Naya Muluk ( ne, नयाँ मुलुक) is a geographical region of

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 ...

, which is situated western-south part in Nepal. The

Terai The Terai or Tarai is a lowland region in northern India and southern Nepal that lies south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas, the Sivalik Hills, and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. This lowland belt is characterised by tall grasslands, scr ...

land between Kali River to Rapti River called "Naya Muluk" after 1860.

History

After

Anglo-Nepalese War The Anglo-Nepalese War (1 November 1814 – 4 March 1816), also known as the Gorkha War, was fought between the Gorkhali army of the Kingdom of Nepal (present-day Nepal) and the British forces of the East India Company (EIC, present-day Indi ...

in 1814-1816, Nepal was forced to sign a treaty called

Sugauli Treaty The Treaty of Sugauli (also spelled Sugowlee, Sagauli and Segqulee), the treaty that established the boundary line of Nepal, was signed on 4 March 1816 between the East India Company and Guru Gajaraj Mishra following the Anglo-Nepalese War ...

in which Nepal lost one third part of geographical territory. The geographical territory was sectioned in five parts as below: # The whole of the lowlands between the Rivers

Kali Kali (; sa, काली, ), also referred to as Mahakali, Bhadrakali, and Kalika ( sa, कालिका), is a Hinduism, Hindu goddess who is considered to be the goddess of ultimate power, time, destruction and change in Shaktism. In t ...

and Rapti. # The whole of the low lands lying between the Rapti and the Gunduck. # The whole of the lowlands between the Gunduck and Coosah. # All the low lands between the Rivers Mitchee and the Teestah. # All the territories within the hills east of the River Mitchee and all territories west of

. Section: 2 and 3 (whole land from Rapti to Gundak and Gandak to Koshi) restored back to Nepal on December 11, 1816. Section: 1 (whole low land between the Rivers

and Rapti) returned in 1860 called Naya Muluk.

Territory

1832 Northern Frontier of Oud bordering on Goorkhali Territories by Warden Grant F17-17

Naya muluk contains two district of

Sudurpashchim Sudurpashchim Province ( ne, सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश, ''Sudurpashchim Province'') (''Far-West Province'') is one of the seven Provinces of Nepal, provinces established by the Constitution of Nepal, new constitution o ...

province and two district of

Lumbini Province Lumbini Province ( ne, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, Lumbinī pradēśa) is a province in western Nepal. It borders Gandaki Province and Karnali Province to the north, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar o ...

. Total area is and total population is 2144,846.

References

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External links

A map by survey of India of 1934 showing Naya Mulk
* https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2018/11/13/centenary-end-first-world-war-celebrations-all-over-world-except-nepal/ *http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/contributions/pdf/CNAS_02_01_13.pdf
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nepal: Identities and Mobilization After 1990
*https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09700160802309233
Raja Pratap Vikram Shah vs Kr. Upendra Bahadur Shah And Ors. on 15 September, 1951
History of Nepal Sudurpashchim Province Geography of Lumbini Province Jung Bahadur Rana 1860 in Nepal