Nepali History and Politics

Early Nepal to the Republic

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  1. Which Gorkha king began the unification of Nepal and conquered the Kathmandu Valley in 1768?
  2. Which kings ruled the three cities of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur before 1768?
  3. Which dynasty ruled Kathmandu Valley from about the fifth to the eighth century and left the oldest dated inscription at Changu Narayan?
  4. In which place was Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, born according to tradition?
  5. Which emperor of India erected a pillar at Lumbini in the third century BCE to mark the Buddha's birthplace?
  6. Which treaty of 1816 ended the war between Nepal and the East India Company and cost Nepal much territory?
  7. Which family held the office of hereditary prime minister and ruled Nepal from 1846 to 1951?
  8. Which event of 1951 ended Rana rule and restored the Shah king to real power?
  9. Which system, introduced by King Mahendra in 1960 after dismissing the elected government, banned political parties?
  10. Which movement of 1990 ended the Panchayat system and brought back multiparty democracy?
  11. Which year did the Maoist People's War begin, ending with a peace accord in 2006?
  12. In which year did Nepal's Constituent Assembly abolish the monarchy and declare a republic?
  13. On which date was the Constitution of Nepal promulgated, creating a federal republic?
  14. With which country did Nepal sign a Treaty of Peace and Friendship in 1950?
  15. In which year did Nepal join the United Nations?
  16. Which of these is the correct order of rulers of the valley and the country, earliest first?
  17. Which major reform did Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher carry out in 1924, freeing thousands of people?
  18. Which prime minister was dismissed in 1960 when King Mahendra took power?
  19. By what name is the calendar used officially in Nepal, about 57 years ahead of the Gregorian one?
  20. Which war between 1814 and 1816 led to the first recruitment of Gurkha soldiers into British service?
  21. Which king is regarded as the father of the modern nation because he unified many small states?
  22. Which Newar architect travelled to Tibet and China in the thirteenth century and built the White Pagoda in Beijing?
  23. In which year did Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary first reach the summit of Mount Everest?
  24. Which constitutional change of 1959 allowed the first general election in Nepal?
  25. Which treaty or agreement of 1923 formally recognised Nepal's independence by Britain?

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