Nepal’s central bank ‘Nepal Rastra Bank’ has given a contract to a Chinese company to print new Nepalese notes of Rs 100. According to news agency PTI, the map on these notes shows India’s Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani areas as part of Nepal. There has been a dispute between India and Nepal for about 35 years over this area. According to the report, China’s ‘Bank Note Printing and Minting Corporation’ company has got the contract to print notes. The Chinese company will print 30 crore copies of the Nepalese note. It will cost about 75 crore Indian rupees. That is, the cost of printing 1 Nepalese note of Rs 100 will be around 2.50 Indian rupees. The Nepal government approved the change in May
In Nepal, the Nepal Rastra Bank has the right to change the design of the notes. However, for this they have to get approval from the government. The Cabinet of Nepal approved the change in the design of this note in May this year. Then Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda was the Prime Minister in Nepal. KP Sharma Oli was supporting this government. On July 12, Oli withdrew support from the Prachanda government. Now he is the PM of Nepal. He is supported by Nepali Congress leader and former PM Sher Bahadur Deuba. Nepal released the new political map of the country on 18 June 2020. In this, Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani were shown as part of Nepal. For this, the Constitution of Nepal was also changed. Then the Indian government opposed this move of Nepal, calling it unilateral. India-Nepal border determined by two rivers
This area bordering India, Nepal and China has 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. From here, there is another pass at some distance towards the north-west, which is called Limpiyadhura. The Sugauli agreement between the British and the Gorkha king of Nepal in 1816 fixed the border between India and Nepal through the Kali river. Under the agreement, the western region of the Kali river was considered India’s territory, while the area lying to the east of the river became Nepal’s. There has been a dispute between the two countries over the origin of the Kali river, i.e. where it originates first. India considers the eastern stream to be the origin of the Kali river. Nepal considers the western stream to be the origin and on this basis both countries make their respective claims on the Kalapani area. The Mansarovar Yatra passes through the Lipulekh pass, monitoring the Chinese army is also easy China’s hand behind provoking Nepal There was no dispute over 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. Even now the Indian Army is deployed in many parts of this area. As soon as Nepal moved from monarchy to democracy in 1990, voices of protest started rising regarding this area. This dispute deepened in 2015 when communist leader KP Oli became the Prime Minister of Nepal. Oli grew closer to 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 so was to provoke Nepal, which has been close to India for centuries, against India. Last year, the country’s Army Chief MM Naravane had said that Nepal is doing this under someone else’s influence. Naravane was pointing towards China. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh also said that Nepal has been misled on this issue after Nepal’s objection to India’s road construction in Lipulekh. ……………………………………………. Also read this news related to Nepal… China-supporting KP Oli will be the Prime Minister of Nepal: Entered politics at the age of 12, described Ram as Nepal’s; How will relations with India be? After the fall of Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda’s government in Nepal on 12 July, KP Sharma Oli staked claim to form the government. According to the deal between Oli and Deuba, both will remain in the post of PM in turns till the next elections. Read the full news here…
