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Nepal enjoys the glory of always
being a sovereign and independent country. It has
never been under foreign domination.
Ancient Nepal consisted of many small autonomous
states. King Prithivi Narayan Shah unified Nepal by
bringing these small states together into one nation
in 1769. Since then Kathmandu has been the capital
of Nepal. After the Anglo-Nepali War |
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(1814-1816), Prime Minister Jung
Bahadur Rana greatly expanded his powers and
established the Rana lineage of hereditary Prime
Ministers who ruled Nepal until 1951, when the late
King Tribhuvan led a popular revolution which put an
end to the Rana autocracy. In 1959, the first
general election was held and the parliamentary
government was set up for a short period. Nepal
experienced the liberal panchayat system for three
decades.
The popular people's movement welcomed the new era
of democracy in 1990. A new constitution was written
to secure the sovereignty of the people and a
democratic political system with constitutional
monarchy was established. |
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