Timeline of Nepalese politics

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This is a chronological timeline of events that are centered around the politics of Nepal after its unification by Prithvi Narayan Shah.

Date in A.D. Date in B.S. Event
1769 1826 Kathmandu is declared the capital of Nepal with Prithvi Narayan Shah as the ruler of the unified country.
1775 1831 Prithvi Narayan Shah dies; his son Pratap Singh Shah is crowned king.[1]
1777 1834 Pratap Singh Shah dies; Rana Bahadur Shah is crowned king.[1]
1799 1855 Rana Bahadur Shah abdicates the throne; Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah is crowned king.[2]
1806 1862–1863
1816 1873 Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah dies; Rajendra Bikram Shah is crowned king.[1][2]
1839 1896 Bhimsen Thapa commits suicide due to the news of his wife forced to roam around the city naked are circulated by his enemies.
1846 1902 Kot massacre results in the killing of more than 40 members of the palace and starts the autocratic Rana dynasty in Nepal with Jung Bahadur Rana as its

first prime minister.[4]

Rana regime: 1846–1951

Date in A.D. Date in B.S. Event
1846 1903 1846 Bhandarkhal massacre occurs led by Jung Bahadur Rana.[4]
1847 1904 King Rajendra is forced by Jung Bahadur Rana to abdicate the throne in favor of his son and heir Surendra Bikram Shah.[4]
1854 1910 Jung Bahadur Rana introduces the Muluki Ain.[5]
1877 1933 Prime minister Jung Bahadur Rana dies; Ranodip Singh Kunwar becomes the prime minister.[6]
1881 1937 Rajendra Bikram Shah dies at the age of 67; King Surendra also dies at the age of 51 making Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah the king.[1]
1885 1941 Prime minister Ranodip Singh Kunwar is assassinated by his nephews; Bir Shumsher becomes the prime minister.[1]
5 March 1901 23 Falgun 1957 Prime minister Bir Shumsher dies; Dev Shumsher becomes the prime minister.[1]
27 June 1901 14 Ashad 1958 Prime minister Dev Shumsher is deposed by his relatives; Chandra Shumsher becomes the prime minister.[1]
11 December 1911 26 Mangshir 1968 King Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah dies; Tribhuvan is crowned king.[1]
26 November 1929 11 Mangshir 1986 Prime minister Chandra Shumsher dies; Bhim Shumsher becomes the prime minister.[1][7]
1 September 1932 17 Bhadra 1989 Prime minister Bhim Shumsher dies; Juddha Shumsher becomes the prime minister.[8][7]
2 June 1936 20 Jestha 1993 Nepal's first political party, Nepal Praja Parishad is founded (led by Tanka Prasad Acharya).[9]
29 November 1945 14 Mangshir 2002 Padma Shumsher becomes the prime minister.[8][7]
25 January 1946 12 Magh 2002 Nepali National Congress is formed (led by BP Koirala, Matrika Prasad Koirala, Ganesh Man Singh, etc.).[10]
30 April 1948 18 Baisakh 2005 Mohan Shumsher becomes the prime minister.[7]
4 August 1948 20 Shrawan 2005 Nepal Democratic Congress is formed (led by Subarna Shamsher Rana, Surya Prasad Upadhyaya, etc).[10]
9 April 1950 6 Chaitra 2006 Nepali National Congress and Nepal Democratic Congress merge forming the Nepali Congress.[11]
7 November 1950 22 Kartik 2007 King Tribhuvan goes into exile; Gyanendra is crowned king in the absence of Tribhuvan of Nepal.[1][12]
7 January 1951 23 Poush 2007 Tribhuvan returns from exile and reclaims the title of King putting an end to the autocratic Rana dynasty.[1][13]

Transitional phase: 1951–1960

Date in A.D. Date in B.S. Event
16 November 1951 1 Mangshir 2008 Matrika Prasad Koirala becomes the first commoner to be elected a prime minister.[14]
20 November 1952 5 Mangshir 2009 Former prime minister Juddha Shumsher dies.[8]
15 March 1955 1 Chaitra 2011 King Tribhuvan dies; Mahendra is crowned king.[1]
27 May 1959 13 Jestha 2016 BP Koirala becomes the first democratically elected prime minister.[14]
15 December 1960 1 Poush 2017 King Mahendra leads a coup d'état dismissing the cabinet of B.P. Koirala and introduces the Panchayat, a partyless political system.[15][16]

Panchayat system: 1960–1990

Date in A.D. Date in B.S. Event
31 January 1972 17 Magh 2028 King Mahendra dies; Birendra is crowned king.[1]
26 December 1978 11 Poush 2035 CPN (Marxist–Leninist) forms which includes leaders like Madan Bhandari, KP Sharma Oli, Madhav Kumar Nepal, etc.
2 May 1980 20 Baisakh 2037 In the 1980 Nepalese governmental system referendum, the people vote in favor of the Panchayat system against a multi-party system. The Panchayat

system receives a total of 2.4 million votes, while the multi-party system receives 2 million votes.[17][18][19]

9 May 1981 27 Baisakh 2038 The first general election is held to elect the members of the Rastriya Panchayat. Since political parties were banned at the time, the main parties

(Nepali Congress, and other communist parties) boycotted the election[20][17]

21 July 1982 6 Shrawan 2039 Nepali Congress leader BP Koirala dies.[18] An estimated half a million people attend his funeral.
12 May 1986 29 Baisakh 2043 Second general election is held to elect the members of the Rastriya Panchayat.
1987 2043 CPN (Marxist) forms through the merger of the CPN (Manmohan) led by Man Mohan Adhikari and the CPN (Pushpa Lal) led by

Sahana Pradhan.[21]

1990 2046 An alliance of communist parties called United Left Front is formed to protest against the absolute monarchy and the Panchayat system.
18 February 1990 7 Falgun 2046 1990 Nepalese revolution commences. Almost all of the political parties cooperate with each other in this revolution.[22]
8 April 1990 26 Chaitra 2046 King Birendra lifts the ban on political parties.[17]
10 September 1990 25 Bhadra 2047 Independent Constitution Recommendation Commission, which was appointed by King Birendra to represent the opposition faction, presents

him with a draft of the proposed constitution.[23]

9 November 1990 23 Kartik 2047 The interim cabinet of Krishna Prasad Bhattarai approves the draft constitution. King Birendra promulgates the new constitution transforming Nepal

into a constitutional monarchy.[23]

Constitutional monarchy: 1990–2008

Federal republic: 2008–present

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