'No clear information': Nepal ‘loses’ papers of centuries-old treaty defining borders with India
- Nepali PM Balen Shah had raised up the issue of border with India, including Lipulekh.
- NEW DELHI: Nepal has apparently lost the decades-old original of the 1816 Treaty of Sugauli, a document that largely defined the Himalayan nation's boundaries with British India, its foreign minister Shisir Khanal told Parliament on Monday.
- Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal told the House of Representatives recently that while some treaty-related documents are held in the National Archives, their status as the original official documents remains unclear.
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- Nepali PM Balen Shah had raised up the issue of border with India, including Lipulekh.
- NEW DELHI: Nepal has apparently lost the decades-old original of the 1816 Treaty of Sugauli, a document that largely defined the Himalayan nation's boundaries with British India, its foreign minister Shisir Khanal told Parliament on Monday.
- Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal told the House of Representatives recently that while some treaty-related documents are held in the National Archives, their status as the original official documents remains unclear.
Sources: Indiatimes