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Sugauli | |
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City | |
| Sagauli | |
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| Nickname: City of sugauli treaty | |
  Sugauli Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates: 26°47′N 84°44′E / 26.783°N 84.733°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Purvi Champaran |
| Founded by | Guru Gajraj Mishra |
| Government | |
| • Type | Nagar panchayat |
| • Body | Nagar panchayat Sugauli |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 19.25 km2 (7.43 sq mi) |
| • Rural | 149.46 km2 (57.71 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Urban | 38,815 |
| • Rural | 191,992 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bhojpuri, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
| Vehicle registration | BR05 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Paschim Champaran |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Sugauli |
| Website | eastchamparan |
Sugauli is a city and a notified area in East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Best known for Treaty of Sagauli, 1816 between the British and Gurkhas and role played in the Satyagraha Movement of Mahatma Gandhi, it is also the setting for Rudyard Kipling's story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" (spelled as "Segowlee" in said story), and the place where a treaty was signed with Nepal in 1816.