{"id":66311,"date":"2025-10-03T14:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T09:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=66311"},"modified":"2025-10-03T16:28:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:58:39","slug":"sir-creek-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sir-creek-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Creek Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Sir Creek Latest News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh warned Pakistan against any aggression in the Sir Creek region, stating that India would give a \u201cresounding and decisive response\u201d that could alter \u201chistory and geography\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Sir Creek<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sir Creek<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>96 km long tidal estuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the marshy <\/span><b>Rann of Kutch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> region, separating <\/span><b>Gujarat (India)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from <\/span><b>Sindh (Pakistan)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows into the <\/span><b>Arabian Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is a <\/span><b>strategically sensitive zone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to its proximity to the international boundary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The area is significant for <\/span><b>security, fishing rights, oil and gas exploration, and <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/eez\/\" target=\"_blank\">Exclusive Economic Zone<\/a> (EEZ) determination<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Nature of the Dispute<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>dispute arises from differing interpretations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>1914 Bombay Government Resolution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> signed between <\/span><b>Sindh (then under British India)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>Ruler of Kutch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Pakistan\u2019s claim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The boundary lies on the <\/span><b>eastern bank<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the creek (giving the creek to Sindh).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>India\u2019s claim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The boundary should follow the <\/span><b>thalweg principle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (mid-channel line of navigable waters).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Pakistan\u2019s counter-argument:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sir Creek is not navigable, hence the <\/span><b>thalweg principle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> doesn\u2019t apply.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>India\u2019s stand:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The creek is navigable during high tide, so international maritime norms apply.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/rajnath-singh-address-bhuj-gujarat-operation-sindoor-october-2-2025\/article70117028.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Creek is a 96-km-long disputed tidal estuary between Gujarat (India) and Sindh (Pakistan) in the Rann of Kutch, opening into the Arabian Sea. 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