The Nepali central bank on Thursday issued new currency notes of the Rs 100 denomination showing the country’s map comprising the Kalapani, Limpiadhura and Lipulekh territories, which Kathmandu claims, PTI reported.
India has rejected the territorial claims made by Kathmandu.
The new note issued by the Nepal Rashtra Bank bears the signature of Maha Prasad Adhikari, whose tenure as the governor ended in April. The date of issuance of the note is 2081 BS, according to the Nepali calendar. It corresponds to 2024 in the Common Era.
The map used in the earlier version of the note did not include the Kalapani-Limpiadhura-Lipulekh area.
PTI quoted a spokesperson of the Nepali central bank as saying that the map was updated as per the government’s decision.
Notes of other denominations, such as Rs 10, Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, do not have the map of Nepal.
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The border issue began in 2019 after Kathmandu objected to a new map released by India, which showed the Kalapani area, where Lipulekh Pass is located, as part of Indian territory.
In response, New Delhi said that it had not made any change to its border with Nepal and that the new map depicts Indian territory accurately.
The tensions escalated in May 2020 when Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a new route for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Lipulekh Pass.
Nepal has repeatedly claimed that India’s decision to build the road was a breach of an agreement between the two countries. It claims the Lipulekh Pass on the basis of a treaty signed with British colonisers in 1816.
In June 2020, the Nepali Parliament amended its Constitution to include a new political map of the country featuring the Kalapani-Limpiadhura-Lipulekh area as its territory.
New Delhi had said at the time that Nepal’s “artificial enlargement” of claims is “not based on historical fact or evidence and is not tenable”.
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