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Greater Nepal activists stage protest against Treaty of Sugauli

Kathmandu, March 4

Police detained a dozen youths while they were heading towards the Indian Embassy at Lainchaur, Kathmandu, on Friday to torch the copies of the Treaty of Sugauli. The youths from the Greater Nepal Nationalist Front are now in the custody of Maharajgunj police circle.

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On March 4, 1816, then king of Nepal and the East India Company had ratified the treaty, which caused Nepal to lose huge swathes of across the Tista in the east and across the Sutlej in the west. Police intercepted the youths sporting a banner of the front, while they were heading towards the embassy to set the copies afire in front of the embassy. After police intervention in their rally, the youths shouted slogans in protest.

Fanindra Nepal, chair of the front, said the front has been spearheading a movement demading return of the Nepali territories. He condemned police for intervening in a peaceful protest.

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