The Nepalese Civil War was a protracted armed conflict that took place in the former Kingdom of Nepal from 1996 to 2006. It saw fighting between the Nepalese royal government and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) throughout the country. The war was the decisive factor that led to the collapse of the Nepalese kingdom in 2008 and the subsequent establishment of the present-day Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.
The Communist Party of Nepal,abbreviated CPN,CPN-Maoist Centre,CPN Maoist Centre,or CPN(MC),is the third largest political party in Nepal. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communist Party of Nepal.
The Communist Party of Nepal,abbreviated CPN (UML),is a communist party in Nepal formed in January 1991,merging the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist). It is currently the opposition party of Nepal.
The Communist Party of Nepal,abbreviated CPN (UC–M) was an underground communist party in Nepal. The CPN (UC–M) was formed in 2002 through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal (Masal).
The Communist Party of Nepal was a communist party in Nepal. CPN (UC) was formed on 19–20 November 1990 through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal),Communist Party of Nepal,Proletarian Workers Organisation,and Communist Party of Nepal (Janamukhi). Soon thereafter,a group led by Baburam Bhattarai and Shital Kumar,who had left Communist Party of Nepal (Masal),joined the party. Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal was set up as the open mass front of the party.
The Communist Party of Nepal was a communist party in Nepal 1974–1990. It was the major communist group in Nepal during the latter part of the 1970s,but gradually lost influence due to internal disputes. The party actively participated in the struggle for democracy in 1990,and its leader took part in writing the Nepalese Constitution. It later merged with other forces to form the Communist Party of Nepal,out of which the Communist Party of Nepal emerged.
The Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) was a communist party in Nepal. CPN (Masal) was formed in 1983,following a split in the Communist Party of Nepal. The party was led by Mohan Bikram Singh.
The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) is a communist political party in Nepal. It was formed by Chandra Prakash Mainali when the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) reunified with Communist Party of Nepal. Mainali had refused to go along with the merger and led a faction of the former Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) to reorganize the party.
Madhav Kumar Nepal,is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served as Prime Minister of Nepal from 25 May 2009 to 6 February 2011 for nearly two years.
The Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (1999) was a communist party in Nepal led by Deena Nath Sharma. It was formed on April 6,1999,by activists splitting away from the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Sharma's faction called for the boycott of elections and urged its followers to support the armed struggle being led by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). The party was later absorbed by the Maoists,Sharma becoming a member of their politburo.
Mohan Bikram Singh,often referred to as MBS,party name Gharti,is a Nepalese communist politician. His father was a wealthy landlord in Pyuthan District who was close to King Tribhuvan. MBS however joined the opposition Nepali Congress in 1950,and took part in the 1950–1951 uprising for democracy.
Janamorcha Nepal was founded in 2002 as the mass organisation and electoral front of the Communist Party of Nepal. It was formed following the merger between the Communist Party of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) when their respective fronts Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal and the Rashtriya Jana Morcha joined together on 10 July 2002.
The Nepal Communist Party,abbreviated NCP is a defunct communist party of Nepal. It was founded on 17 May 2018,from the unification of two leftist parties,Communist Party of Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal. The unification was completed by the Party Unification Coordination Committee,after eight months of negotiation. The two predecessor parties subsequently dissolved,making way for the new united party. The party retained the electoral symbol of the CPN,the sun.
Rastriya Janamorcha is a political party in Nepal. It was originally founded in 1995 as the legal front of Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Former Deputy Prime Minister,Chitra Bahdur KC is the chairman of the party.
Agni Prasad Sapkota is a Nepalese politician and current speaker of the House of Representatives. He was elected speaker unopposed on 26 January 2020,after the previous speaker,Krishna Bahadur Mahara,resigned over allegations of attempted sexual assault. Sapkota previously served as a minister in the cabinets of prime ministers Jhala Nath Khanal and KP Sharma Oli.
The United People's Front of Nepal,abbreviated SJM,was the front of the Communist Party of Nepal,or CPN (UC).
The Communist Party of Nepal was founded in Calcutta,India,on 15 September 1949.
The Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM) was an international communist organization founded in France in March 1984 by 17 various Maoist organisations around the world. It sought to "struggle for the formation of a Communist International of a new type,based on Marxism–Leninism–Maoism". The RIM appears to be defunct as are many of the founding organisations and many changed their names over the years,or have dropped active armed struggle.
The Unified Communist Party of Nepal,abbreviated UCPN (Maoist),,was a political party in Nepal. It was founded in 2009 after merging with minor Communist parties including the Janamorcha Nepal. On May 19,2016,it merged with ten other breakaway factions and minor parties to form Communist Party of Nepal.
At the end of 2020,a major split in the Nepal Communist Party revived the Communist Party of Nepal,and the Communist Party of Nepal.
