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India's Cartographic Sovereignty at Stake

The Cartographic Conundrum: India's Sovereignty on the Map The recent UN General Assembly resolution, "Correct the Map," has sparked concerns from New Delhi.

The government insists that any new map must accurately reflect India's sovereign territory.

This development is part of a larger effort to address cartographic distortion, where the Mercator projection has been criticized for exaggerating northern landmasses while diminishing those in Africa and South Asia.

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