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WikiProject India Maps	Tamil speakers map
Description	Detail of Image:Tamil speakers map.svg; Areas in India and Sri Lanka where Tamil is spoken (1961).
Source	International Borders: University of Texas map library - India Political map 2001 Disputed Borders: University of Texas map library - China-India Borders- Eastern Sector 1988 & Western Sector 1988, Kashmir Region 2004 . State and District boundaries: Census of India - 2001 Census State Maps Survey of India Maps. Other sources: US Army Map Service, ESRI ArcWeb Explorer, Survey of India Map Explorer, Indian Railways Map Map specific sources: Himalag - Language families and dialects in South Asia map.
Date	April 2007
Author	w:user:Planemad
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Notes

Projection: Lambert Conical Orthomorphic

Explanation of disputed boundaries

• Boundary of Indian claim : The extent upto which the Indian administration claims as rightfully theirs, but is not recognised by China and Pakistan.
• Line of Control : The defacto boundary recognised by the international community, but not by India, China and Pakistan. This boundary is a temporary solution to the ongoing conflict.

Borders of disputed regions

The extent of Indian territory depicted on this map may not be accepted by some countries as legal due to ongoing border disputes:

• The northern state of Jammu & Kashmir is claimed entirely by both India and Pakistan ( Azad Kashmir) and partly by China ( Aksai Chin). It is currently divided between all three countries. See also Line of Control and Line of Actual Control.
• The north eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh is almost entirely claimed by China as part of its territory. The state is recognised as a part of India by every country except China. See also McMahon Line.

Borders of some minor disputed areas have been omitted for the sake of simplicity:

• Minor areas of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on the Chinese frontier are claimed by China. These areas are under Indian control.
• A small area of Uttarakhand adjoining the Nepal border along the Sarda river is disputed between the two countries.

For a detailed map of all disputed regions in India, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg

Internal borders

The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh is shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified.

Territorial Waters

The limit of the territorial waters of India extends to twelve nautical miles measured from the appropriate baseline. See this for more information.

SVG Support

This document is in the Scalable Vector Graphic format (SVG) and requires a supported browser (Opera 9, Firefox 2) or a SVG plugin for Internet Explorer and other browsers. SVG is an open source format, which means this map can be downloaded and modified/translated completely using a vector graphics editor like Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape (free) or a text editor such as Notepad.

Errata

If you notice a mistake on the map, please list them here. Please mention the name of the map to be corrected also.

1. Uttaranchal is now Uttarakhand
2. Pondicherry is now Puducherry
3. The capital of the Union Territory of Daman and Diu is at Daman and not Diu.
4. The Romanization/pinyin of Tibet is not Xijang, it is Xizang.