Amid tensions with India, Nepal introduces revised map in school textbooks
Nepal has introduced new textbooks in the school curriculum that include the country's new political map showing three Indian areas
KATHMANDU: Amid heightened tensions with India, Nepal has introduced new textbooks in the school curriculum that include the country’s new political map showing three Indian areas as part of its territory. Earlier, the Nepalese Parliament had unanimously approved the new political map of the country featuring Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura — areas which India maintains belongs to it. India has also slammed the “artificial enlargement” of the territorial claims by Nepal.
Taking the dispute forward, the Nepalese government has also decided to even issue coins with the inclusion of the Kalapani area. The Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank of Nepal, has reportedly been asked to mint the coins with the revised map. Tension between India and its smaller neighbour China began after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated an 80-km-long strategically crucial road connecting the Lipulekh pass with Dharchula in Uttarakhand on May 8 last. Nepal has claimed that the road passes through its territory. India, however, rejected the claim asserting that the road lies within its territory.
