Mapping
Source: BT
Context: Nepal plans to introduce a new Rs 100 currency note featuring disputed territories with India, including Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura, and Kalapani.
- Previously, in 2020, Nepal passed its second Constitution Amendment Bill which provided legal status to its claims over these territories
India has objected to this move, considering it an “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims.
About the territories:
Kalapani is the largest territorial dispute between Nepal and India, situated at a tri-junction with Tibet (China). The disagreement stems from the origin of River Kali, demarcated in the Treaty of Sagauli (1816). Nepal claims the river west of Kalapani as the main River Kali, originating at Limpiyadhura or Lipulekh pass, while India argues it originates from a rivulet named Pankhagad, defining the border differently.
