Border Discourse : India Vs Nepal

The dispute of borders between India and Nepal started when Nepal released its new political map on date 20 May 2020 showing Lipulekh and Kalapani as a part of its territory. Let's discuss how this dispute started? and What is Border Discourse: India Vs Nepal?
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Nepal:

Nepal is landlocked and a buffer country which means that it is surrounded by land by all four sides and lies between two major countries named India and China. To understand the seed of dispute between India and Nepal let's have a look at the history behind this dispute.

Do you know the history behind this dispute?

      Nepal is the country which was never invaded by Mughals. Gorkha kingdom in Nepal was so strong that they invaded many parts of British India including Kumaun, Garhwal and Awadh. With the increasing power of the Gorkha Kingdom, Britishers in India raised a war which was called the Anglo-Nepalese War (1Nov.1814 -4 March 1816).
     This war was won by the British resulting in a Treaty of Sugauli. Through this treaty, Nepal renounced its claim to the disputed Tarai and extended it's conquests to the west of Kali River and increasing to Sutlej river. So finally Nepal was between two Rivers named Kali and Mechi river after the treaty.

Do you know the purpose behind building the road near the border?

    Indian deities were used to go from Sikkim to Mansarovar which is very long distance. Then Indian government thought why not to follow the shortest path which is from Lepulekh in Uttarakhand.
    So BRO(Border Road Organization)started building a road of distance 80km from Kalapani to Lepulekh. So according to Nepal, India is making a road in their territory.
    According to the treaty of Sugauli, Mahakali river would form a border between India and Nepal. But Mahakali river is formed by a combination of three Rivers named Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lepulekh.

     
According to India, river Mahakali is starting from Lepulekh. On the other hand, Nepal is saying that the Mahakali river is starting from Limpiyadhura. And therefore according to  Nepal, India is building a road in their territory. This is the main reason behind the dispute.

Written by:
Vedant Anantwar πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ

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Comments

Unknown said…
Good start Vedant.
Very useful information.
Precise and up to point.
Unknown said…
Gud infoπŸ‘πŸ‘
Abhay Joshi said…
Thank You so much for your feedback. It means a lot.
Abhay Joshi said…
Thank You. Your comments motivate us.
Abhay Joshi said…
Thank you so much
Unknown said…
It's useful brother n a great blog
Anonymous said…
Imp info bro ✌
Vasu Bhide said…
Very well written Vedant!!
Anonymous said…
Got to know imp points related to dispute.
Manju Joshi said…
Need to know this as India has lost its important parts.
Unknown said…
Good. Very useful information. I think some of the points mentioned are not known to most of the people. A must info to be known by all Indians.
Monika said…
Good information n good efforts taken to gather the information..
Unknown said…
Good information keep writing πŸ‘Œ
Indu said…
Wonderfully explained. Keep it up!
Unknown said…
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Unknown said…
Indeed informational..
keep sharingπŸ‘
Rupendra said…
Very informative and systematic thought expression.
Unknown said…
Gud information.
Dr Gayatri said…
Very informative and to the point. The topic is very well chosen as we do know relation of our nation with other countries very well but with Nepal we were having little knowledge about it...u have enlightened us regarding that information...keep it up ..i wish to see more such qualitative writing from you...
Vedant said…
Thank you so much 😊
Vedant said…
Thank you 😊
Vedant said…
Thank you 😊
Unknown said…
Explained very properly & informative. Keep it up Abhay.

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