Mewar's Rajput ruler, Maharana Pratap, took on the Mughals in the Battle of Haldighati in 1576. Among the smaller rulers who fought by his side was Rana Poonja, the ruler of Bhomat, a hilly and forest ...

GUERRILLAS IN THE MIST: One the last photos of the Khampa leader Wangdu taken at the Hotel de l'Annapurna garden in Kathmandu ...

Monarchists argue that the institution of monarchy is especially relevant to Nepal since the ancestors of King Gyanendra ...

Notable monarchs like King Tribhuban, King Mahendra, and King Birendra left lasting impacts on the nation. However, the monarchy was officially abolished in 2008, marking a significant shift towards a ...

King Birendra and his family faced an unfortunate ... in its increasing influence on Kathmandu since the days of King Mahendra (1955-1972) to his two sons, King Birendra (1972-2001) and King ...

Therefore, a party-less panchayat system was introduced, where the king had absolute control over the local bodies—mandated to run the country. Mahendra's son, Birendra Shah, who ascended to the ...

King Tribhuvan’s return to Kathmandu with ... to be convinced -- like the country’s last three monarchs, Mahendra, Birendra and Gyanendra -- that close ties with India curtail their ...

For this, King Tribhuvan and Crown Prince Mahendra had to flee to neighbouring ... Consequently, the newly crowned King Birendra created a constitution reform committee. This can be taken as ...

He has also accused Gyanendra of murdering his brother Birendra and a statue smuggler ... the main gate of the palace and the statue of King Mahendra ( Gyanendra’s father) carrying a banner ...

India has traditionally seen Nepal’s monarchy as an institution that acted against its interest by cozying up to China – whether it was King Mahendra (r. 1955-1972), or his sons Birendra (r ...

King Mahendra passed the throne to his eldest son, Birendra. But in June 2001, King Birendra was murdered in the palace, allegedly by his own son, along with his wife and children and half a dozen ...