History of Nepal
Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia that became a secular republic in 2008, ending the world's last Hindu monarchy.. 3 eras, 1559 to today.
Gorkha Kingdom, 1559–1768 Draft, not yet reviewed
The Gorkha Kingdom, also known as the Gorkha Confederation or the Gorkha Empire, was one of the 24 Khasa principally state or Chaubisi states, situated at the junction of the Himalayas and the Indian subcontinent. The Gorkha kingdom was established in 1559 CE by a Thakuri Prince Dravya Shah, the second son of King Yasho Brahma Shah of Lamjung. In 1743, the kingdom began a campaign of military expansion, annexing several neighbors and laying the foundations of present-day Nepal. Dravya Shah's descendants eventually unified much of what is now Nepal under the leadership of Prithvi Narayan Shah, initiating the unification of Nepal in the 18th century.
Seat of power: Gorkha
Rulers
- Prithvi Narayan Shah, monarch, 1743–1768
Kingdom of Nepal, 1768–2008 Draft, not yet reviewed
The Kingdom of Nepal was a Hindu monarchy in South Asia that existed from 1768 to 2008. The kingdom was formed out of the expansion of the Gorkha Kingdom by King Prithvi Narayan Shah, a Gorkha monarch of the Shah dynasty. The Anglo-Nepalese War (1814 to 1816) resulted in Nepal's defeat, and under the Treaty of Sugauli the kingdom retained its internal independence in exchange for territorial concessions. Members of the Rana dynasty served as the hereditary prime minister from 1843 to 1951, and the Rana dynasty reduced the Shah monarch's role to that of a figurehead.
Seat of power: Kathmandu
Rulers
- Prithvi Narayan Shah, King of Nepal, 1768–1775
- Pratap Singh Shah, King of Nepal, 1775–1777
- Rana Bahadur Shah, King of Nepal, 1777–1806
- Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal, 1799–1816
- Rajendra of Nepal, King of Nepal, 1816–1847
- Surendra of Nepal, King of Nepal, 1847–1881
- Prithvi of Nepal, King of Nepal, 1881–1911
- Tribhuvan I of Nepal, King of Nepal, 1911–1955
- Gyanendra of Nepal, King of Nepal, 1950–1951
- Mahendra I of Nepal, King of Nepal, 1955–1972
- Birendra of Nepal, King of Nepal, 1972–2001
- Gyanendra of Nepal, King of Nepal, 2001–2008
- Dipendra of Nepal, King of Nepal, 2001–2001
Nepal, 2008 to today Draft, not yet reviewed
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. Parliamentary democracy was introduced in 1951 but was twice suspended by Nepalese monarchs, in 1960 and 2005. The Nepalese Civil War in the 1990s and early 2000s resulted in the establishment of a secular republic in 2008, ending the world's last Hindu monarchy. The Constitution of Nepal, adopted in 2015, affirms the country as a federal parliamentary republic divided into seven provinces.
Seat of power: Kathmandu
Rulers
- Ram Baran Yadav, President of Nepal, 2008–2015
- Bidya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal, 2015–2023
- Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Prime Minister of Nepal, 2022–2024
- K. P. Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal, 2024–2025
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