New Nepal Map On Rs 100 Banknote Depicts 3 Indian Territories, Revives 2020 Controversy

Final Up to date:November 27, 2025, 23:17 IST

In 2020, the then KP Sharma Oli authorities initially unveiled a brand new political map displaying three Indian territories — Lipulekh, Kalapani, and Limpiyadhura — as Nepal’s

The brand new Rs 100 denomination banknotes which were issued by Nepal’s central financial institution. (Picture: PTI)

In what will be seen as a bid to escalate current territorial disputes, Nepal has triggered a contemporary controversy by printing a brand new map on its foreign money word depicting three areas — Lipulekh, Kalapani, and Limpiyadhura — which are truly inside India’s border.

The newest controversy, nonetheless, has roots in occasions from Could 2020 when the now-fallen KP Sharma Oli authorities initially unveiled a brand new political map displaying these three Indian territories as Nepal’s, which was later endorsed by the nation’s Parliament.

India had reacted sharply on the time, calling the revised map a “unilateral act” that “doesn’t change the bottom actuality”. New Delhi had responded by saying all three areas belong to India, cautioning Kathmandu that such “synthetic enlargement” of territorial claims wouldn’t be acceptable to it.

This time, nonetheless, the ministry of exterior affairs (MEA) is but to answer the brand new map on Nepal’s Rs-100 banknote.

Nepal’s central financial institution, the Nepal Rastra Financial institution (NRB), just lately issued the brand new Rs-100 notes that characteristic a revised map, together with Kalapani, Lipulekh, and Limpiyadhura.  This Rs-100 word is the one denomination amongst banknotes (which additionally embody Rs 10, Rs 50, Rs 500, and Rs 1,000) that bears this map, which is seen within the background on the centre in a faint inexperienced color.

An NRB spokesperson mentioned the map was already current within the outdated Rs-100 banknote and has been revised as per the federal government’s resolution. The brand new word, which bears the signature of earlier Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari, carries the issuance date 2081 BS denoting the earlier 12 months, 2024.

Past the disputed map, the Rs-100 banknote options different nationwide symbols, together with Mount Everest on its left aspect and a watermark of Nepal’s nationwide flower, the rhododendron, on the best. It additionally options the Ashoka pillar close to the map with the textual content “Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha”. On the again, there’s a image of a horned rhino.

Nepal shares a border of over 1,850 km that with 5 Indian states: Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

(With company inputs)

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