What is Kalapani?
'''Kalapani''' is a territory disputed between [[India]] and [[Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2070.html|title=The World Factbook|date=April 4, 2014|website=web.archive.org|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=April 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404200356/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2070.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> It has been embroiled in controversy since mid-1996, shortly after the ratification of the Mahakali treaty with India by Nepal’s Parliament. India claims the area is part of Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district, while Nepal believes it to be part of its [[Darchula|Dharchula]] district.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kalapani: A Bone of Contention Between India and Nepal {{!}} IPCS|url=http://www.ipcs.org/comm_select.php?articleNo=422|access-date=2021-12-03|website=www.ipcs.org}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Geography of Nepal]] [[Category:Territorial disputes of India]] {{asia-stub}}