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Lipulekh

Government and Policy

MEA hits back at Nepal’s objection to Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through Lipulekh Pass, calls it a unilateral artificial territorial claim

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2026

Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Sunday, and said that the Government of Nepal firmly maintains its position that Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura, and Kalapani, located east of the Mahakali River, are its inalienable territories based on the 1816 Treaty of Sugauli.

News Reports

India-Nepal border: Communist group tries to march to Lipulekh to plant a Nepali flag, stopped by Nepali villagers

OpIndia Staff - 22 May, 2020

A couple of days back, Nepali PM KP Oli had launched an offensive against India and laid claims to Indian territories of areas of Lipulekh and Kalapani

News Reports

Manisha Koirala endorses Nepal’s controversial map claiming Lipulekh and Kalapani as their territory, calls it Nepal’s ‘dignity’

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2020

Manisha Koirala was replying to a tweet by Nepalese foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali’s tweet informing the inclusion of the regions in the country’s official map.