Nepal Flags Concerns over Kalapani

A few days after India redrew the political map of Jammu and Kashmir after scrapping Article 370, the Nepal government strongly objected to the inclusion of ‘Kalapani’ under the Indian Territory. In the new political maps released by India, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is part of the newly created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir while Gilgit-Baltistan is in the Union Territory of Ladakh.

Kalapani Dispute

• Kalapani is a territory disputed between India and Nepal, but under Indian administration as part of Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand . It is marked by the Kalapani River, one of the headwaters of the ....