Kingdom of Nepal

The Kingdom of Nepal, the last Hindu monarchy in the world, existed from 1768 to 2008. Prithvi Narayan Shah, Prince of Gorkha, unified the country and became the first King of Nepal. In 1923 peace was made between Nepal and British India. In the 1990's civil war broke out as radical communists started a revolution. The country was further destabilized by a massacre of the royal family in 2001. The last King of Nepal, Gyanendra, tried to maintain order and put down the Maoist rebels but factionalism succeeded in undermining these efforts allowing the Maoists to gain the upper hand. In 2008 the monarchy was formally abolished.

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• Shah dynasty
• Hinduism
• Royalty
• Monarchy

[kadetsuna]

Its those damn communists who are to blame for the fall of the Nepalese Monarchy.

[MadMonarchist]

hear hear! Death to the Reds!

[smout863]

i hope one day the monarch is restored to the throne

[Kweeere378]

@diliprai Nepal needs equality and restoration of the king not a caste system that threatens the nations stability...and hampers equal opportunities for its people i hope u understand muzi

[sapream1]

dilip rai its because of people like u actually

[nabinnick]

My countrymen believe it or not the main culprit behind royal massacre n maowadi in Nepal is Indian intelligent bureau R.

[diliprai]

@dhakalanish, Actually the real high caste are Magar-Gurung-Rai-Limbu(MaGuRaL­i). While all Nepalese were classified as "namasine" (slaveable) in the Muluki Ain(national code) of Nepal, MaGuRaLi were classified as "namasine" (unslavable). The Rana government could not enslaved magar, gurung, rai and limbu so they are the true high, top caste. Even the outside world knows MaGuRaLi as the top caste as the Gurkhas. MaGuRaLi must start engaging in politics and running of Nepal.

[dhakalanish]

@diliprai that is true.....

[diliprai]

Nepal became one of the poorest counties because the shah-rana government discriminated the indigenous communities. The shah-rana rulers made Nepal as a tool for making money for them but not for the nation. For example according to Deepak Bhatt of Combat Law, the top position of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) remained with only four clans. That is for close to 200 years, among the 37 chiefs of staff, 26 came from the Rana family and the remaining 11 from the Thapa, Shah and Basnet clans.

[tyrlop]

so true.