Kanchanpur District is a part of Mahakali Zone in [Terai] plain, is one of seventy-five districts of Nepal. It is located in southern-west of Nepal. It is bordered with Kailali district in east, Dadeldhura district in north and with modern-day india in south and west. Before the reunification of Nepal by Gorkha King PN Shah, this district was the part of Doti Kingdom. Nepal lost it to the East India Company during the Partition of Nepal after Anglo-Nepalese war (1814-1816) between the then Kingdom of Nepal and East india Company followed by Sugauli Treaty. Later on after treaty of 1860, Nepal recoverd this land along with Kailali, Banke and Bardiya. Its first headquarters was Belauri Municipality and the current headquarter Mahendranagr was declared in 2019 B.S. The majority of population is occupied by ethnic Tharu community and minor group are the peoples that have migrated from northern hilly region.
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