2 Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Nepal and India, 1950

Genesis: signed at Kathmandu on 31 July 1950 — weeks after the Delhi Compromise that ended the Rana regime and opened Nepal's democratic transition — by the last Rana Prime Minister Mohan Shamsher and the Indian Ambassador. Its object: to carry the Britain–India–Nepal relationship into the post-Raj era (the 1923 treaty with Britain had been the previous charter; independent India chose a fresh instrument).Principal provisions (article-wise — the examination expects this):• Article 1 — perpetual peace and friendship between the two governments;• Article 2 — full and complete diplomatic relations, exchange of ambassadors;• Article 3 — reciprocal national treatment for imports: goods and manufactures of one country to receive, in the other, the same customs and transit treatment as domestic goods (the preferential trade regime's root);• Article 4 — the treaty's most consequential clause: reciprocal rights of nationals of one country to reside, own property, move freely, and enjoy privileges in the other on the same footing as its own citizens (subject to reciprocal treatment and existing laws) — the open border's legal parent and the endless argument's text;• Article 5 — security consultation: each government to inform the other of any friction or misunderstanding with a neighbouring state liable to strain relations, and to consult on any threat to security;• Article 6 — arms transit: Nepal's import of arms,…