Chief ministers of Mizoram and Assam talked about amicably resolving the inter-state border standoff.

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Sources said Union Home minister Amit Shah had asked both states to ensure peace and sort things out amicably. The clashes in which six Assam policemen died had erupted days after Shah discussed the inter-state border disputes in the Northeast with the chief ministers of the region.

The border dispute between Assam and Nagaland dates back to 1963 when Nagaland was carved out of Assam.

Sources said an agreement on the lines of the Assam-Nagaland pact, where the state forces would withdraw and their space would be taken up by neutral force to maintain order, might be reached. Both states will also maintain status quo on the border, not allowing any fresh encroachment or construction till a final decision is taken.

Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj districts of Assam share a border with Mizorams Kolasib, Mamit and Aizawl districts. The border dispute started after Mizoram was carved out of Assam in

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1972. The length of the border is 164km.

While Mizoram claims the inner-line reserve forest area as the actual boundary between the two states, Assam relies on the constitutional boundary drawn by the Survey of India in 1933. Mizoram says the 1933 boundary had been imposed on it.

The inner-line reserve forest was notified in 1875 under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation of 1873. It was demarcated by the British to protect tribal land and not allow non-tribals to intrude.