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After India's independence, political parties were established and engaged an organised struggle against the Rana monarchy in neighbouring Nepal. The Nepal Communist Party was founded in 1949 with the goal to set up a democracy and People's Republic. [5]
The Jana Andolan' (People's Movement) officially started on 18 February 1990(BS २०४६ फागुन ०७) which is Democracy day in Nepal and officially ended after 49 long days. In order to stall the movement, the government arrested national and district-level leaders of both the NC and the ULF on 17 February 1990, and banned all ...
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.
The revolution of 1951 (Nepali: सात सालको क्रान्ति, romanized: Sāta Sālako Krānti) in Nepal, also referred to as Sat Salko Kranti, was a political movement against the direct rule by the Rana dynasty of Nepal which had lasted for 104 years.
Throughout April, pro-democracy demonstrations were held across Nepal, and 19 demonstrators were killed, over 400 protesters were arrested, while dozens of others were injured. On 21 April, King Gyanendra announced that he would return governance to the SPA, but this offer was rejected by both the Maoist rebels and the SPA.
But the struggle in Easter Nepal had the desired effect and all over Nepal people started rising against the Rana regime. By late 1951, the Rana Prime Minister Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana gave into the demands of the Nepali Congress and gave way for the reforms to be carried out by the Congress under the supervision of King Tribhuvan .
The party called for an armed struggle against the Rana regime and formed the core of the Mukti Sena. During the protests by Nepal Praja Panchayat in Kathmandu in the winter of 1948, the party ordered their followers in the Kathmandu Valley to join the protestors. [1] [2] [3]
Towards the end of his life, Koirala was leading a democratic front composed of parties that supported and promoted liberal democratic principles and aspired to establishment of a long-term democratic form of governance in Nepal. Koirala wrote Simple Convictions: My Struggle for Peace and Democracy. [19]