Nepal - Notable Historical Events
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Nepal - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1846-09-15 |
Jung Bahadur Rana grabs power in Nepal |
1862-12-16 |
Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution |
1923-12-21 |
Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation |
1934-01-15 |
8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die |
1950-06-03 |
French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal |
1950-11-06 |
King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India |
1951-02-18 |
Nepal becomes a constitutional monarchy |
1953-05-29 |
Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are first to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of a British Expedition |
1955-03-13 |
Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal |
1955-03-14 |
Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal |
1961-10-05 |
China & Nepal sign treaty |
1962-12-16 |
Nepal gets constitution/becomes Constitutional Hindu Monarchy |
1971-10-20 |
The Nepal stock exchange collapses. |
1972-01-31 |
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev becomes 11th King of Nepal |
1974-11-26 |
Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses in Nepal |
1976-07-19 |
Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created. |
1976-12-26 |
The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) is founded. |
1981-10-22 |
The founding congress of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation faction led by Hareram Sharma and D.P. Singh begins. |
1983-12-05 |
ICIMOD established and inaugurated with its headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal, and legitimised through an Act of Parliament in Nepal in the same year. |
1985-02-24 |
Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal |
1985-04-23 |
Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational |
1988-08-20 |
6.5 earthquake strikes India/Nepal, 1,000s killed |
1989-05-07 |
Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 mins in Nepal at 21,030 feet |
1990-02-19 |
Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal |
1990-04-08 |
King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties |
1990-11-09 |
New democratic constitution is issued in Nepal. |
1991-05-15 |
Nepal premier Bhattarai resigns |
1992-04-06 |
A general strike is declared by communist groups in Nepal. |
1994-07-10 |
Nepal premier Girija Prasadkoirala resigns |
1994-11-15 |
Nepal Communist party Dutch Communist Party-UML wins election |
1994-11-30 |
Man Mohan Adhikary sworn in as 1st communist premier of Nepal |
2001-06-01 |
Dipendra of Nepal slaughters his family during dinner. |
2001-06-04 |
Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace. |
2003-05-26 |
Only three days after a previous record, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu climbs Mount Everest in 10 hours 56 minutes. The tourism ministry of Nepal confirms this record in July that year. |
2005-02-01 |
Nepal King Gyanendra exercises Coup d'état to capture the democracy becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers. |
2006-04-22 |
243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra. |
2006-04-24 |
King Gyanendra of Nepal gives into the demands of protesters and restores the parliament that he dissolved in 2002. |
2006-05-18 |
The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country. |
2007-12-28 |
Nepal declared a federal democratic Republic by interim parliament, abolishing the monarchy. |
2008-05-28 |
The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty. |
2012-05-05 |
17 people are killed and 47 missing after a flash flood in Nepal |
2012-07-15 |
39 pilgrims are killed in a bus crash in Parasi, Nepal |
2012-09-11 |
29 people are killed and 11 injured after a bus runs off a mountain highway in Nepal |
2012-09-28 |
Aircraft crash kills 16 people in Kathmandu, Nepal |
2012-12-28 |
13 people are killed and 19 are injured after a bus plunges into a river in western Nepal |
2013-01-11 |
29 people are killed and 12 are injured after a bus veers off a mountain road in Doti, Nepal |
2015-11-03 |
Overcrowded bus tilts, plunges down a hill in Nepal; at least 30 killed |
2016-02-24 |
Plane crashes in Nepal; all 21 on board feared dead |
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Nepal - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1723-01-11 |
Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (d. 1774) |
1904-11-25 |
Jin Ba, Witch from Nepal |
1920-06-11 |
Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, King of Nepal (1955-72) |
1945-12-18 |
Birenda Bir Bikram, King of Nepal (1972- ) |
1945-12-28 |
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal (1972- ) |
1947-07-07 |
Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal |
1953-03-12 |
Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepalese politician |
1964-06-09 |
Rajesh Hamal, Nepal Pyaro Chha |
1971-06-21 |
Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, Crown Prince/son of King of Nepal |
1975-07-09 |
Robert Koenig, Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army |
1975-11-13 |
Derrick Speight, Nepal: 2015 |
1976-01-18 |
Harris Bierhoff, Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army |
1979-07-06 |
Jonathan Del Castillo Fortich, Por si vas a Nepal |
1981-9-08 |
Dan Fredinburg, Nepal Shaken by Deadly Earthquake |
1982-01-18 |
Maria Alexopoulos, Nepal, in the Mountain's Shadow |
2002-07-30 |
Prince Hridayendra of Nepal, Nepalese royal |
Nepal - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1775-01-11 |
Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (b. 1723) |
1955-03-13 |
Yung Deva, king of Nepal (191.-55), dies at about 48 |
1972-01-31 |
Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51 |
2001-06-01 |
Queen Aiswarya of Nepal (b. 1949) |
2001-06-01 |
King Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945) |
2001-06-04 |
Dipendra of Nepal (b. 1971) |
2005-10-17 |
Jin Ba, Witch from Nepal |
2015-04-25 |
Dan Fredinburg, Nepal Shaken by Deadly Earthquake |
