Bangladesh and India will this week finally swap tiny islands of land, ending one of the world's most difficult border disputes that has br br kept thousands of people in stateless limbo for almost 70 years.br Indian PM Narendra Modi with Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina.br At one minute past midnight on Friday, some 50,000 residents along the border will light candles and celebrate their "new found freedom" br br following a historic deal sealed between the two countries' prime ministers.