{"id":1536,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-future-prospects-of-indo-nepal-relations-in-the-upsc-psir-2020-4202\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:17","slug":"discuss-the-future-prospects-of-indo-nepal-relations-in-the-upsc-psir-2020-4202","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-future-prospects-of-indo-nepal-relations-in-the-upsc-psir-2020-4202\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss the future prospects of Indo-Nepal relations in the context of the recent publication of new Nepalese map wrongly claiming Indian territory."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> 2020 map as reply to Nov 2019 map + Dharchula\u2013Lipulekh road <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> written into the constitution <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> claim placed beyond any one government <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> prospects = management, not early settlement<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> boundary unsettled since Sugauli 1816 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 2020 map converts an old ambiguity into a fixed national position <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> question becomes where the claim is argued, not who wins it<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Sugauli 1816, Kali source undefined <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> both readings arguable <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> politics turns ambiguity into quarrel <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Muni<\/b>: 2015 coercion builds anti-India nationalism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Dixit<\/b>: map as Oli\u2019s reply to the blockade <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 2026 verdict, Oli defeated <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Shah in Parliament: encroachment both ways, experts to examine <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Dixit<\/b>: Limpiyadhura silent in the campaign <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> dispute moving from platform to table<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>claim not withdrawn <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Lipulekh pilgrimage route still protested <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> China available as leverage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Chellaney<\/b>: geography leaves no substitute for India <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> steady, unsentimental ties, negotiation carried by interdependence<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> settlement unlikely soon <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> success measured by keeping the map inside expert talks and out of election politics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[41],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[83],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1536","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-south-asia","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4948,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1536\/revisions\/4948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}