All you need to know about Five crossing points along Indo-Pak border!!!

NASA releases stunning image of Indo-Pak border: Some details about the five crossing points---All you need to know-

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A curvy orange line divides India and Pakistan. A curvy orange lines stands illuminated every night and defines the two nations that were once together. 

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has captured a stunning image of the nighttime panorama of the Indo-Pak border, illuminated by orange security lights and the result is amazing! 

The international border can be seen clearly across the Indus River valley. The picture was taken on September 23 this year with a 28 millimetre lens on a Nikon D4 digital camera.
The Indo-Pak border is one of the few ones that can be seen from space.

The ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Centre, provided the image. It shows the winding orange borderline cutting across the valley and meeting the Arabian Sea. The port city of Karachi is seen as a bright cluster of light at the bottom left. The agricultural fields and the desert can be seen as dark patches along the border.

The Indo-Pak border is one of the most heavily guarded international boundaries in the world. There are only five crossing points along the 2,900-kilometre long border.

Some details about the five crossing points:

1. Attari: Situated 25 kilometre from Amritsar, Attari village is the last Indian railway station that connects Lahore and Delhi. An Integrated Check Post (ICP) was set up at Attari on April 13, 2012, to allow easy trade between the two countries. The famous train service between India and Pakistan, the Samjhauta Express, runs through this station.

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2. Ganda Singh Wala: Ganda Singh Wala falls under the district of Kasur in Punjab. The crossing point here is now closed but it used to be the primary point of link between the two nations in the 1960s and 70s. The border crossing point holds a Retreat Ceremony similar to that of the Wagah border. However  unlike Wagah, the ceremony here is more intimate and less tense with fewer attendees from both the sides sitting in close proximity. A proposal to reopen the point was put up in 2005 but did not yield any result.

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3. Hussainiwala: Right opposite the point of Ganda Singh Wala, lies the village of Hussainiwala in Firozpur district, Punjab. The village forms a part of the bank of River Sutlej that defines the Indo-Pak border. The famous martyr memorial of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru stands near the bank as this was the place the rebel trio was creamted on March 23, 1931. The point is closed for travellers, however, a daily retreat ceremony takes place here as well.

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4. Munabao: The village is situated at Barmer district in Rajasthan. It is famous for the railway station through which, the Thar Express runs. The crossing point had been lying closed ever since the 1965 war. It was reopened in February 2006 and since then, the Thar Express operates from Bhagat Ki Kothi in Jodhpur to Karachi, Pakistan, through this station.

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5. Wagah: This is the most famous and the most prominent border crossing point between India and Pakistan. The point is located 32 kilometres from Amritsar and 24 kilometres from Lahore. The Retreat Ceremony here is very popular and is attended by thousands of citizens from both nations. The Wagah border is also prominent because it was used as one of the major transit point during the 1947 migration.

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