'Kipat' was tenure of land existing mainly in Eastern part of Nepal. This was a communal land holding by the Kirats of the then Majh and Pallo Kirat area. After the unification of the modern Nepal, late king Prithivinarayan Shah also established the type of tenure in the same manner as it was in the control of the Kirat tiny state. The land tenure system of Kirat was communal. The land was not saleable to other persons who were not the progeny of the first user and maker of the Pakho-Banjo to arable land. It might be given as Dan; the Jimmawala might give it by Pajani. The land ultimately was the property of King, and King could make and change on the holding for social use. | Abolition of 'Kipat' land tenure system: The context and consequences
