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    The Kingdom of Nepal was a Hindu monarchy in South Asia, founded in 1768 through the expansion of the Gorkha Kingdom. The kingdom was also known as the...
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  • The following lists events that happened during 2008 in Nepal. Monarch: Gyanendra (until May 28) - monarchy abolished President: Ram Baran Yadav (starting...
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    Constituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 10 April 2008, having been postponed from earlier dates of 7 June 2007[citation needed] and 22 November...
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    monarch from 1768 to 2008. He served as the head of the Nepalese monarchy—Shah Dynasty. The monarchy was abolished on 28 May 2008 by the 1st Constituent...
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    Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes...
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    The Nepalese rupee (नेपाली रुपैयाँ (Nepali); sign: रू; code: NPR) is the official currency and legal tender of Nepal. It is also sometimes abbreviated...
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    of Nepal (नेपालको राष्ट्रिय प्रतीक चिन्ह) is the primary symbol used by the Government of Nepal and its agencies. Officially adopted on 28 May 2008, the...
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    declaration of Nepal as a republic in 2008. On 1 June 2001, a mass shooting took place at Narayanhity Palace, the official residence of the Nepalese monarchy...
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    Republic of Nepal in 2008. The King of Nepal was the country's head of state from the unification and the establishment of the kingdom in 1768 to 2008. Since...
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    Gyanendra Shah (born 7 July 1947) is the final monarch of Nepal, ruled from 2001 until 2008, when the monarchy was overthrown. He briefly held the throne...
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  • Thumbnail for 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
    The first Nepalese Constituent Assembly was a unicameral body of 601 members that served from May 28, 2008, to May 28, 2012. It was formed as a result...
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    national holiday in Nepal. It commemorates the date on which the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal took place on 28 May 2008, which ended...
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    held in Nepal in July 2008. The first round of voting was held on 19 July, with a run-off on 21 July. The Nepalese Constituent Assembly (CA) elected in April...
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    Ethnic groups in Nepal are delineated using language, ethnic identity or the caste system in Nepal. They are categorized by common culture and endogamy...
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    The Nepalese Civil War was a protracted armed conflict that took place in the then Kingdom of Nepal from 1996 to 2006. It saw countrywide fighting between...
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    Nepal and the provincial assemblies of each of Nepal's seven provinces, who themselves are all directly elected. The office was created in May 2008 after...
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    constituent assembly, the Nepalese parliament voted to abolish the monarchy in June 2006. Nepal became a federal republic on 28 May 2008 and was formally renamed...
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    The economy of Nepal is a developing category and is largely dependent on agriculture and remittances. Until the mid-20th century Nepal was an isolated...
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    domestic flight in Nepal that crashed on final approach to Tenzing-Hillary Airport in the town of Lukla in eastern Nepal on 8 October 2008. The De Havilland...
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    Islam in Nepal Nepali Muslims Judaism in Nepal Christianity in Nepal Roman Catholicism in Nepal Jainism in Nepal Baháʼí Faith in Nepal Sikhism in Nepal Irreligion...
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    India–Nepal relations are the bilateral relations between the Republic of India and the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Both countries initiated...
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    political party in Nepal and a member party of Samajbadi Morcha. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre)...
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    Hinduism is the largest religion of Nepal. In 2006, the country declared itself a secular country through democracy, after the abolition of its monarchy...
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    The Nepalese democracy movement was the combination of a series of political initiatives and movements from the 20th century to 2008 that advocated the...
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  • the former Nepalese Royal Family and was the second in line to Nepal's royal throne. The monarchy was officially abolished on 28 May 2008. Until the abolition...
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    Education in Nepal has been modeled on the Indian system, which is in turn based on that of the old British Raj. The National Examinations Board supervises...
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    the monarchy in June 2006, and Nepal became a federal republic on 28 May 2008. A new constitution was adopted in 2015, and in 2017 Nepal held its first...
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    Christianity is, according to the 2021 census, the fifth most practiced religion in Nepal, with 512,313 adherents or 1.8%, up from 2011 when there were 375,699 adherents...
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  • 1945 and 2007, Nepali banknotes of Nepalese rupee were issued with the portraits of four different kings. Starting in October 2007 the king’s portrait was...
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    Girija Prasad Koirala (category Nepalese expatriates in India)
    into power in the country's first democratic election. He was the most prominent and consequential political leader in Nepal from 2001 to 2008. Koirala...
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