Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Provisions of the Treaty


  1. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the East India Company and the King of the Nepal.
  2. The King of Nepal accepted the sovereignty of East India Company all over the disputed territories prior to the war.
  3. Nepal accepted to handover the Terai region with an exception of Butwal.
  4. The East India Company agreed to pay an annual pension of two hundred thousands of rupees to the chiefs and courtiers of Nepal as the compensation of their income from the Terai.
  5. Nepal ceded the right of the territory west of the river Mahakali (Kumaun and Garhwal) to the Company's government.
  6. The King of Nepal will not make any claim over Sikkim. If any differences arise between Nepal and Sikkim, the King of Nepal will abide by the arbitration of the Company's government.
  7. The King of Nepal will not employ any British or European or American subjects in his service without the consent of the Company's government.
  8. In order to secure and improve amenities and peace, it is agreed that the representatives of each government shall reside at the capital of the other.
  9. The King of Nepal shall ratify this treaty within fifteen days and the Governor General of East India Company within twenty days.

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