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On July 15, KP Sharma Oli took oath as the Prime Minister of Nepal.
Nepal’s central bank ‘Nepal Rastra Bank’ has given a contract to a Chinese company to print new Nepali notes of Rs 100. According to news agency PTI, in the map made on these notes, Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani areas of India have been shown as part of Nepal. There is a dispute between India and Nepal regarding this area for about 35 years.
According to the report, China’s ‘Bank Note Printing and Minting Corporation’ company has got the contract for printing notes. Chinese company will print 30 crore copies of Nepali currency notes. This will cost around 75 crore Indian rupees. That means the cost of printing 1 Nepali note of 100 rupees will be around 2.50 Indian rupees.
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 have to take approval from the government. Nepal’s 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 was supporting this government. On July 12, Oli had withdrawn support from the Prachanda government. Now he is the PM of Nepal. He is being supported by Nepali Congress leader and former PM Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Nepal had released a new political map of the country on 18 June 2020. In this, Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani were shown as part of Nepal. For this, changes were also made in the Constitution of Nepal. Then the Indian government had opposed this step of Nepal, calling it unilateral.
India-Nepal border determined by two rivers
In this area bordering India, Nepal and China, there is a valley formed by the Himalayan rivers, which is the origin of the Kali or Mahakali river flowing in Nepal and India. This area is also called Kalapani. Lipulekh Pass is also here. There is another pass at some distance towards the north-west from here, which is called Limpiyadhura.
In the Sugauli Agreement signed in 1816 between the British and the Gorkha King of Nepal, the border between India and Nepal was fixed through the Kali River. Under the agreement, the western area of the Kali River was considered the territory of India, while the area falling to the east of the river became Nepal’s.
There has been a dispute between the two countries regarding the origin of the Kali River, i.e. where it first originates. India considers the eastern stream to be the origin of the Kali River. Whereas Nepal considers the western stream as the origin stream and on this basis both the countries make their respective claims on the area of Kalapani.
Mansarovar Yatra passes through Lipulekh Pass, surveillance on Chinese army also easy
- Limpiyadhura-Kalapani-Lipulekh are part of Pithoragarh district in the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand. These three areas are spread over 370 square km. The citizenship of the people living here is Indian and they pay taxes in India.
- Located in Pithoradh district of Uttarakhand, Kalapani is at the tri-junction between India, Tibet and Nepal. Therefore this is a very strategically important place. From Kalapani, India can easily keep an eye on the Chinese army.
- India deployed its army here for the first time in the 1962 war. Considering the importance of the area, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is deployed here these days.
- At the same time, Lipulekh Pass connects Uttarakhand to Tibet. Pilgrims going to Mansarovar from India pass through Lipulekh Pass. After the Chinese attack in 1962, India closed the Lipulekh Pass.
- It was reopened in 2015 to facilitate trade with China and Manasarovar Yatra.
- In May 2020, India had inaugurated a new 80 km long road from Pithoragarh to Lipulekh Pass to facilitate the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, over which Nepal had expressed displeasure.
- Nepal’s claim to the Limpiyadhura Pass area stems from its claim on Kalapani. It is adjacent to India near the Nagari border of Tibet.
China’s hand behind provoking Nepal
There was no dispute regarding this area for about 100 years after the treaty with the British. India even deployed its army in this area in 1962 to stop the Chinese invasion. Indian Army is still deployed in many parts of this area.
As soon as Nepal transitioned from monarchy to democracy in 1990, voices of protest began to be raised regarding this area.
This controversy deepened in 2015 when communist leader KP Oli became the Prime Minister of Nepal. Oli increased his closeness with China instead of Nepal’s traditional friend India.
In return, China invested billions of dollars in various projects in Nepal, but the real intention behind China doing this was to instigate Nepal, which was close to India for centuries, against India.
Last year, the country’s Army Chief MM Naravane had said that Nepal was doing this under someone else’s influence. Naravane was pointing towards China.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh had also said in the script after Nepal’s objection on road construction by India that Nepal has been misled on this issue.
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