{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:33","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>&mdash; 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\">R! 2020 map as reply to Nov 2019 map + Dharchula-Lipulekh road \u2014 written into the constitution \u2014 claim placed beyond any one government \u2014 prospects = management, not early settlement R2 boundary unsettled since Sugauli 1816 \u2014 2020 map converts an old ambiguity into a fixed national position ~ question becomes where the claim is argued, not who wins it<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Sugauli 1816, Kali source undefined \u2014 both readings arguable &gt; politics turns ambiguity into quarrel \u2014 Muni: 2015 coercion builds anti-India nationalism \u2014 Dixit: map as Oli\u2019s reply to the blockade \u2014 2026 verdict, Oli defeated \u2014 Shah in Parliament: encroachment both ways, experts to examine \u2014 Dixit: Limpiyadhura silent in the campaign \u2014 dispute moving from platform to table<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">claim not withdrawn \u2014 Lipulekh pilgrimage route still protested \u2014 China available as leverage<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 Chellaney: geography leaves no substitute for India \u2192 steady, unsentimental ties, negotiation carried by interdependence R2 settlement unlikely soon \u2014 success measured by keeping the map inside expert talks and out of election politics<\/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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2737,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1536\/revisions\/2737"}],"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}]}}