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  2. History of Nepal - Wikipedia

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    Its capital was Kapilavastu, which may have been located in present-day Tilaurakot, Nepal. [17] [18] [19] Gautama Buddha (c. 6th to 4th centuries BCE), whose teachings became the foundation of Buddhism, was the best-known Shakya. He was known in his lifetime as "Siddhartha Gautama" and "Shakyamuni" (Sage of the Shakyas).

  3. Ancient history of Nepal - Wikipedia

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    Its capital was Kapilavastu, which may have been located either in present-day Tilaurakot, Nepal. [24] [25] [26] Gautama Buddha (c. 6th to 4th centuries BCE), whose teachings became the foundation of Buddhism, was the best-known Shakya. He was known in his lifetime as "Siddhartha Gautama" and "Shakyamuni" (Sage of the Shakyas).

  4. Decolonisation of Asia - Wikipedia

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    The Dutch also had trade links with Siam, Japan, China and Bengal. The British had competed with Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch for their interests in Asia since the early 17th century and by the mid-19th century held much of India (via the British East India Company ), as well as Burma , Ceylon , Malaya and Singapore .

  5. Nepal - Wikipedia

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    [189] [190] Nepal has consistently been ranked as one of the poorest countries in the world. [191] [192] [193] Nepal has been a member of WTO since 23 April 2004. [194] The 16.8-million-worker Nepali labour force is the 37th largest in the world. [195] The primary sector makes up 27.59% of GDP, the secondary sector 14.6%, and the tertiary ...

  6. Timeline of Nepalese history - Wikipedia

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    A US offer to resettle thousands of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal has raised hopes but has also sparked tension in the camps, says Human Rights Watch. Sep: Three bombs hit Kathmandu in the first attack in the capital since the end of the Maoist insurgency. Sep: Maoists quit interim government to press demand for monarchy to be scrapped.

  7. List of wars involving Nepal - Wikipedia

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    Kingdom of Nepal East India Company Garhwal Kingdom Patiala State Kingdom of Sikkim. Defeat. Third Nepal-Tibet War (1855–1856) [7] Kingdom of Nepal: Tibet under Qing rule: Victory. World War I (1914–1918) France United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa; Russia Italy United States Serbia Montenegro Belgium Japan Romania

  8. List of territories acquired by the Empire of Japan - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan. Control over all territories except most of the Japanese mainland ( Hokkaido , Honshu , Kyushu , Shikoku , and some 6,000 small surrounding islands) was renounced by Japan in the ...

  9. History of colonialism - Wikipedia

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    Burma had been under British rule for nearly a hundred years, however, it was always considered an "imperial backwater". This accounts for the fact that Burma does not have an obvious colonial legacy and is not a part of the Commonwealth. In the beginning, in the mid-1820s, Burma was administered from Penang in Britain's Straits Settlements.