Indian political parties agree to pass a bill to amend laws for giving voting rights to 14,000 people who became citizens after exchange of enclaves with Bangladesh.

A hundred voices tuned in to sing Amar Sonar Bangla to mark the first ever Victory Day in the recently dissolved enclaves in the northern district of Lalmonirhat.

As an enclave resident, 20-year-old Aasma had no choice but to fake her identity as a student.Aasma lived in an Indian enclave within Bangladesh. So she faked her identity as a Bangladeshi; studied hard and appeared in the recent HSC exam, and she scored an “A”.

Khaleda Zia extends greetings to new citizens following amalgamation of 111 enclaves with Bangladeshi territory.

As the long wait of almost 70 years approached its end, Nurul Islam was gripped by a sensation he had not felt before - the anticipation of freedom.

It was like any other mundane day for Aziza Rahman, the sixty-year-old man - except that he landed in jail. Life in the enclaves has little variations. You get up in the morning, if you have land to cultivate, then you go there and do the job.

The India-Bangladesh Joint Enclave Exchange Coordination Committee will be dissolved after July 31 midnight.

An official survey begins to confirm enclave dwellers’ choice of nationality following exchange of enclaves between Bangladesh and India.

Bangladesh and India will implement the Land Boundary Agreement of 1974 and Protocol of 2011, in a phased manner over the next 11 months.

Sweetmeats all around, jubilation everywhere and joyous rallies everyday – it is a long-awaited freedom now almost in the touching distance for enclave dwellers.

The finance minister proposes allocating Tk 200 crore for expediting development in the enclaves in the upcoming fiscal year.

It is the looming reality of implementation of the enclave swap that has triggered a wave of delight through the stranded Indian lands inside Bangladesh’s Panchagarh.