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| Nepal: History |
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| Nepal's History Time Line |
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| 21st Century |
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| 2000 |
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2000: Prime Minister Bhattarai steps down after revolt in Nepali Congress Party.
GP Koirala returns as prime minister, heading the ninth government
in 10 years.
| 2001 |
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April, 2001: Supreme Court appoints its first female judge; general strike called by Maoist rebels brings life in many parts of the country to a virtual standstill; police arrest more than 100 anti-government demonstrators, including a number of opposition leaders, in the capital, Kathmandu.
June, 2001: Nepal's crown prince opened fire in the royal palace, killing the king, queen, and six other members of the royal family and then killed himself.
June, 2001: Nepal's Crown Prince Dipendra Bir Vikram Shah Dev was declared the new king of Nepal by Raj Parishad, the privy council of the kingdom. As Prince Dipendra was declared clinically dead and remained on a life-support system, the State Council named his uncle, Prince Gyanendra, as the regent.
November,
2001: Government and King decided to declare state of emergency - The
House extended the state of emergency Fundamental rights are
suspended Nearly all the fundamental rights would remain suspended
during this period. The King also promulgated an ordinance
declaring the cadres of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) as the terrorists.
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May, 2002: Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba dissolved the paliament and called elections.
August, 2002: Government lifted emergency rule ahead of mid-term elections.
October,
2002: King Gyanendra fired the Prime Minister and disbanding his cabinet.
The King assumed executive power and stalle paliamentary elections. This
is the first time a king of Nepal has dismissed a government since multi-party
politics were introduced in 1990, replacing a system of absolute monarchy.
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January, 2003: Nepal's Government and the Maoist rebels have announced a ceasefire and formal peace talks.
August,
2003: A seven-month old cease-fire in Nepal between the government
and Maoist rebels has collapsed after the rebels declared there was no
justification for the truce amid an uncompromising stance from the Nepali
Government.
| 2004 |
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Juni,
2004: King Gyanendra appointented a new Prime Minister.
| 2005 |
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February, 2005: King Gyanendra sacks the government, assumes power and imposed a state of emergency.
April,
2005: King Gyanendra lifted the state of emergency.
| 2006 |
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January, 2006: Maoists abandon a four-month long unilateral ceasefire.
February, 2006: The Royal Government hold municipal elections boycotted by the major parties.
April, 2006: A nationwide 3-week-long general strike and demonstrations called by the pro-democratic Seven-Parties-Alliance SPA turned violent. Around 1,600 people, including prominent lawyers, politicians, activists and civilians, have been reported arrested. 14 die, 5,000 injured during 3-week protests.
April 24, 2006: King Gyanendra has addressed the nation again. In a televised address King Gyanendra said that he will reinstate the dissolved paliament. The first session of the parliament will be on Friday, April 28, 2006.
April 27, 2006: The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) announced a unilateral ceasefire for three months with immediate effect.
April 28, 2006: The first session of the reinstated House of Representatives opened again after four-year break. The parliament was dissolved in May 2002.
April 30, 2006: The new Nepalese Prime Minister G. P. Koirala has urged Maoist rebels to end violence and join peace talks.
May 3, 2006: The new interim government has declared a ceasefire.
May 18, 2006: The House of Representatives (HoR) has endorsed the much-awaited historic proclamation making the parliament all-powerful. The new parliament approved a landmark 10-point plan to curb the monarch's powers and take away the title of supreme commander-in-chief of the military from King Gyanendra. The decision brings the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) under the authority of parliament, and the military will be known simply as the Nepalese Army from now on.
May
26, 2006: Peace talk between Nepal
Government and Maiosts began on 26 May 2006 at 4:00pm in Kathmandu.
A 25-point Code of Conduct governing the ceasefire was signed by Home Minister Krishna Sitaula on behalf of Nepal Government and Krishn Bahadur Mahara, Coordinator of the Maoist Team. Emphasizing the commitment of holding constituent Assembly pursuant to the 12-point consensus between Seven Party Alliance and Maoists, an agreement to publisize the Code of Conduct was reached.
November
7, 2006: Government and Maoists sealed historical
deal
The Maoists and the government have agreed to manage weapons under a single-lock system of their respective commanders. However the place will be under a strict and close-circuit sensitive monitoring of the UN, which will be given free access to the storage, according to reports. Accordingly, equal number of weapons from both sides would be locked up within a single lock-up storage system. Once the detailed political pact is signed, the UN would start its technical monitoring procedure.
The deal lists a timetable as per which the Maoists will be joining the interim government on December 1, 2006. The deal includes agreement on all issues such as fate of monarchy, arms management, interim constitution, interim legislature, interim government and electoral system for Constituent Assembly.
The agreement was signed by Maoist chairman Prachanda on behalf of his party. Likewise, on behalf of SPA, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, UML general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, NC (Democratic) president Sher Bahadur Deuba, People's Front president and deputy Prime Minister Amik Sherchan, general secretary of Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP-Anandidevi) Bharat Bimal Yadav, president of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP) Narayan Man Bijukchhe, Leftist Front leader CP Mainali have signed the agreement.
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