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The China–Nepal railway is a planned line through Kathmandu, linking the Indian Subcontinent with Lhasa in Tibet. It was proposed by the K.P. Oli government and in November 2017, Chinese media reported the arrival of a delegation of Chinese railway experts in Nepal. They discussed the possibility of a rail connection between China and Nepal. [12]
Nepal Transport Service went out of business in 1966, no longer able to sustain the losses resulting from frequent downtime. Breakdowns were common due to bad road conditions. Major maintenance had to be done in India, and unavailability of spare parts locally for its diverse fleet meant its buses were out of commission for extended periods.
Although very little is known about the early history of Nepal, legends and documented references reach far back to the 30th century BC. [15] Also, the presence of historical sites such as the Valmiki ashram , indicates the presence of Sanatana (ancient) Hindu culture in parts of Nepal at that period.
The Kathmandu trolleybus system once served Kathmandu, the capital city of the then Kingdom of Nepal. It was the only trolleybus system ever to be constructed in that country. [1] Opened on 28 December 1975 () [2] the system was a gift to Nepal from the People's Republic of China. It endured a somewhat chequered history, particularly in the ...
It was established on 2 January 1957 and was initially based around the purchased private collection of Rajguru Hem Raj Pandey, an advisor to King Mahendra of Nepal.Items of the Central Secretariat Library were also brought into the collection totaling 34,292 items at the time of the foundation. [1]
The history of rail transportation dates back nearly 500 years and includes systems with man or horsepower and rails of wood (or occasionally stone). This was usually for moving coal from the mine down to a river, from where it could continue by boat, with a flanged wheel running on a rail.
Nepali is the third-most spoken language in the Australian state of Tasmania, where it is spoken by 1.3% of its population, [51] and fifth-most spoken language in the Northern Territory, Australia, spoken by 1.3% of its population. [52] Nepali is the most spoken language other than English in Rockdale and Kogarah.