Sandhya Jain is a political analyst, independent researcher, and author of multiple books. She is also editor of the platform Vijayvaani
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Missing Treaty of Sugauli a political ploy?
he author argues that Nepal's renewed claim over Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh, and Kalapani—conveniently timed with the resumption of India-China trade via Lipulekh—rests on shaky historical ground, since past Nepalese kings never disputed these territories and repeated searches have failed to even locate the original Sugauli Treaty document. With no treaty map defining the Kali's source and both sides relying on competing British-era records, the author concludes that only diplomacy, not legal appeals to a treaty neither side can fully verify, can resolve the dispute.
