Kalapani, Lipulek and Limpiyadhura

Dear Indian Friends and especially India Media

Our Nepal was as below map before 1816 A.D 

In this map, you can see our territory was up to Sutlej (including Kangra, Almora, Kumaun of this time lies in India) in the west. In the East, we were up to 2/3 of Sikkim up to the Teesta River.

British East India Company and Nepal fought  2 years from 1814 A.D to 1816 A.D after that there was the treaty of Sugauli the treaty that established the boundary line of Nepal, was signed on 2 December 1815 and ratified by 4 March 1816 between the East India Company and Raj Guru Gajaraj Mishra with Chandra Shekhar Upadhyay for Nepal following the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-16.

Treaty of Sagauli, (March 4, 1816), an agreement between the Gurkha chiefs of Nepal and the British Indian government that ended the Anglo-Nepalese (Gurkha) War (1814–16). By the treaty, Nepal renounced all claim to the disputed Terai, or lowland country, and ceded its conquests west of the Kali River and extending to the Sutlej River, East up to Mechi River. The result of the treaty was that Nepal lost almost two-third of its territory on the east, south, and west.

You can read fully about the treaty in any website. After Treaty our map remains Between Kali in West and Mechi in the East. The Sugauli Treaty specifically stated that the Kali was the Western boundary river, with all areas east of it being the nation-state of Nepal, the Kumaon region of British India lying on the other side. The proper boundary, therefore, depends on identifying the Kali to its source. Starting in the 1820s, the British produced maps that identified the main stem of the Kali river as turning northwest at a point deep in the mountains upstream from Garbyang, heading towards the headwaters of Limpiyadhura.

In 1962 A.D. there was a war between India and China at that time there were 17 camps of Indian Military in Himalaya (China side) of Nepal. In the book Border Management of Nepal, Buddhi Narayan Shrestha states that “Indian Armed military-men of the Indian Military Check-posts, deputed on 9 June 1952 in the northern frontier of Nepal, were put away and sent back to India by the Government of Nepal on 20 April 1969”.

Indian Military Check-posts on the Northern Frontier of Nepal (Deployed from 1952 to 1969)

Check-post                               District

1. Tinkar Pass                            Darchula

2. Taklakot                                  Bajhang

3. Muchu                                    Humla

4. Mugugaon                              Mugu

5. Chharkabhot                          Dolpa

6. Kaisang (Chhusang)              Mustang

7. Thorang                                 Manang

8. Larkay Pass                           Gorkha

9. Atharasaya Khola                  Gorkha

10. Somdang                             Rasuwa

11. Rasuwagadhi                       Rasuwa

12. Tatopani (Kodari)                Sindhupalchok

13. Lambagar                            Dolakha

14. Namche (Chyalsa)              Solukhumbu

15. Chepuwa Pass                    Sankhuwasabha

16. Olangchungola                    Taplejung

17. Thaychammu                      Taplejung

18. Chyangthapu                       Panchthar

(Shrestha, 259)

According to Bishwabandu Thapa (still alive), who was the Home Minister during King Mahendra's rule in Nepal in 1962 A.D, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a personal letter to King Mahendra asking him to let the retreating India Army stay temporarily in an area in Kalapani during the Sino-Indian war. Nepal king help at that time to India as a good neighbor because it was in trouble. King Mahendra's regime was autocratic called the Panchayat system. No one knows what was happening in Nepal at that time. 

Before Democracy in Nepal, no one knows about this issue but after 1990 AD when Nepal became a fully democrat country it takes dialogues with India regarding Kalapani and the other 72 cases of border disputes. All Disputes were solved except Kalapani and Susta. Many meetings were held after 1990 AD. People of India and Indian media also said why Nepal has not raised voice before because we don't know the whole story Now after Democracy we Nepali known all these facts. Below you can see Nepal political map including Limpiyadhura. 

Source Er. Saroj Karki FB Wall

As above you can see the sky blue the color river that originates from Limpiyadhura (Green Circle Part) whose discharge is very much large also is longer than the river flowing from Lipulek (Yellow Circle Part) which is in deep blue. Both meet in Gunji. As per International law it says the Main river is that whose discharge is large and length is also long Now the sky-blue color river is Kali River which is the main river and the river flowing from Lipulekh (Yellow Circle Part) which is in deep blue is its tributary which is also shown in the British India map.

There were three Village of Nepal Gunji, Nabi, and Kuti in between these rivers as shown by the flag in the picture. Now the Red Circle Part is Kalapani where king Mahendra give to India for the month in 1962 A.D as I mention above till the war doesn’t end. But the devious Indian Government make an artificial Kali temple in Lipulekh (Yellow Circle Part) and said the river originates from Kali Temple is the Kali River. Also, they started constructing the road (Redline above figure) up to Lipulekh.

Also, the Census was held on Nepal in 1961 in Three Village Gunji, Nabi & Kuti by Journalist Mr. Bhairav Risal (still alive), who worked as a Nepal government employee for some time, has said that he visited Limpiya Dhura as an enumerator during the 1961 population census. There is still evidence of tax paid by the villagers at that time from the village Gunji, Nabi & Kuti to the Nepal Government.

Below the map is the map of the text book of King Mahendra Regime and the tip portion  shown in red rectangle is same Map which is published by this government.

Now, What do you think Nepal can deceit for this small area of 342 Sq. Km who has lost its 2/3^rd part after Sugauli Treaty.

Nepal political map including Limpiyadhura