ABSTRACT
India has a rich past, a flourishing civilization and thousands of years of growth behind its present sophistication. The Himalayan range, with its extensions to the east and the west, divides India from the rest of Asia and the world. India, situated in the southern part of Asia, shares a 4,057 km border with China, 3,323 km frontier with Pakistan and 4,096 km boundary with Bangladesh. With these three neighbours, India's land dispute is congenital and the frontier-conflict has continued unabated since Independence. India's frontier has been continuously threatened and challenged by Pakistan and China. India's problem was compounded by the absence of a clear command structure to deal with a terrorist emergency. The parliament attack proved the fact that one preventable terrorist attack from Pakistan-sponsored terrorists against India was fraught with the possibility of bringing the two countries to a nuclear war.
