Officials of two nations will hoist their respective national flags in 162 enclaves -- 111 in Bangladesh and 51 in India -- at one minute past midnight (1801 GMT Friday) to assume sovereignty over the territories following a historic border pact in June.
Following the flag hoisting, the enclaves -- pockets of one country’s territory surrounded by the other -- will cease to exist and more than 50,000 people who have been living there can now access citizenship benefits such as schools, power and healthcare that they have lacked since 1947.
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