• This is a 35-square-kilometre area in northwestern Nepal, near the tri-junction where India, Nepal, and China meet.
  • Kalapani is a valley that is administered by India as a part of the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. It is situated on the Kailash Mansarovar route.
  • The Kali River in the Kalapani region demarcates the border between India and Nepal.
    • Border designated by the Treaty of Sugauli (1816)
    • Land east of the Kali River came under Nepal’s control, while territory west of the river became part of British India (present-day India).
The Treaty of Sugauli was signed by the Kingdom of Nepal and British India (after the Anglo-Nepalese War) in 1816.

 

Source: The Hindu

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