland map of the world that would explain alot

[@kartikeykasniya6971]

@@punbug4721most fertile land in the world that’s the reason. More arable land than even USA

[@SRJ7798]

​​@@kartikeykasniya6971 Actually, the arable lands in USA and India are almost the same. Some lists put India on top, while some put USA on top.

[@AmlanjyotiSaikia]

As a north east Indian, it is overall a very accurate video. Minor details here and there are off, but it doesn't matter in the grand scheme.

[@Jahapanah-e-hindustan]

Actually the siliguri corridor shouldn't have been that narrow. There was a tehsil ( thana) called - " Panchagarh" in the corridor area. The thana was 52% 🕉majority under jalpaiguri district -72%🕉 hindu according to 1941 census. But surprisingly this hindu majority area was awarded to East Pakistan during 1947 partition. Now the panchagarh district 🇧🇩 is 97% muslim

[@royal_mustanggaming1483]

And the cause is that they are not secular

[@emonizaz]

Just like Kashmir

[@Jahapanah-e-hindustan]

@@emonizaz kashmir was not a british administered territory like panchagarh tehsil -jalpaiguri dist. It was a princely state. And according to 1947 partition law...the king has full right to join any dominion he decides to.

[@Tuhin_isl]

​@@Jahapanah-e-hindustanand the king of junagardh joined Pakistan. We all know what happened then

[@Hammerlikestobefunky]

​@@Tuhin_islWe all know how Pakistan tried to invade Kashmir without their kings consent.

[@xijinpig8982]

A few mistakes in the video: 1. The Radcliffe Line actually refers only to the line that partitioned Bengal and Punjab provinces, not the whole India-Pakistan border. Also, Indian Punjab consisted of present day states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh states at the time as well. So the Radcliffe Line does not cover the border between India and Pakistan south or north of Punjab, like the border between Sind province (ceded to Pakistan, today Sindh) and the Bombay Presidency (today Gujarat in that area) and the Rajputana Kings (today Rajasthan). The Rajputana Agency for example is a collection of a few dozen kingdoms that functioned as Princely states under the British Raj, and each individual King had the option to join India or Pakistan after the British left. Since the Radcliffe line only covered Punjab and not the Rajputana Agency, Pakistan had infact tried to make deals with the Rajput Kings to cede to Pakistan, and even almost managed to get the kings of Udaipur and Bhopal (part of the Central India Agency, CIA Kingdoms) to join them before India intervened. It didnt matter that these were Hindu kings ruling a Hindu majority kingdom, they could still join Pakistan if they wanted. Read about the discussion between the King of Udaipur and Pakistan for more interesting info here. In the same logic, Jammu and Kashmir also was not part of the Radcliffe line, and both sides were free to discuss and make deals with the King, as at the end of the day, the King was the rightful sovereign of the land who could decide the future of his kingdom. 2. The Ahom Kingdom did not outlast the Sikh Empire in Punjab (2nd Anglo Sikh War) or the Gurkha Empire in Nepal, but your map showed like all of India under the British before Assam lol. 3. The real reason for the thin corridor is not because India somehow acquired far away land, but that East Bengal was partitioned out of India as part of Pakistan, and hence that created the weird shape of India in the east that remained. Also, Assam was also partitioned, the only province other than Bengal and Punjab, and the Sylhet district became part of Pakistan (today Bangladesh). Other than these 3 provinces, the remaining 9 provinces were given either entirely to India or to Pakistan. Also, other than the roads and railway through the Siliguri corridor, there are now roads and planned railways that will connect West Bengal to Tripura through Bangladesh, as well as the waterways of Bangladesh being open to Indian ships now that can enter Assam and Tripura through the rivers.

[@Prakhar2410]

This was actually deliberate, as Britishers expected Pakistan to attack over Chicken's Neck. Actually Chattogram should have been a part of India, because of 96% non-Muslim population, but still Chattogram was made a part of Pakistan, so as to keep NE without any coast, as through coast India could have protected NE in case of any attack over Chicken's Neck.

[@SaikatB]

I thought i knew most of the partition history and yet I was not aware of Sylhet being partitioned out of Assam. You get to know new things everyday.

[@TheBakuganmaster99]

Ur dp is hilarious

[@rishavkumar1250]

​@@SaikatB there's a part of sylhet that's still in India ( karimganj district of Assam )

[@absawa]

@@Prakhar2410 You mixed up Chattogram with Chittagong Hills tract. Chittagong Upzilla wasn't contested at all.

[@simpley6256]

If there are 2 fish fighting in a pond, be sure that the British passed by.

[@varoonnone7159]

The British took advantage of already existing divisions

[@jk_ilyu]

​@@varoonnone7159 "exploited innate diversity of populations across the world"

[@varoonnone7159]

@@jk_ilyu They had the technological advantage, just too bad for us At least they humanised themselves unlike muslim invaders

[@badpiggies988]

What’s more, for a while there were even small bits of India completely surrounded by small bits of Bangladesh completely surrounded by India. That, and we needed a land corridor connecting WB to Assam. And we let them get Rangpur and Sylhet; the exodus of Sylheti Hindus (that area went from nearly half Hindu to Hindu-free) to Assam has been a source of ethnic tensions for a while.

[@CountingStars333]

I am a descendant of those Hindus that fled Sylhet. My grandma said it was a massacre. The Assamese, Meghalayan people were also very violent and racist against these Bengali refugees and their descendants..

[@rishavkumar1250]

​​@@CountingStars333 you people could have come to west bengal instead ... আপনারা west bengal এ আসলে আমাদের, আপনাদের সবারই পক্ষে ভালো হতো 😢

[@m11nt]

​@@CountingStars333 why wouldn't they be? Look at Tripura for example. The Bengali migrants from Bangladesh are the majority now. Same thing is gonna happen in Assam in the future

[@Jahapanah-e-hindustan]

​@@m11nt bengali hindus are merely 6-8% of assam population. Bengali muslims are 25% Assamese muslims are 10%

[@absarius1216]

>the exodus of Sylheti Hindus (that area went from nearly half Hindu to Hindu-free) Hindu-free? Not denying the persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh including Sylhet. But it's ridiculous to call Sylhet Hindu-free when Sylhet division (13.50% Hindus) is still the division with the highest Hindu percentage in Bangladesh (National average 7.95% Hindu population). Out of 64 districts of Bangladesh, the 4 districts of Sylhet has the following percentage of Hindus: Moulvibazar is 2nd highest out of 64 (24.44%) Habiganj 8th (15.84%) Sunamganj 16th (11.67%) Sylhet district 31st (7.32%) Source: Latest (2022) census:

[@phs125]

The 20 km gap is called the Siliguri corridor. And im happy that ill be landing right in the middle of Siliguri corridor in 3 months. Real exciting 😁😁😁

[@thegreat999]

josaa jee?

[@hoodclassicsofcalifornia]

Have a great trip bro✌️

[@akashsaha129]

ওখানের পরিস্থিতি কীরকম এখন?

[@sibalikdeysarkar4313]

As a resident of Siliguri, welcome bruh

[@1A_B_C1]

Why are you landing there?

[@awma_pachuau]

Hello, I believe there is an error in your statement at 8:12 regarding Meghalaya having the largest percentage of Christians among Indian states, with 75% of its population being Christian. This is incorrect, as Nagaland and Mizoram have higher Christian populations, both exceeding 90%.

[@aflow-]

Exactly

[@wallingnaga6563]

Yap .. both Nagaland and Mizoram boast over 95% Christianity And the remaining are either Atheist or still who follows the Animist traditional religion (but never HINDUIsm or Islam )

[@zafar5059]

It's the most Baptist state in the world

[@avirashelangbam7755]

​@@wallingnaga6563what about miyas

[@wallingnaga6563]

@@avirashelangbam7755 Miyas aren’t Local indigenous people so they have a different census ..but I believe miyas are “99%” Muslims

[@Polavianus]

Fact that might be important idk: Due to ethnic lines, the Indo-Myanmar border is pretty much open and it's called Free Movement Regime But due to the chaos over in Myanmar, the Central Government decided to scrap it Wasn't popular throughout NE India iirc

[@thekingminn]

The articifal border drawn by the british between British India and British Burma split a lot of the ethnic groups in two. When they were drawing the border instade of using ethnic lines they used the watershed to draw the border.

[@parvadhami980]

indeed. Punjabis, Bengalis, Gorkhas, Kuki -Zo, Etc​@@thekingminn

[@thebestevertherewas]

@@parvadhami980 The Bengali-Punjabi divide was warranted, as it was Religion based. The Kuki-Zo divide is entirely artificial. Had the Burmese not invaded mizos, they would have remained in erstwhile "Mizoland" Ideally a independent state, not psble as Burmese would have annexed it anyways.

[@CountingStars333]

​​@@thebestevertherewasMizoland would be a landlocked shithile. These North eastern dreams of independence are dumb af.

[@lly_09]

And that's the main cus of the Manipur's ongoing conflict

[@alonewithmythoughts5035]

Thank you for speaking about our history! ~a person from North East India

[@aflow-]

8:25 bro i think you got something wrong there .90%+ of the population of both Mizoram and Nagaland are Christians too. why aren't you mentioning them?

[@rohitupadhya6449]

one correction at 8:00 : while Khasi used to be written in the Bengali/Assamese script, it is now almost exclusively written in the Latin Script.

[@parvadhami980]

Christianization

[@rohitupadhya6449]

@@parvadhami980 They were never hindus to begin with. They have their own religion which they have very properly integrated with their christian practices/beliefs. Typical North Indians thinking they know everything about the North East.

[@parvadhami980]

@@rohitupadhya6449 when did I say that they're Hindus. Lol 🤣

[@parvadhami980]

@@rohitupadhya6449 The people of Northeast Had their own tribal religions like Donyi Polo. However many have converted to Christianity

[@rohitupadhya6449]

@@parvadhami980 the North East has more diversity than the rest of India combined. To condense it's vast history and diversity to a single word like "Christianization" is offensive, especially given that it is coming from someone who doesn't know the history or struggles or the place. Why do people in Bangladesh use the Bengali script if they are Muslims? Why do the Turkish use Latin script when they are a majority Muslim society? Shouldn't they use the Arabic script instead? Why are you typing in the Latin script? At the time, it was deemed better to use the Latin script for the language. Fyi, the local culture is very well preserved, regardless of whether the people are Christian or not.

[@satnav9699]

3:43 correction here, by the 1820s british control didnt include punjab, that took 30 more years.

[@royprotocol]

I live in NE India and I never felt like I was ever any less indian. Hearing about the "mainland" thing for the first time here. Many people will watch this video and take it as facts. Try visiting North East. It's not as chaotic as it sounds in the media.

[@MustardAndFries]

To be fair to Radcliffe even if an Indologist had carefully constructed how India would be partitioned it still would have been a shit show and resulted in the same fighting we see today.

[@alonewithmythoughts5035]

As an Indian I 💯 agree since the country was already a minefield by then

[@CountingStars333]

British apologist detected. Opinion rejected.

[@Michael-D.-Williams]

@@CountingStars333 Alternative ideas neglected. Limited outlook protected. Solutions not expected.

[@MustardAndFries]

@@CountingStars333 People will comment stuff like this but then not know who Muhammad Iqbal is

[@Jahapanah-e-hindustan]

​@@CountingStars333 try parroting the books . Blaming british for everything. Never dare to question the muslim league, khilafat movement . Put all blame for partition on the british ...trying hard not to offend the sherwani ppl.

[@DrKulwinderSingh-q7u]

Correction at 5.55, the punjab state depicted in the video was actually larger in size that what was shown. This also encompasses HP and Haryana, which were seperated in 1966 to become their own state.

[@FalconTheFries]

Hindi is spoken only in the central Indian region or the Hindi belt, It’s not used as much in the southern state and North Eastern states as they in the hindi belt

[@EdwardJr2000]

Love your videos! And also a big thanks for using the historically accurate term "Indian Empire" which comprises British India + Indian princely states.

[@SaikatB]

7:07 actually there are 2 different railway lines that pass through the region, one through Siliguri junction(in Northern Siliguri), the other through NJP junction(in Southern Siliguri), there are connection between the two junctions through the city, which also has in parallel the track of Darjeeling himalayan railway line. Also, both railway and road connection to the North east have significantly increased in recent times, due to the doublification and electrification of railways and widening, making of new highways, building tunnels and bridges throughout the North east. Also, while most of North east is still pretty green, the capital cities are pretty much urban places, Guwahati, the capital of Assam being one of the larger cities in India. Also, while the Siliguri corridor is not considered the part of North east being part of West bengal, geographically, demographics wise and culturally the 4 districts of West bengal have more similarities with the North east than the rest of west bengal or rest of India.

[@CountingStars333]

No. Demographically it's Nepalis, Bengalis, Marwaris, Biharis, that's nothing like North East. No tribals like the North East has apart from the Adivasis who are mainland adivasi. It is multicultural and that's the only similiarity culturally to North East.

[@jamesorlando8178]

Thank u for coming thru with answer to a question I have always wondered

[@Sabengtung]

You don't understand how happy we are to be mentioned in an international KZbin channel's video 😂

[@97Corvi]

How Is you point of view with all the situation with the mainland ? Is the situation really that isolated ?

[@Sabengtung]

@@97Corvi yes, so isolated,if you live in either Tripura or Mizoram and you get into a conflict with Assam which happens very frequently, basic necessities are cut off because everything we survive on gets transported through Assam

[@thebestevertherewas]

@@Sabengtung Damn, need another connection to Mainland. Will Bangladesh sell some land to India ?

[@INDUSBHARAT12]

​@@thebestevertherewasWe actually swapped some enclaves with Bangladesh in 2015. Now India had done a deal with Bangladesh which says we can transport goods to Northeast India through Bangladesh's Chittagong port.

[@arnavranka4510]

​@@thebestevertherewasWe had major opportunities to acquire Chittagong in 1947 and 1971. But we had stupid leaders back then.

[@Xardas131]

Assam and Sikkim make the best tea in the world!

[@fishyfish6510]

Darjeeling isn't Sikkim bro. Atleast not anymore for about 200 years

[@Xardas131]

@@fishyfish6510 Who was talking about Darjeeling? Sikkim is its own tea region and I like it far better than Darjeeling.

[@beef_file4459]

Simply wrong as long as Darjeeling exists 🥱

[@Xardas131]

@@beef_file4459 Did you even try Sikkim??

[@RealFurtive]

@@Xardas131have you tried Darjeeling? Look at the recent stats

[@alvi2408]

That's my hometown Siliguri. Fascinating to see a video about this beautiful and interesting stretch of India which connects North Eastern States to the other parts of India.

[@KironManuelCards]

Come and contact me please

[@patriotenfield3276]

What actually surpises more is that after 1971 victory India could have negotiated with Mujib for widening of Siliguri corridor ( in exchange for some lands ) as well as the Return of POK. My Opinion , 1971 was a grand wasted Potential and Final chance for India to regain what it lost before. All because of the shortsightedness on top.

[@anubhabarko]

watching from Jalpaiguri, the main old town of the region, 45 km from the corridor. partition resulted 5 Thanas of the district going to Then East Pakistan

[@angh4803]

Here in Nagaland we speak Nagamese as a common language not Ao .Ao is a tribe name and here we have more and 17 tribes with our own native language.

[@AS-yf4jr]

So the British, innit?

[@Basedcat679]

Always

[@BharathRamMS]

Great video. Fully appreciate it. I wish you had included the 1905 partition of Bengal also.

[@TheSpeechOfTiusbathSangma]

I am watching from Meghalaya, Northeast India. Thanks for sharing this explained video.

[@lawlietlawliet8671]

Northeast Indian are probably more happier than mainland india even though it have been neglected for over 70 years, literacy rate is also high here higher than mainland India

[@joker6544]

Ya, very happy even after Tripura being flooded by Banlgadeshis

[@lawlietlawliet8671]

@@joker6544 flood is a natural cost so nothing I can say but illegal migration can be stopped if the government care but they don't

[@joker6544]

@@lawlietlawliet8671 ya they don't that's the main problem if it illegal settlers continue to increase in number then we are definitely doomed

[@rameshmadhikarmi4461]

When was Nepal under British occupation. Why you are showing nepal under British flag 😂

[@udhsjvf]

Maybe talking about nepal loss in war... Where nepali Gurkha lost control of Uttrakhand i think that's why nepal is shown under Britain flag

[@Yonkipog]

@@udhsjvf low iq comment

[@hubertrnx116]

Thanks for covering this region. as someone who lives here I am glad people are talking about the Northeastern part of India (:

[@mysteriousDSF]

I'm from Europe and I remember talking to a Northeast Indian girl, she said "no one in my family has ever married someone even from the mainland, let alone outside of India" the Northeast and the rest of India are just truly different entities

[@_UNISTAR_]

They are distinct sure, but that statement would be true for MOST people from literally any state, lol. India's is the 2nd most diverse "continent" on the planet (after Asia), so most ppl tend to marry ppl from the same culture, or the neighboring similar cultures. That's not specific to the North-East. India's just rly diverse and ppl like the peace of mind that comes witch marrying within ur own sub-culture.

[@RoanoraZoro123]

This is the same for the south of India

[@Ironbanner12]

I have been to this area many times, as its a ritual for bengalis to visit Darjeeling 😂 Silliguri, Darjeeling and Kalimpong are very beautiful places.

[@mcaiesterin8676]

Us Nepalese too we have many songs about those places

[@NOVA10993]

I'm from southern part of West Bengal but i have lots of friends from siliguri.

[@AchyutChaudhary]

*Khanubis knows how to boost 📈 his views* 🇮🇳😉

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

Yes😂

[@NayanJB]

A highly researched informative video like this abt neglected/lesser-known regions, people or history r much better than all those cringy af videos of foreigners w/o any real knowledge or interest engagement farming & reacting 2 random videos abt/from India or pretending 2 like street food, movies etc just 2 take advantage of Indian's shameful need of validations from foreigners!

[@DhoklaAboveVadapav]

@@NayanJB agreed. This guy did good research but his biggest mistake was wrong Indian map and even he drew the initial partition line wrong. But still way better than cringy foreigners who only do "NAMAASTEE BROOO" and gain views

[@michaeldelisieux5252]

Made by design to create future conflicts. To be seen. Popcorn, please.

[@lly_09]

The video is a good starter for understanding the northeast but it has more complex situationships with the rest of India itself. One being the hordes of immigration to the small northeast states by Bangladeshis over Bengal partision, Myanmar refugees from the myanmar conflict. The demographic changes is a huge crises here, second, lack of parliament representation and overall negligence by Indian government. Third, each states having their own conflicts within and insurgency, which was borne out of various reasons, annexation of independent princely states by Indian union after colonial independence. My dtate Manipur had its darkest periods of annexation and being humiliated by Indian union since 1949. We truly never belong to India and have shared sentiments with other northeast states too, that we should have freedom from India as a whole

[@explorer063]

your community should be freed from Indian in order to gain Independence

[@rateeightx]

7:24 To be fair, there _are_ Austronesian languages in that highlighted area; The Cham languages of southern Vietnam and parts of Cambodia.

[@samirhasan9719]

In partition period it was known as East Bengal and its name was changed to East Pakistan in 1956 when Pakistan became an Islamic republic from British dominion

[@tobirates916]

Always happy to see a KhAnubis video and learn about things I didn’t know that I wondered about. 😊

[@RedPaganNetwork]

The fact that he has to call colonies "factories" bc of the YT algorithm annoys me to no end...

[@gardenchemistry]

Correction: Sukaphaa dies in 1268, not 1286

[@hikodzu]

Time for independence from pajeetistan

[@muzamilraza49]

Average dr*g enjoyer

[@Cooperative-e3b]

Free Balochistan like Bangladesh We will take azad Kashmir Jai hind jai bharat 🇮🇳

[@hikodzu]

@Lofiedits12375 average pajeet assuming everyone chinese

[@lly_09]

We northeast need independence from India as a whole

[@Cooperative-e3b]

@@lly_09 free blaochistan free pok

[@aaronmccracken7351]

Thumbnail quote courtesy of India's grandmother.

[@QUEfrang]

that is a very well presented video

[@MuKmGi]

Thanks to British for this bizzare map. That thin narrow area called as Siliguri corridor or Chicken's neck of india

[@niklasd3668]

ehen travelling around silliguri you encounter a huge military presence because of the vulnerability of the area

[@JACK-xh2bn]

Great video, nicely explained but a small issue, u used a wrong map of India. India still has the ladakh region which is apperently not shown in the map u used. i hope u look into it from next time. anyways i enjoyed ur content.

[@Fenrisson]

Most interesting video, mate! Please, take my like.

[@HarvestStore]

Great video.

[@MattTheViper]

"why so skinny" plays to the people there too... 💀

[@snehanshuphukon728]

I am fat

[@aaravdiwakaristhebest]

Because of healthy diet, atleast noone here eats big Mac's as usual meals here

[@Vajrasattvam]

True. Northeast people are the healthiest, most athletic people in India in general. And despite the outward racism, most people in the rest of India actually consider them attractive.

[@fishyfish6510]

That's because we are more similar to East Asians and Southeast Asians. Have you ever seen an East Asian being fat? 😆

[@INDUSBHARAT12]

As a mainlander I agree. We do consider them attractive.

[@Catmint309]

Northeast India is comprised of vastly smaller states than the western part of the county and has a distinct regional culture? Oh my God, that’s Indian New England

[@xijinpig8982]

Maybe the major difference is NE India is severely underpopulated and quite hilly and rainy compared to the rest of India, not the population centre

[@JakeRed378]

Those people are closer to Thai & Burma not indians Sino-tibetan a different race

[@Catmint309]

@@xijinpig8982 I mean, outside of Boston, New England is rainier, hillier, and less populated than much of the country further west. But it’s also a lot richer and much more homogenous, it was more of a joke comparison

[@xijinpig8982]

@@JakeRed378 Indian is not a race. India is a country of similar cultures, not race or ethnic group. There are many ethnic groups across India. Even culturally, all of Southeast Asia except North Vietnam is historically a part of the Indosphere of influence, with Hinduism, Buddhism, Sanskrit, Northern and Southern Indian Brahmi writing scripts and so on. This even applies to Tibet. Look at their writing script, it looks more like the modern Devanagari or Bengali-Assamese script than anything Chinese. Vajrayana Buddhism was popularised by Padmasambhava from Oddiyana, modern Swat Valley in Pakistan and brought to Tibet. Southeast Asia on the other hand have had very strong cultural influence from South India. When South India was Hindu, they were Hindu. When South India was Buddhist, they were Buddhist. When South India was invaded by the Delhi Sultanate and could no longer maintain a naval trade system, Islam managed to take roots in Southeast Asia because India was not influencing anymore. China on the other hand was thinking their culture is the best and never bothered mixing and spreading to other cultures in a positive value adding way, which is why whole Southeast Asia, Tibet were part of cultural Indosphere of influence. Race doesn't matter at all.

[@JakeRed378]

@@xijinpig8982 wtf are u blabbering on about

[@borahnibir]

British were the reason we lost many regions to now Bangladesh

[@Jonathan-yx8du]

U also gain north east in return and part of Ladakh for ur information

[@borahnibir]

@Jonathan-yx8du for your information I am from northeast...

[@Jonathan-yx8du]

@@borahnibir that show how uninterested u are abt history of ur place

[@borahnibir]

@@Jonathan-yx8du I said Bangali 's got more than they deserve because of the British.....

[@XoubhagyaRanjan-c2s]

উত্তৰ - পূৱ ভাৰতৰ পৰা মৰম জাছিলো ।। ❤❤❤

[@tarachandb2899]

Whole of India stands with NorthEast....jai Hind.

[@danthal2996]

Thank you but you're not whole India.

[@nekko02]

the northeastern states have a special status which places much of the decision making in the local administration's hands, thus negotiating for development becomes more difficult as the majority of the population still prefer living a traditional life.

[@roummyadipchakraborty3708]

Living In Jalpaiguri, Near NH-31D , apart from minor details here and there! That's accurate!

[@jaydeepsen4769]

That shoutout to Odd Compass reflected the class of this video creator

[@trabbit2332]

"It is better to die an independent king than to reign as a vassal"- U Tirot Singh!

[@mesajongte]

Your pronunciation of the names of places is actually impressive! 😮

[@ΌνομαΕπώνυμο-ο1τ]

Assam, Manipur and Tripura. Oh from where do I know these from...

[@snehanshuphukon728]

Assam tea?

[@lly_09]

Manipur conflict? Tripura flooded by Bangladeshi immigrants, Assam being Assam?

[@ΌνομαΕπώνυμο-ο1τ]

Ha! They're from Europa Universalis 4

[@joker6544]

​@@lly_09Flooded with too many Bangladeshis🤣

[@stevejohnson3357]

Nothing like a Khanubis video on a Sunday morning.

[@jk_ilyu]

6:27 It's called Chicken's neck because chickens are easy to grab by their necks and choke. Basically how they're butchered for meat too.

[@winterplayz-robloxmore8478]

Do you have any information on @SpaghettiRoad? He hasn't showed up anywhere online for over two years now and he said he was your videographer. Let me know if you have any info about him, we're all worried for him.

[@n0tap3rs0n3]

You know this corridor reminds me of another one that started a global conflict

[@ShayanQ]

Honestly as a Bangladeshi and meeting bengalis from india made me realise how awful the partition was. We had so much in common culturally, so much of the same shared values and history, regardless of religion. Made me realise how really our culture and family was ripped in haldlf by the british.

[@yadhaider807]

East Bengal wanted to be separate after independence on their own, stop blaming the British.

[@borntowild480]

North East is connected to India through siliguri corridor is because of British

[@priyangshumallick1889]

Video title:- Why India has this narrow corridor Reason:- Because India gave lands to make a separate country.

[@abdullahnasir2882]

*British Raj, not india.

[@priyangshumallick1889]

@@abdullahnasir2882 Bruh British Raj means the rule of Britishers. Where did they rule? In India.

[@abdullahnasir2882]

@@priyangshumallick1889 no. It was British colonial empire which was divided into Pakistan and India. "India" didn't give any land as it didn't exist then

[@priyangshumallick1889]

@@abdullahnasir2882 Wah wah 😂 dreams

[@ornament_of_throne12346]

​@@priyangshumallick1889 counter him factually

[@kamaljit_phuritsabam3157]

Northeast India is one of the most diversed region in Asia(World). There are have more than 220 ethenic languages & ethenic groups. Love from Northeast India❤️

[@EllisEllo]

It sounds like you are pronouncing the name of the country as "meow- mar." 8:59

[@caeruleusvm7621]

Well, as far as I know, their currency is the Khat. Also, Burmese cats are, I believe, quite popular with cat-lovers.

[@AlejandroHernandez-ej9fk]

How the hell you include Nepal under Mughal empire? Khas kings of Western Nepal and Modern Day Uttarkhand literally fought off Mughals. And British didn't have control over Nepal (Anglo Gurkha war 1814-16). I didn't expect this from KhAnubis. And BTW Nepal as a whole is not a Indo European Language speaking country. Roughly a quarter or more of Nepal Population speak Tibetan Burmese Language family. For God's sake read more before making a video.

[@raghusomani11]

ITS A ROUGH BORDER

[@aperm2116]

and he also skipped all of nepali history contributing to this(gorkhali empire)

[@abhikdoesthings]

Watching from Siliguri🌚

[@tivo3720]

Watching from Siliguri ✌️

[@itsjustjit]

And I happen to live in that place. ✌🏼

[@dorian8787]

What do you mean by Meitei vs Kuki "Extremists"? It's the Kuki people vs radical Meiteis led by the Meitei Chief Minister N. Biren Singh.

[@Numba003]

I knew about the existence of this corridor before watching the video, but not much about the people who live east of it. My knowledge of southeast Asia is unfortunately lacking. Thank you for teaching me just a little bit more! God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)

[@dixondpenha9395]

Better than any Indian report. Best report.I hope the Indian ministers take note of this as they r ignorant. Objective to make money. From diversity n ignorance. Permitting 300 T. V. Channels. To entertain.

[@GrandBharat-u7l]

India helped bangladesh from pak ....failed to demand some land from bangldesh at that point

[@_nichi_kun_6817]

The total Christian population in Meghalaya is 22.3 lakh which makes 75percent of the state population so he said Meghalaya is a populous Christian state because it has high number of Christians population wishe

[@caatt5638]

I am very disappointed. Nepal was never a part of any kingdom neither the Mughal in 3:06 nor the British in 3:45. You are disrespecting the history of brave and fierce land if Gurkhas. Gurkhas are still appointed in Great Britain and there is a special regiment for them. Gurkhas were what that had stopped British Raj South Asia and Tibet or South China Tibet. If this was a mistake please immediately correct it if it was done intentionally, I couldn’t do anything but just say this is a biased channel. I would suggest to add historically accurate maps. Not just maps that is in favor of big and strong countries ! I am highly disappointed !

[@user-io7sh7nx7c]

In 1967 India and China fought at Nathu la and Cho la at Sikkim, a then protectorate of India very close to the "Chicken-neck". India won this brief skirmish.

[@parvadhami980]

In 2017 Doklam crisis took place close to this area

[@swapneelbehera260]

It's all good as long as bangladesh keeps providing us alternative way to north east.

[@brandonlyon730]

Is there any reason China cares so much about this area?

[@S-it5bf]

​@@swapneelbehera260😅😂😂If Bangladesh speaks then India will occupy it 😅

[@Jahapanah-e-hindustan]

​@@swapneelbehera260 best way to allow bangladeshis to jump on trains and enter india.

[@wzzruknz6695]

They should make northeast india independent country bcz ethnically we are sino-tibetan and since india is not helping indigenous people of northeast in anyway , i bet most of the northeaster will agree with this ☺

[@ljs-freal]

Chinese propaganda 🙏🙏🙏we are happy being part of India and the government is indeed helping us internally stop with this nonsense 🙏🙏

[@wzzruknz6695]

@@ljs-freal Helping? We tripuris are now in minority in our own state.

[@ljs-freal]

@@wzzruknz6695 as a meitei I can understand 🙏we live in 10% of Manipur being the majority population, time lgega bhai sbr karo

[@Jonathan-yx8du]

​@@ljs-frealSignificantly I have never seen china do anything so bad except for accusations it face cause of its growth

[@Jonathan-yx8du]

​@@ljs-frealthe only reason they keep us is becuz geographical strategy and Most of the fund we get are usually foreign investment

[@simpley6256]

India even planned to dismantle parts of Nepal to extend the Chicken Neck corridor.

[@jaswanth9017]

India should have annexed the Bangladesh state that border Myanmar in the liberation of Bangladesh that way the north east states might have sea access today Even if they want to have independence we should have at least asked for that state 🤦

[@arnavranka4510]

True. That state isn't even Bengali or Muslim majority; they are Buddhist Chakmas and Reangs. Interestingly, the only reason this district was given to East Pakistan was that there was no road connecting it to India in 1947. The people had never expected to be placed in Pakistan, and their leaders were sent to India to plead with Nehru. And our Great Nehru did nothing!

[@damiendehorn6350]

Keep crying and whining, indians are good at that.

[@Mehedi0fficial]

Cry about Jammu Kashmir. You do not have to cry over any district in Bangladesh that you cannot steal.

[@Jahapanah-e-hindustan]

​@@Mehedi0fficial we absolutely could...we still can if we wish. We just never had that intention .

[@suckassmork2972]

​@@Jahapanah-e-hindustanooooh ominous...

[@arjunutube]

Saying Nehru wasn't Hindu but agnostic is highly incorrect. This idea that you don't belong to a religion if you're agnostic/atheist only works with Abrahamic religions. The Hindu religion is based on Dharma, not on belief or worship. Nehru is as Hindu as they come. Good video btw!

[@borntowild480]

You are showing Indian map in an incorrect way. What lack of rack of representation? They have same or more rights than many Indians

[@arnavranka4510]

True. "Mainland" Indians can't even legally buy land, or enroll for jobs, in the Northeast.

[@Jamal-Ahmed786]

Well India doesn't need to only depend on the siliguri corridor to connect the NE to the mainland. India has made deals with Bangladesh for right of way.

[@DhoklaAboveVadapav]

Good video. Also correct the map or blur Kashmir if you cant find the correct one.

[@justapplepi3]

8:19 this mountains i see clearly from my village because my hometown is with indian border but there are no walls just some pillars

[@rayjones-pd4yl]

Will you be able to do a video on the languages spoken in Pakistan and which language families it originates from.

[@GeoManipur]

The thumbnail killed me😭

[@zafaralimirani7701]

Chicken 🐔 will be no more with India soon inshallah 😂

[@IndianAmericanTrumpSuppoter]

Average kanglu dreams 😹

[@orionfacts]

Thats sikkim

[@uzuiyt7914]

Make video on manipur kangleipak kingdom ❤

[@IgaSwiatekFan-ox9rn]

I live 30 km away from chicken's neck

[@scienceandtechnology-w4f]

All this happened because of the British, neither would they have come to India nor would India have been divided.

[@ridewithroney]

You are not allowed to include Nepal in visual representation of pre independence of India as nepal was a different country at that time and was never colonized by British

[@rhythmmandal3377]

@3:40 Let me correct what the Brithish got from the skirmish of Plassey was 3 villages in the south Gobindapur, Kharragpur and Jadavpur not the entire province mate.