BOUNDARY LINES

BOUNDARY LINES
Durand Line: Boundary between India and Afghanistan. Demarcated by Sir Mortimer Durand in 1896. Hindenberg Line: The Line to which the Germans retreated in 1917 during the First World War; defines the boundary between Germany and Poland.
Mannerhiem Line: Boundary between Russia and Finland drawn up by Gen. Mannerhiem.
McMahon Line: The boundary between Chin~ and India as demarcated by Sir Henry McMahon; China does not recognise this line.
Maginot Line: Boundary betw.een France and Germany. A line of fortification .constructed by France for protection from possible German attack.
Oder Niesse Line: The boundary between Germany and Poland drawn after the Second World War.
Radcliffe Line: Drawn by Sir Cyril Radcliffe in 1947, it demarcates the boundary of India and Pakistan. Siegfried Line: Between Germany and France. A line of fortification drawn up by Germany.
17th Parallel: The line which defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before the two were united.
24th Parallel: A latitude line which according to Pakistan should be the line of demarcation in the Kutch dispute. India has rejected such claim.
38th Parallel: The boundary line between North K.
and South Korea. .
49th Parallel: The boundary between USA and Cani