On July 15, KP Sharma Oli was sworn in as Prime Minister of Nepal.
The central bank of Nepal, the “Nepal Rastra Bank”, has awarded a contract to a Chinese company for the printing of new Nepalese notes of Rs 100. According to the PTI news agency, on the map made on these notes, the Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani regions of India have been depicted as part of Nepal. There has been a dispute between India and Nepal over this area for around 35 years.
According to the report, the Chinese company “Bank Note Printing and Minting Corporation” was awarded the contract for printing the notes. A Chinese company will print 30 crore copies of Nepali currency notes. It will cost around 75 crore Indian rupees. This means that the cost of printing a Rs 100 Nepali note will be around 2.50 Indian rupees.
These 100 rupee notes are currently in circulation in Nepal. archive photo
The Nepal government had approved the change in May. In Nepal, Nepal Rastra Bank has the right to change the design of notes. However, for this they must obtain government approval. The Nepal Cabinet had approved changes in the design of this note in May this year.
At that time, Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda was the Prime Minister of Nepal. KP Sharma Oli supported this government. On July 12, Oli had withdrawn his support for the Prachanda government. He is now Prime Minister of Nepal. He is supported by Nepali Congress leader and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Nepal released a new political map of the country on June 18, 2020. In it, Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani have been shown as part of Nepal. For this, amendments have also been made to the Constitution of Nepal. The Indian government then opposed Nepal’s move, calling it unilateral.
The India-Nepal border is determined by two rivers. In this area bordering India, Nepal and China, there is a valley made up of Himalayan rivers, which is the origin of the Kali or Mahakali river which flows in Nepal and India. This area is also called Kalapani. Lipulekh pass is also located here. There is another pass some distance towards the northwest from here, which is called Limpiyadhura.
In the Sugauli Agreement signed in 1816 between the British and King Gorkha of Nepal, the boundary between India and Nepal was fixed by the Kali River. Under the agreement, the western area of the Kali River was considered the territory of India, while the area east of the river became that of Nepal.
There has been a dispute between the two countries regarding the origin of the Kali River, that is, its birthplace. India considers the eastern watercourse to be the origin of the Kali River. While Nepal considers the western watercourse as the original watercourse and based on this, both countries assert their respective claims over the Kalapani region.
Mansarovar Yatra passes through Lipulekh pass, surveillance of Chinese army is also easy
Limpiyadhura-Kalapani-Lipulekh are part of Pithoragarh district in the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand. These three zones extend over 370 km². The citizenship of people living here is Indian and they pay taxes in India. Kalapani, located in Pithoradh district of Uttarakhand, lies at the crossroads between India, Tibet and Nepal. It is therefore a very important place strategically. India can easily monitor the Chinese army from Kalapani. India had deployed its army here for the first time during the 1962 war. Considering the importance of the region, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is deployed here these days, which connects the ‘Uttarakhand in Tibet. Indian pilgrims traveling to Mansarovar pass through the Lipulekh pass. India closed the Lipulekh pass after the Chinese attack in 1962. It was reopened in 2015 to facilitate trade with China and the Mansarovar Yatra. In May 2020, India closed the Lipulekh pass to facilitate the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. of a new 80 km road from Lipulekh Pass to Lipulekh Pass. Nepal’s claim to the Limpiyadhura Pass region stems from its claim to Kalapani. It is adjacent to India, near the Nagari border of Tibet.
China was behind the provocation of Nepal. There was no dispute regarding this region for almost 100 years after the treaty with the British. India even deployed its army in this area in 1962 to stop the Chinese invasion. The Indian Army is still deployed in many parts of this zone.
As soon as Nepal transitioned from monarchy to democracy in 1990, voices of protest began to be raised in this area.
This controversy deepened in 2015 when communist leader KP Oli became Prime Minister of Nepal. Oli increased his proximity to China instead of Nepal’s traditional friend, India.
In return, China invested billions of dollars in various projects in Nepal, but China’s real intention was to incite Nepal, which had been close to India for centuries, to oppose India.
Last year, the country’s army chief, MM Naravane, had said that Nepal was acting under someone else’s influence. Naravane pointed to China.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh had also said in the scenario, after Nepal’s objection to road construction by India, that Nepal was misled on this issue.
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