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Nepal is a federal republic comprising 7 provinces. Each province is composed of 8 to 14 districts. Each province is composed of 8 to 14 districts. The districts, in turn, comprise local units known as urban and rural municipalities. [ 3 ]
On 24 December 2007, seven parties, including the former Maoist rebels and the ruling party, agreed to abolish the monarchy and declare Nepal a federal republic. [45] In the elections held on 10 April 2008, the Maoists secured a simple majority, with the prospect of forming a government to rule the proposed 'Republic of Nepal'.
Republic Day (Nepali: गणतन्त्र दिवस) is a 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 the 240-year reign of the Shah kings and declared Nepal a republic .
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 parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain . It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north , and India to the south, east, and west , while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by ...
The President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (नेपालको राष्ट्रपति, Nēpālakō rāṣṭrapati) is the head of state of Nepal and commander in chief of the Nepalese Armed Forces. The office was created in May 2008 after the country was declared as a republic. The first President of Nepal was Ram ...
In a nationally televised address, King Gyanendra reinstated the old Nepal House of Representatives on April 24, 2006. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The King called upon the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) to bear the responsibility of taking the nation on the path to national unity and prosperity while ensuring permanent peace and safeguarding multiparty democracy.
Nepal's first political party, Nepal Praja Parishad is founded (led by Tanka Prasad Acharya). [9] 29 November 1945 14 Mangshir 2002 Padma Shumsher becomes the prime minister. [8] [7] 25 January 1946 12 Magh 2002 Nepali National Congress is formed (led by BP Koirala, Matrika Prasad Koirala, Ganesh Man Singh, etc.). [10] 30 April 1948 18 Baisakh 2005
declare Nepal as a federal republic; [19] declare Nepal as a secular state; [ 19 ] The Royal Nepalese Army has been accused of suppressing the demonstrations with an unproportional use of force leading to a high-level investigation into law enforcement brutality towards the 2006 protests. [ 19 ]