Sir Creek is a 96-km-long estuary that lies between Kutch in Gujarat and Pakistan’s Sindh province. It is a muddy, uninhabited marshland in the Rann of Kutch that flows into the Arabian Sea. Once known as Ban Ganga, it was renamed Sir Creek after a British officer during colonial times.
The dispute over this area dates back to the British period. During the time, the entire region was part of the Bombay Presidency, which included the present-day Maharashtra, Gujarat and Sindh. After Partition in 1947, Sindh became part of Pakistan while Kutch remained with India.
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