Modern-day India and Nepal initiated their relationship with the 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship and accompanying secret letters that defined security relations among the two countries, and an understanding governing both bilateral trade and trade transiting Indian territory. The 1950 treaty and letters exchanged between your then Indian government and Rana rulers of Nepal, stated that “neither government shall tolerate any threat to the security of this other by a foreign aggressor” and obligated both sides “to inform each other of any serious friction or misunderstanding with any neighboring state likely to cause any breach in the friendly relations subsisting within the two governments.” These accords cemented a “special relationship” between India and Nepal that granted Nepalese a similar economic and educational opportunities as Indian citizens in India and preferential treatment to Indians compared to other nationalities in Nepal. The Indo-Nepal border is open; Nepalese and Indian nationals may move freely around the border without passports or visas and may live and work in either country. However, Indians aren’t allowed to own land-properties or work in government institutions in Nepal, while Nepalese nationals in India are allowed to be employed in Indian government institutions (except in some states) plus some civil services .
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