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The Nepal Communist Party was founded in 1949 with the goal to set up a democracy and People's Republic. [5] Conversely, the Nepali Congress Party, later Nepali Congress, was formed in 1947 and gained support from the Nepal Communist Party to stage an armed revolution against the Rana monarchy. [5]
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 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 ...
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.
The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Nepal a "hybrid regime" in 2022, [10] [needs update] while the 2018 Polity data series considers it to be a democracy. [11] According to the 2023 V-Dem Democracy indices Nepal was the 7th most electoral democratic country in Asia. [12]
Slavery in Nepal was banned 28 November 1924, and the law was enforced in 1925. [20] According to the 2016 Global Slavery Index, an estimated 234,600 people are enslaved in modern-day Nepal, or 0.82% of the population. [21] One type of slavery in Nepal is kamlari, or domestic bonded labor. A child might be sold by their parents. [22]
Communism in Nepal traces its roots back to the pro-democracy movement of 1951, and the subsequent overthrow of the autocratic Rana regime and the establishment of democracy in Nepal. The communist movement in Nepal has split into factions multiple times and multiple factions have come together into a single fold at times as well.
Nepal was a monarchy for centuries until 2008, when King Gyanendra was overthrown by a pro-democracy movement. Protesters calling themselves the "Citizens' Campaign" claim that the administrations in power since the monarchy was overthrown as a condition of an agreement that put an end to a Maoist insurgency have fallen short of their promises ...