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Nepal History Revision Sheet: Key Dates, Treaties, Constitutions and Practice Questions
The whole Nepal History guide on one page: timelines by period, treaties, parvas, constitutions, important people, and 15 practice questions with answers — made for the week before your exam.
From Conflict to Republic: The People's War, the 2006 Movement and the 2015 Constitution
The armed conflict that began in 1996, the 2001 royal massacre, the 2005 royal takeover, the 2006 people's movement, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the end of the monarchy and the constitution of 2015.
The Panchayat Era and the 1990 People's Movement (2017–2046 BS)
Thirty years of the party-less Panchayat system under Kings Mahendra and Birendra, the 1980 referendum, the 1989 blockade, and the people's movement of 1990 that restored multiparty democracy.
The End of Rana Rule and the 2007 BS Revolution (1950–1951)
King Tribhuvan's flight to the Indian embassy, the armed revolt of the Nepali Congress, the Delhi Compromise, and the first years of democracy — how 104 years of Rana rule ended, and what followed until 1960.
The Rana Regime in Nepal (1846–1951): Rulers, Reforms and Resistance
A hereditary family of prime ministers ruled for 104 years. Jung Bahadur's Muluki Ain and Sanad, the later Rana prime ministers, Chandra Shumsher's reforms, the first protests and the four martyrs — the Rana period explained.
Kot Parva and the Second Bhandarkhal Parva (1846): How Jung Bahadur Took Power
The murder of Gagan Singh Bhandari, the night at the Kot, Queen Rajya Laxmi's plot, the second Bhandarkhal Parva and the start of Rana rule — the most dramatic episodes of Nepali history, explained step by step.
Bhimsen Thapa and the First Bhandarkhal Parva (1806)
After Prithvi Narayan Shah: the regency, Rana Bahadur Shah, the murder that led to the first Bhandarkhal Parva in 1806, Bhimsen Thapa's three decades in power and his fall — the beginning of Nepal's court intrigues.
The Anglo-Nepal War and the Treaty of Sugauli (1814–1816)
How the expanding Gorkha kingdom clashed with the British East India Company, the battles of Nalapani and Almora, the terms of the Treaty of Sugauli, and what Nepal kept and lost.
The Unification of Nepal: Prithvi Narayan Shah and the Making of a Nation
How a small hill kingdom, Gorkha, brought together the valley and many hill states: Prithvi Narayan Shah's plans, the key battles, the conquest of Kathmandu, the Divya Upadesh and his ideas about Nepal.
Medieval Nepal: The Thakuris, the Mallas and the Western Principalities
Jayasthiti Malla's reforms, the split of the valley into three kingdoms, Pratap Malla and Bhupatindra Malla, the Khas Malla kingdom in the west, and the Baise and Chaubise states — the medieval period explained.
The Lichchhavi Period in Nepal: Inscriptions, Kings and a Golden Age
The first well-documented age of Nepal's history: Manadeva's Changu Narayan inscription of 464 AD, Amshuvarma and Narendradeva, the Tibet trade, Bhrikuti and the art of the valley.
Ancient Nepal: The Gopals, Mahispals and Kirats, and the Birth of the Buddha
Before written inscriptions, Nepal's story is told through chronicles and tradition: the Gopal and Mahispal dynasties, the Kirats of the valley and the east, Janakpur and the Buddha's birthplace at Lumbini.