History

 
Buddha was born in Nepal

 

 

How did Nepal get its independence?

Nepal never needed independence. It was never under the authourity of any other country. It was unified under Prithvi Narayan Shah in 1768. 

From the Cia Factbook: "In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. An insurgency led by Maoist extremists broke out in 1996. The ensuing ten-year civil war between insurgents and government forces witnessed the dissolution of the cabinet and parliament and assumption of absolute power by the king. Several weeks of mass protests in April 2006 were followed by several months of peace negotiations between the Maoists and government officials, and culminated in a November 2006 peace accord and the promulgation of an interim constitution. Following a nation-wide election in April 2008, the newly formed Constituent Assembly declared Nepal a federal democratic republic and abolished the monarchy at its first meeting the following month. The Constituent Assembly elected the country's first president in July. The Maoists, who received a plurality of votes in the Constituent Assembly election, formed a coalition government in August 2008."

 Some facts about Nepalese History


  1. 1. Nepal occupies only 0.1% of the earth’s landmass, but as per size of the country, she possesses one of the richest genetic biodiversity in the world.
  1. 2. Nepal has the world’s maximum physiographic and climatic diversity ranging from the tropical to Nival type( Permanent snow)
  1. 3. Kaligandaki is the river older than the Himalaya. Therefore, it acts as a major ecological dividing line of the whole eastern and western Himalaya.
  1. 4. Because of its outstanding altitudinal variation, there are many opportunities to farm any plants from any parts of the world in Nepal.
  1. 5. Nepal is an Amazon of Asia. The hidden treasure of its rich biodiversity is not yet fully explored. Many new species could be discovered from Nepal.
  1. 6. Nepal harbors 5980 species of flowering plants which covers 2.4% of the world’s total.
  1. 7. Thirty six percent of the world’s Meconopsis species “poppy” including Blue Poppies are found in Nepal of which four are endemic, only found in Nepal. In Nepal, one of the Blue poppy grows as high as 5400-meter altitude. This is perhaps one of the highest limits for the poppy to be found in the world.
  1. 8. Edelweiss is the Austria’s national flower. In Austria, is it almost extinct in the wild bout found abundantly in Langtang valley of Nepal.
  1. 9. Nepal has more than 360 species of Orchid which constitute over 2% of the world’s orchid.
  1. 10. Nepal comprises 6% of the world’s rhododendron species.
  1. 11. Over 250 species of the flowering plants are endemic in Nepal (not found elsewhere)
  1. 12. Nepal has record of tallest grassland in the world that exists in Chitwan.
  1. 13. Sal tree forest Shorea robusta in Chitwan is considered the finest in the world (Champion)
  1. 14. Dr. Francis Hamilton first initiated plant exploration in Nepal in 1802 in Kathmandu valley followed by Nathanial Wallich in 1820.
  1. 15. Nepal has one of the richest contribution and distribution of biomaterials in the world. Lots have yet to be explored for economic benefits of the country.
  1. 16. World in much sought after Ayurved. Nepal has an incredible wealth of medicinal and aromatic plants for the preparation of traditional and Ayurvedic medicines.
  1. 17. Genetic resources related to present day crop- species of Nepal has tremendous potential for improvement of numerous valuable plants.

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