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	History - Nepal - Asia
		Although Nepal emerged in history in the first millennium bc, it was only in the 18th century that Nepal developed as a country of the present size.
		In the first half of the 19th century, Nepal entered a short period of instability that culminated in the Kot Massacre, in which fighting broke out among military personnel and administrators after the assassination of a high-powered favorite of the queen.
		Considering a parliamentary system unsuited to Nepal, the king proclaimed a new constitution in 1962 that banned the formation of political parties and allowed for the autocratic rule of the king through a nonparty system of councils, or panchayats.
	www.countriesquest.com /asia/nepal/history.htm (1397 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Nepal
		Lord Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal circa 563 BC and the Emperor Aśoka ruled over a vast empire including North India and southern Terai region of present day Nepal (though the hilly and mountainous regions were not a part of Aśoka's Empire) in the 1st century BC.
		The major languages of Nepal (percent spoken as mother tongue) are Nepali (49%), Maithili (12%), Bhojpuri (8%), Tharu (6%), Tamang (5%), Newari/Nepal Bhasa (4%), Magar (3%), Awadhi (2%), Bantawa (2%), Limbu (1%), and Bajjika (1%).
		Nepal uses 4 main calendars: the official solar Bikram Sambat, the lunar calendar,Newari calendar(Nepal sambat) and the Gregorian(western).
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Nepal (1851 words)

	United Nations - OCHA IRIN \| ASIA \| Nepal \| Profile
		Nepal's delicate political equation balances on the three-way tug-o-war and could tilt towards the side where new alliances are forged.
		Nepal's democratic experiment ended in on 15 December, 1960 when King Mahendra ordered the arrest of all ministers of the elected Nepali Congress government and other party leaders and formed a cabinet, which he chaired.
		Nepal is a founder member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) an organisation of seven countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
	www.irinnews.org /profiles/nepal.asp (3804 words)

	History of Nepal
		Prithvi Narayan Shah (c 1769-1775), with whom we move into the modern period of Nepal's history, was the ninth generation descendant of Dravya Shah (1559-1570), the founder of the ruling house of Gorkha.
		King Prithvi Narayan Shah was quite aware of the political situation of the Valley kingdoms as well as of the Barsi and Chaubisi principalities.
		Thus the Kathmandu Valley was conquered by King Prithvi Narayan Shah and Kathmandu became the capital of the modern Nepal by 1769.
	www.thamel.com /htms/history.htm (1130 words)

	Samudaya.org: Nepal and Nepal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Having been the birthplace of Nepal’s Maoist movement, the country’s western regions Rolpa and Rukum have witnessed both the movement’s rise - be it by will or force - and its fall - as it attempts to steady itself under the attack from the security forces.
		Whatever Nepal’s political situation may be, such forms of abandonment are alarming and reveal a glimpse of an impending violence that is yet to erupt across the country in the years to come.
		nepal is in the process of irrevocable change and thats the truth, no matter what the state does to feed our denial about what is happening.
	samudaya.org /articles/archives/2005/04/nepal_and_nepal.php (2879 words)

	Expansion of Nepal
		Nepal's territory was extended to Tibet on the north, to Kashmir and Dehradun on the west, to Bhutan on the east and to the British Indian territories on the south.
		But Prithvi Narayan Shah did not allow them to stay in Nepal and a troop of British soldiers under the command of General Kinloch was badly defeated by the army of Prithvi Narayan Shah at Sindhuli in 1765 A.D. So, the British were aware of the strength and courage of the Gorkha soldiers.
		The king of Nepal will renounce all claim to the lands which were the subject of discussion between the two States before the war; and will acknowledge the right of the company to the sovereignty of those lands.
	www.infoclub.com.np /nepal/history/history_expansion.htm (6471 words)

	Nepal (01/06)
		Perched on the southern slopes of the Himalayan Mountains, the Kingdom of Nepal is as ethnically diverse as its terrain of fertile plains, broad valleys, and the highest mountain peaks in the world.
		Modern Nepal was created in the latter half of the 18th century when Prithvi Narayan Shah, the ruler of the small principality of Gorkha, formed a unified country from a number of independent hill states.
		According to the constitution, Nepal is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary form of government that is multiethnic, multilingual, Hindu, and retains the king in the role of head of state.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5283.htm (5482 words)

	Features News The Rising Nepal (Daily)
		Prithvi Narayan Shah, though he was fully aware of the Bible and bullet policy of the English overlooked the activities of the Capuchin Fathers because he was busily engaged in his military campaigns in the valley.
		In the meantime, Prithvi Narayan Shah conquered the three states of the valley one by one in 1769 A.D. He was fully aware of the strength of the English in India.
		Under this scheme, Mahendra Morang multiple campus (Biratnagar) and Prithvi Narayan multiple campus (Pokhara), presently the constituent campuses of T.U., were to have been transferred and developed as the central campuses for Purwanchal University and Pokhara University respectively.
	nepalnews.com.np /contents/englishdaily/trn/2001/jan/jan11/features.htm (2705 words)

	About Gorkha - Gorkha Treks: Offers Trekking, Tours, Adventure, Rafting to Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Probably Nepal’s most famous village, it is the ancestral home of the Shaha dynasty, the birth place of King Prithvi Narayan Shah after whom the Prithvi Highway is named, and was at the heart of the recruiting area for Gurkha regiments.
		The modern village is a steepish walk to the south of Prithvi Narayan’s Gorkha Durbar headquarters and, considering it’s role in the history of Nepal, surprisingly small.
		of Nepal, Prithvi Narayan Shah was born in 1723 and, the age of 20, succeeded to the Gorkha throne established in 1560 by Dravya Shah.
	www.visitnepal.com /gorkhatreks/aboutgorkha.htm (247 words)

	The Unification Of Nepal
		Prithvi Narayan Shah was born to Queen Kaushalyavati, the second wife of king Narabhupal Shah, on 7th January 1723 A.D. (27 Paush, 1779 B.S.).
		Prithvi Narayan Shah was brave, clever, and courageous from his childhood.
		Prithvi Narayan Shah became so furious from his former defeats in the bands of Kirtipuris that he ordered that the noses of the people of Kirtipur over the age of 12 be cut off and the city to be named as `Naskatipur'.
	www.infoclub.com.np /nepal/history/history_unification.htm (6735 words)

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		Prithvi Naraytan Shah was the king of this principality who founded the present Nepal by uniting albeit by military means to other principality.
		Prithvi Pati Shah was the successor of Rudra Shah.
		Prithvi Narayan Shah and his men marched to the place where the jatra was being celebrated in full swing.
	www.discovernepal.com.np /gorkha.php (3656 words)

	Nepal Home Page
		Nepal, the world's only Hindu monarchy, was controlled by a hereditary prime ministership until 1951.
		Prithvi Narayan Shah ascends to throne of Gorkha.
		The country's first constitution, the Government of Nepal Act, is promulgated; Prime Minister Padma Shamsher Rana resigns in the wake of opposition to the new constitution from conservative Ranas; Mohan Shamsher becomes prime minister; constitution is suspended.
	www.nepalhomepage.com /general/history.html (1174 words)

	Wave Magazine :: wavemag.com.np (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Although Nepal is the only Hindu kingdom of the world, it has always been known for its cultural diversity.
		However, after the unification of Nepal by Prithvi Narayan Shah into a Hindu kingdom, the Fathers were asked to leave the country due to suspicion that they could be British spies.
		After the establishment of democracy in Nepal, the mission was able to come to Nepal through the British Ambassador in Kathmandu.
	www.wavemag.com.np /2004/december/nepals.html (653 words)

	UNIFICATION, Nepal Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
		Under the inspired, obsessive leadership of Prithvi Narayan Shah (1722-75), Gorkha launched a campaign that was to take 27 years to conquer the valley, and as long again to unite all of modern Nepal.
		Nepal's further adventures in the west brought it into increasing conflict with Britain 's East India Company, which by now controlled India, and open hostilities broke out in 1814 when Nepal annexed the Butwal sector of the Tarai.
		Britain attacked with a force of 50,000 men against Nepal's 12,000, expecting an easy victory; in the event it took two years and heavy losses before Nepal was finally brought to heel.
	www.infohub.com /Destinations/Asia/Nepal/49847.htm (691 words)

	Features News The Rising Nepal (Daily)
		Although many people don’t seem to be aware that Raja jai Prithvi was really a global personality who was regarded as one of the pioneers of humanist movement many Nepalese scholars have admitted that he was indeed the pride of Nepal.
		The most praiseworthy aspect of Jai Prithvi’s life was that instead of enjoying the worldly prosperity, power and luxury he chose hardship and rather nomadic life for the welfare of the people and the world.
		Jai Prithvi feels that natural human character is benevolance and humanness, sense of cooperation and brotherhood on the other hand animal is self centered and selfish.
	nepalnews.com /contents/englishdaily/trn/2001/aug/aug23/features.htm (2608 words)

	Biography of king gyanendra, King of nepal, Shah Dynesty of nepal, Kings History, His Majesty King, King Mahendra, King ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ascended the Throne of the Kingdom of Nepal (2001).
		Prithvi Narayan Shah got victory over Kirtipur on 12 March 1766, which was his third attack, the first being made in 1757 and the second on 1764.
		Since Prithvi Narayan Shah wanted Nepal to be a pure Hindu kingdom, he never let his motherland to be attacked by any foreigners neither did he ever any intruders enter into the country.
	www.magicalnepal.com /dynasty.htm (1752 words)

	Hindustan Times.com : South Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Exile or execution were the choices facing Nepal's King Gyanendra, leader of Maoists, who have waged a deadly insurgency, said.
		The remaining 29 were either from small parties or independent, but many of them are believed to be supporting the King.
		Nepal is often characterised as a nation caught in two different worlds, having one leg in the sixteenth century and another in the 20th century.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/7430_0,000500020003.htm (340 words)

	Himalayan Imports (Nepal khukuri) - Khukuri Background Info & History
		The khukuri, the national knife of Nepal, is an ancient blade-form: khukuris of five hundred years or more hang from the walls of Nepal's National Museum, dating back to the Malla period.
		The Kingdom of Nepal lies between the east meridians of 80°22' and 88°12' and the north parallels of 26°22' and 30°27', bordered by India on the west, south and east, and by the Tibetan region of the People's Republic of China in the north.
		Prithvi Narayan died in 1775 and was succeeded by his son Bahadur Shah, who continued to pursue a policy of expansion.
	www.himalayan-imports.com /khukuri-history.html (3355 words)

	External relations, 1750-1950 (from Nepal) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Prithvi Narayan Shah (reigned 1742–75) and his successors established a unified state in the central Himalayas and launched an ambitious and remarkably vigorous program of expansion, seeking to bring the entire hill area, from Bhutan to Kashmir, under their authority.
		A constitutional monarchy, Nepal is a landlocked country in the Himalayas between India and the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China.
		The small independent kingdom of Nepal is located along the southern slopes of the Himalayan mountain range between India and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China (see Tibet).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-23632 (865 words)

	AsiaIS > Nepal > Country Information > History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The creator of modern Nepal, Prithvi Narayan and his Gorkha troops waged relentless war, and the boundaries of present Nepal is a result of those.
		Eventually Prithvi Narayan’s efforts at territorial expansion met with stiff resistance from the Tibetans in the north and the British in India.
		It was an episode that struck at the very soul of Nepal, leaving in tatters the mantle of almost divine invincibility that enveloped the royal house, ripping out from the root the dearly held faith in royal rectitude, and very pertinently, tearing the thread of succession in a most violent manner.
	www.journeymart.com /Dexplorer/AsiaIS/Nepal/ciHistory_Inc.htm (839 words)

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		Nepal is a relatively small country, with 80% of its surface covered by the Himalayas.
		Prithvi Narayan Shah unified Nepal's kingdoms in 1769.
		Nepal's population are ethnically diverse, although they can be divided broadly into Hindus and Buddhists.
	www.american.edu /ted/hpages/worldcaps/asia1.htm (181 words)

	The Nepal Digest: The Nepal Digest - Sept 8, 1998 (14 Ashwin 20
		Jai Prithvi Bahadur Singh was born on August 21, 1877 in Bajhang Chainpur as the eldest son of Raja Bikram Bahadur Singh.
		Jai Prithvi Bahadur Singh became the ruler of Bajhang at the age of 12 (that is why he is popularly known in Bajhang as Bala Raja) as the then Prime Minister Bir Shumsher compelled his father to abdicate in favour of Jai Prithvi due to the rift between Bikram Bahadur Singh and Bir Shumshere.
		The most recent is Nepal which is now the poorest country in the world with declining fertility, although at the onset of its decline it probably compared in per capita income with Bangladesh and possibly with France at their onsets.
	library.wustl.edu /~listmgr/tnd/0282.html (13597 words)

	Hima Adventure - Trekking, Annapurna, Trek In Annapurna, Package Tour, Tour in Nepal, Lodge Trek, Budget Trek
		A short introducing of Nepal -probably this is one of the easiest trek to enjoy on the foot hills in Kathmandu heading to the north of Kathmandu up the forested water shed area of Shiva Puri, bird watching is also an interesting part of this trip.
		Kanchanjunga is the second heighest mountain of Nepal with 8586 mtrs heignt.
		Its lies ti the extreme east of Nepal and to the north-east of Sikkim and Darjeeling [India].
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/Lagoon/6395/trek.htm (2604 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Nepal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Modern Nepal was established in the mid-18th century, when Prithvi Narayan Shah, the leader of one of the smaller principalities, conquered Kathmandu and unified many of the surrounding states.
		The Shahs ruled in Nepal for much of the first half of the 19th century.
		In 1951, the first of Nepal's post-Rana constitutions was proclaimed.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/nepal (736 words)

	Adventure Hima Trek of Nepal - VisitNepal.com - Trekking in Nepal, Tibet, India, Bhutan, trekking holidays , hiking, , ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Nepal is a kingdom inhabited by some 21 million people, was once a valley tucked in the recesses of the Himalayas.
		At times Nepal and the Himalayas seem to be one big adventure playground for the outdoor events participants.
		Royal chitwan National Park is one in Nepal believed to be the most enchanting for jungle safari the main attraction of Chitwan is park which is 120 km from Kathmandu.
	www.visitnepal.com /himatrek (782 words)

	Nepal
		Though the successive dynasties of the Gopalas, the Kiratis, and the Licchavis expanded their rule, it was not until the reign of the Malla kings from 1200–1769 that Nepal assumed the approximate dimensions of the modern state.
		The kingdom of Nepal was unified in 1768 by King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who had fled India following the Moghul conquests of the subcontinent.
		Nepal: History - History To the Mid-Twentieth Century By the 4th cent.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107820.html (1089 words)

	Kathmandu, Nepal
		Kathmandu, the capital and largest city in Nepal, is located in the eastern half of the country in the valley of the same name at an altitude of 1300 m (4266 ft).
		But the unification of Nepal under Prithvi Narayan Shah and his decision to make Kathmandu his capital, set the city firmly on a course of expansion.
		In the district of Thamel and in Durbar Marg any traces of Nepal's fascinating indigenous culture are hidden well beneath the surface.
	www.planetware.com /nepal/kathmandu-nep-cn-k.htm (505 words)

	Amazon.com: Nepal: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet Nepal): Books: Tony Wheeler,Richard Everist,Anna Cody (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Wander the streets of Nepal’s historic Durbar Squares and trek to where the Himalaya meets the heavens with this action-packed guide to the mountain kingdom.
		we were in nepal in recently and found this guide to be very useful and informative; will recommend it to anybody who is travelling to a new country.
		The first time I traveled to Nepal I was on a limited budget, was alone, had no idea where I was going to stay and there was a riot going on in Kathmandu.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0864421028?v=glance (1604 words)

	A virtual Travel to the Kingdom of Nepal, Himalaya, South Asia - Nepal Adhirajya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The landlocked multiethnic, multilingual, multi-religious Kingdom of Nepal is situated north of India in the Himalaya, at the border where the Indian subcontinent has crashed into Asia some years ago.
		Nepal can be divided broadly into three ecological zones: the lowland, the midland and the highland.
		Due to government crisis in Nepal, the country has been secluded by the king from any contacts to the outside world through modern communication media, telephone lines and internet-connections are suspended.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/nepal.htm (1304 words)

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