{"id":269,"date":"2020-08-09T23:47:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T18:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2020-08-09T23:47:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T18:02:31","slug":"after-nepal-takes-exception-to-indian-minister-jaishankars-remark-india-clarifies-buddha-was-born-in-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=269","title":{"rendered":"After Nepal takes exception to Indian Minister Jaishankar\u2019s remark, India clarifies Buddha was born in Nepal\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KATHMANDUPATI &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has said that Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini in Nepal. The Ministry of External Affairs made it clear that the birthplace of Buddha is Lumbini that is located in Nepal.\u00a0 Issuing a\u00a0 statement on Sunday, Anurag Srivastava, the spokesperson of India\u2019s External Affairs Ministry, said that Buddha\u2019s birthplace was Lumbini in Nepal. The statement of India follows Nepal\u2019s reaction to a recent remark of S Jaishankar, India\u2019s Minister of External Affairs, on Gautam Buddha.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier today, Nepal\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday issued a statement and took an exception to the remark of Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar who had said that Gautam Buddha is one of the greatest Indians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Who are the greatest Indians ever that you can remember? I would say one is Gautam Buddha and the other is Mahatma Gandhi,&#8221; Indian External Affairs Minister Jainshankar had said at a webinar on Saturday. The remark not only met criticisms in Nepal, but Nepal\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying that the \u2018matter remains beyond doubt and controversy and thus cannot be a subject of debate\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within a few hours of Nepal\u2019s statement, the spokesperson of India\u2019s Ministry of External Affairs, Anurag Srivastava, clarified the minister\u2019s remark and reiterated India\u2019s position that Buddha was born in Lumbini in Nepal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEAM&#8217;s remarks yesterday at the CII event referred to our shared Buddhist heritage. There is no doubt Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini, which is in Nepal,\u201d said Srivastava, in response to a media query at a press briefing on Sunday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDUPATI &#8211; India has said that Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini in Nepal. 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