Row after Nepal issues Rs 100 currency notes with controversial map claiming Indian territories

A controversy has erupted after Nepal's central bank on Thursday issued new Rs 100 currency notes featuring a revised map that includes the Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura territories. India maintains that all these three regions belong to it. 

The new note from the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) bears the signature of previous Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari. The date of issuance of the bank note is 2081 BS, which denotes the previous year, 2024.

Earlier in 2020, Nepal had unveiled a new political map which showed Lipulek, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura areas as Nepal's territory. India had taken a strong objection to the move and cautioned Kathmandu that such "artificial enlargement" of territorial claims will not be acceptable to it.