THE LAND OF BUDDHA & EVEREST
THE LAND OF WARRIORS, BRAVE GURKHAS
History of Nepal
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Statistics point out the Gopalas and Mahishapalas believed to have
been the earliest rulers with their capital at Matatirtha, the south-west
corner of the Kathmandu Valley. From the seventh or 8th Century B.C. the
Kirantis are stated to have ruled the valley. Their famous King Yalumber is
even noted inside the epic, ‘Mahabharat’. around 300 A.D. the Lichhavis arrived
from northern India and overthrew the Kirantis. one of the legacies of the
Lichhavis is the Changu Narayan Temple close to Bhaktapur, a UNESCO global
heritage website online (way of life), which dates lower back to the 5th
Century. inside the early 7th Century, Amshuvarma, the primary Thakuri king
took over the throne from his father-in-law who changed into a Lichhavi. He
married off his daughter Bhrikuti to the well-known Tibetan King Tsong Tsen
Gampo accordingly setting up good relations with Tibet. The Lichhavis delivered
artwork and architecture to the valley but the golden age of creativity arrived
in 1200 A.D with the Mallas. at some stage in their 550 year rule, the Mallas
constructed severa temples and remarkable palaces with picturesque squares. It
changed into additionally throughout their rule that society and the towns have
become properly organized; religious festivals were brought and literature,
track and art have been endorsed. After the demise of Yaksha Malla, the valley
was divided into 3 kingdoms: Kathmandu (Kantipur), Bhaktapur (Bhadgaon) and
Patan (Lalitpur). around this time, the Nepal as we comprehend it these days
was divided into approximately 46 unbiased principalities. one in every of
those turned into the kingdom of Gorkha with a Shah ruler. a lot of Kathmandu
Valley’s history around this time become recorded with the aid of Capuchin
friars who lived within the valley on their way inside and outside of Tibet. An
bold Gorkha King named Prithvi Narayan Shah embarked on a conquering project
that brought about the defeat of all the kingdoms inside the valley (which
includes Kirtipur which become an independent state) via 1769. as opposed to
annexing the newly acquired states to his kingdom of Gorkha, Prithvi Narayan
decided to transport his capital to Kathmandu establishing the Shah dynasty
which ruled unified Nepal from 1769 to 2008. The records of the Gorkha country
goes lower back to 1559 whilst Dravya Shah mounted a nation in an area mainly
inhabited via Magars. at some stage in the 17th and early 18thcenturies, Gorkha
persevered a gradual enlargement, conquering diverse states at the same time as
forging alliances with others. Prithvi Narayan committed himself at an early
age to the conquest of the Kathmandu Valley. recognizing the danger of the
British Raj in India, he disregarded ecu missionaries from the u . s . a . and
for greater than a century, Nepal remained in isolation. for the duration of
the mid-19th Century Jung Bahadur Rana became Nepal’s first high minister to
wield absolute energy relegating the Shah king to mere figureheads. He
commenced a hereditary reign of the Rana top Ministers that lasted for 104
years. The Ranas have been overthrown in a democracy motion of the early
Fifties with help from the-then monarch of Nepal,
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King Tribhuvan. soon
after the overthrow of the Ranas, King Tribhuvan become reinstated as the top
of the kingdom. In early 1959, Tribhuvan’s son King Mahendra issued a new
charter, and the primary democratic elections for a countrywide assembly had
been held. The Nepali Congress birthday party become triumphant and their chief,
Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala shaped a central authority and served as prime
minister. however with the aid of 1960, King Mahendra had changed his mind and
dissolved Parliament, brushing off the primary democratic government. After a
few years of battle whilst the political events had been banned, they
ultimately mustered enough courage to start a human beings’s movement in 1990.
Paving manner for democracy, the then-King Birendra commonplace constitutional
reforms and hooked up a multiparty parliament with King as the head of nation
and an government high Minister. In may also 1991, Nepal held its first
parliamentary elections. In February 1996, the Maoist parties declared human
beings’s conflict against monarchy and the elected government. Then on 1st June
2001, a terrible tragedy wiped out the whole royal family such as King Birendra
and Queen Aishwarya with lots of their closest family. With simplest King
Birendra’s brother, Gyanendra and his circle of relatives surviving, he was
topped the king. King Gyanendra abided via the elected authorities for a while
and then disregarded the elected Parliament to wield absolute electricity.In
April 2006, another human beings’s movement turned into released mutually by
the democratic parties focusing most power in Kathmandu which brought about a
19-day curfew. finally, King Gyanendra relinquished his energy and reinstated
the Parliament.On November 21, 2006, prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and
Maoist chairman Prachanda signed the complete Peace agreement (CPA) 2006,
committing to democracy and peace for the development of the u . s . a . and
people. A Constituent assembly election become held on April 10, 2008. On may
also 28,2008, the newly elected Constituent meeting declared Nepal a Federal
Democratic Republic, abolishing the 240 yr-antique monarchy. Nepal these days
has a President as Head of state and a prime Minister heading the government.
BUDDHA WAS BORN IN
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NEVER END PEACE AND LOVE (NEPAL)
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