Indian man claims land between Egypt and Sudan

Cairo : An Indian man claims to have established his own kingdom after travelling to a no-man’s land between Egypt and Sudan and declaring it his own.

Suyash Dixit ‘founded’ the Kingdom of Dixit on the unclaimed land of Bir Tawil, an 800-square-mile strip of land south of the Egyptian border.

While Bir Tawil is legally unclaimed territory, several people have attempted to colonise it over the years, including a Russian amateur radio enthusiast and an American man who wanted to make his daughter a real-life princess.

Bir Tawil, meaning ‘deep well’ in Arabic, is situated south of the border between Egypt and Sudan, but neither country wants to lay claim
to it.

It is said to be the only known land on earth where humans can live and survive but is not a part of any state or country.

The discrepancy has meant Bir Tawil has stayed as a de facto ‘no man’s land’ for more than 100 years.