India Nepal Controversy Map
The government of nepal on wednesday officially issued a new controversial map of the country which shows indian territories of lipulekh kalapani limpiyadhura as its own the map was unveiled by the ministry of land management cooperatives poverty alleviation.
India nepal controversy map. Arvind kumar teaches geopolitics and international relations at manipal academy of higher education mahe manipal. Earlier this month nepal s president bidhya devi while addressing the joint session of the parliament had said new. As a new map becomes a new irritant it.
The recently released new map of india has stirred an old controversy between india and nepal over a small 35 sq km disputed area claimed by both countries. The new map was drawn on the basis of the sugauli treaty of 1816 signed between nepal and then the british india government and other relevant documents which suggests limpiyadhura from where the kali river originated is nepal s border with india the kathmandu post quoted an official at the ministry of land reform and management as saying. The lesson from this latest controversy with nepal is simple episodic interest when things get out of hand can only ever be just a temporary solution.
India considers kalapani as part of. Nepal government is all set to update new map which includes a stretch of land high in the mountains that india claims as its own with the ruling left alliance moving a constitution amendment. India has strongly objected to nepal s new map move map.
The bill seeks to authenticate the new map of nepal by revising the map in the national emblem which means the new map will be a part of nepal s textbooks etc. India s new political map has stirred controversy in nepal with both new delhi and kathmandu laying claim to a region known as kalapani as part of their countries territory. Seshadri chari is a well known political commentator and strategic analyst.
After sparking a regional and worldwide controversy by changing the internal status of kashmir india s new official political map is stirring criticism in nepal including from nepal s. Here are 5 points about the india nepal map row that you must know. Such action by nepal will lead to mistrust and irritate india nepal relations greatly.
This is the map that nepal recently published and sparked off a row with india.
