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King Mahendra of Nepal had a state visit to the United States of America in 1960 and 1967. In the first visit, he went to Washington, Honolulu, New York City, Knoxville, Salem and Eugene, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Albuquerque, Dallas, Miami, and Detroit. In the second visit, he went to Williamsburg, Cape Kennedy, New York City and a hunting ...
v. t. e. A map of the Himalayan region forcefully annexed by Gorkha Kings around 1768 as per the book published in 1819 by Francis Hamilton M. D. named "An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal and the Territories annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha". Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multiracial, multicultural, multi-religious, and multilingual ...
The Nepali American population is the fastest growing Asian American population in the United States; in 2020, 219,503 Americans identified themselves as being of Nepali descent, an increase of 269% from the previous census of 2010, where 59,490 Americans identified themselves as Nepali. [6]
The unification of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको एकीकरण) was the process of building the modern Nepalese state, from fractured petty kingdoms including the Baise Rajya (22 Kingdoms) and the Chaubisi Rajya (24 Kingdoms), which began in 1743 AD (1799 BS). [1] The prominent figure in the unification campaign was Prithvi Narayan ...
The First Nepalese Constituent Assembly election is held where the CPN (MC) emerged victorious winning 220 out of the 575 seats. It forms the government with seven other communist parties including the CPN (UML). [31] 28 May: Constituent Assembly abolishes monarchy in Nepal, and declares Nepal a federal republic. [41] Jun
Nepal is one of the ten least urbanised, and the ten fastest urbanizing countries in the world. As of 2014, an estimated 18.3% of the population lived in urban areas. Urbanisation rate is high in the Terai, doon valleys of the inner Terai and valleys of the middle hills, but low in the high Himalayas.
The peace accord marked the formal end of the Nepalese Civil War that began in 1996. It included the following provisions: The Maoist People's Liberation Army to be placed in temporary cantonments, where they would be rehabilitated and re-integrated into the society, and the monarchist army to be confined within the barracks.
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History is a 2023 book by historian Ned Blackhawk published by Yale University Press.The book depicts the central role of Native Americans in the formation and development of the United States, a role which Blackhawk argues has been minimized or overlooked in the prevailing narrative of American history.