The Embassy of India in Kathmandu is the

diplomatic mission A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually deno ...

of the

Republic of India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

to Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.

Ambassador

Cultural center

Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre

Embassy operates

ICCR The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India, involved in India's global cultural relations, through cultural exchange with other countries and their people. It was founded on 9 Apri ...

's Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre in Kathmandu. It was established in 2008 to promote cultural ties between India and Nepal.

B. P. Koirala India - Nepal Foundation

B. P. Koirala India - Nepal Foundation (BPKF) is affiliated with the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu. It was established in 1991 in the memory of

B. P. Koirala Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala ( ne, विश्वेश्वरप्रसाद कोइराला; 8 September 1914 – 21 July 1982), (Nepali: 1971 B.S. Bhadra 24 - 2039 B.S Shrawan 6)better known as B. P. Koirala ( ne, बीपी ...

to promote cultural exchange between India and Nepal. Foundation office is located inside the Embassy of India.

Nepal Bharat Library

Nepal Bharat Library or more generally called the ''Indian Library'' is run by the Indian Embassy in

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. The library was called ''Nepal-Bharat Sanskritik Kendra'' till 2005. The library was established in 1951 after

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

set up the diplomatic relation with Nepal (13 June 1947) with an aim to enhance and strengthen cultural relations and information exchange between India and Nepal. It is the first foreign library in Nepal.

References

External links

Official website
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