The history of Nepal is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions, comprising the areas of South Asia and East Asia.
The Rai people are indigenous ethnolinguistic groups of the Indian subcontinent, what is now modern-day Nepal and present-day India, mainly in the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal. They were Rai meaning king (Rai means King in old Khas Kura. When the king Prithvi Narayan Shah couldn't defeat Khambu king, Ram saha somehow took them in confidence that the land is theirs forever and gave them the name Rai in around B.S. 1632. Then the post-Rai was provided to the topmost leaders of the region. They were given the power to collect land tax. That's why sometimes Rai people are called Jimee or Jimee-wal. The Rai belong to the Kirati group or the Kirat confederate Limbu, Sunuwar, Yakkha and Dhimal ethnic groups.
The Tamangཏ་མང are the largest Tibetic ethnic group of Nepalis and Indian Gorkhas. Traditionally Buddhist by religion, they Constitute 5.6% of the Nepalese population at over 1.3 million in 2001, increasing to 1,539,830 as of 2011 census, yet contested. Indian Tamangs are also a significant number in Sikkim and Darjeeling District of West Bengal, India as permanent settlers; their languages are the fifth most spoken in Nepal. They are considered as one of the indigenous people of Nepal and India.
Yakkha is an indigenous ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent, mainly in modern-day Nepal and present-day India. It is one of the progenies of Nepal's prehistoric Kirat dynasty. The Yakkha people are subsistence farmers who inhabit the lower Arun valley in eastern Nepal. They number only a few thousand and their language is nearly extinct.
Bhojpur is one of two urban municipalities in Bhojpur District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. It was established on 18 May 2014 merging the existing Bhaisipankha, Bokhim, Bhojpur, Taksar Village Development Committees It is the district headquarters of Bhojpur District, a hilly/mountainous district in Province No. 1. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 27204 with an area of 159.51 square kilometres (61.59 sq mi).
The history of Sikkim, an area in present-day North-East India, began in 1642 as a kingdom established when India and Nepal were still many princely states with many rulers at that time and had not unified to the present Union of India and present country of Nepal. At that time Sikkim had already solidified into country then with a king known as a Chogyal or dharma king, and till 16 May 1975 was an independent country ruled by the monarchs. Sikkim had twelve kings; Palden Thondup Namgyal was the last king of Independent Sikkim. There was contacts between ancient Hindus and Tibetans, followed by the establishment of a Buddhist kingdom or Chogyal in the 17th century. Sikkim emerged as a polity in its own right against a backdrop of incursions from Tibet and Bhutan, during which the kingdom enjoyed varying degrees of independence. In the early 18th century, the British Empire sought to establish trade routes with Tibet, leading Sikkim to fall under British suzerainty until independence in 1947. Initially, Sikkim remained an independent country, until it merged with India in 1975 after a decisive referendum. Many provisions of the Indian constitution had to be altered to accommodate the international treaties between Sikkim and India.
The Sunuwar is an indigenous tribe from the Indian subcontinent, mainly modern-day Nepal and present-day India. They speak the Sunuwar language. According to the 2001 census of Nepal, 17% of the tribe follow the Kirant religion and adopt the Mundhum (Kiranti) culture.
Khotang District is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. The district, with Diktel as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,591 km² and has a population (2011) of 206,312. Khotang is part of the area traditionally called Majh Kirat, home to indigenous ethnic Kirat Rai people. Apart from Rais, other ethnic groups and hill castes live in Khotang. The main languages are Kirat Rai Chamling language or Kirat Rai languages and Khas Nepali.
Limbu is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Limbu people of eastern Nepal and India as well as expatriate communities in Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Canada and the US. The Limbu refer to themselves as Yakthung and their language as Yakthungpan. Yakthungpan has four main dialects: Phedape, Chhathare, Tambarkhole and Panthare dialects.
The Kirāta (Kirat) is a generic term in Sanskrit literature for people who had territory in the mountains, particularly in the Himalayas and Northeast India and who are believed to have been Sino-Tibetan in origin. The Kiratas are Limbu, Rai, Yakkha, Sunuwar and Lepcha tribes of Eastern Nepal. The Kiratas in Distant Past A Sanskrit-English Dictionary refer the meaning of 'Kirat' as a 'degraded, mountainous tribe, a savage and barbarian' while other scholars attribute more respectable meanings to this term and say that it denotes people with the lion's character, or mountain dwellers.
Religion in Nepal encompasses a range of groups and beliefs; however, Nepal's major religion is Hinduism which accounts for 81.3% of the overall population as of 2011. According to a survey, Nepal is the most religious Hindu nation through out the world with most of the important Hindu pilgrimage centers are concentrated in this country. It is a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-religious nation, through democracy. Shiva is widely regarded as the guardian deity of Nepal. Nepal is home to the world-famous Pashupatinath Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Where Hindus through out the world come her for pilgrimage purpose. According to Hindu mythology goddess Sita of the epic ramayana was born in mithila kingdom of King Janaka Raja. The national animal of Nepal is the cow, which is considered a sacred animal in Hinduism. Because of this, the slaughter of cows is illegal in Nepal.
The Kirati people are an ethnic group of Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, extending eastward from Nepal to India.
The Bantawa Language, is an endangered Kiranti language spoken in the eastern Himalayan hills of eastern Nepal by Bantawa ethnic groups. They use a syllabic alphabet system known as Kirat Rai. Among the Kirat Rai people of Eastern Nepal, Bantawa is the largest language spoken. According to the 2001 National Census, at least 1.63% of the Nepal's total population speaks Bantawa. About 370,000 speak Bantawa Language mostly in eastern hilly regions of Nepal (2001). Although Bantawa Rai is among the more widely used variety of the Bantawa language, it falls in the below-100,000 category of endangered languages. It is experiencing language shift to Nepali, especially in the northern region.
Kirat Mundhum, also known as Kirati MundhumorKiratism, are the stories recited/sung by the shamans of the Kirati ethnic groups of Nepal: Limbu, Rai, Sunuwar and Yakkha peoples. The practice is also known as Kirat Veda, Kirat-Ko Veda or Kirat Ko Ved. According to some scholars, such as Tom Woodhatch, it is an animistic religion or blend of animism, and Saivism. It is practiced by about 3.1% of the Nepali population. It's Limbu language slogan is,.
Nepal Pariwar Dal is a Nepalese political party.
Sahana Pradhan was a Nepalese politician from a Newar family in Kathmandu. She resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal on April 16, 2008. She also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal within the coalition government of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala from 2007 to 2008.
Mundhum is the ancient religious scripture and folk literature of the Limbu. It is the ancient, indigenous religion of Nepal. Mundhum means "the power of great strength" in Limbu language. The Mundhum covers many aspects of the yakthung culture, customs and traditions that have been taken before Vedic civilisation in South Asia.
Chhaling is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Changunarayan Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 8,129 with 1,817 houses in it.It is situated at about a distance of 20 kilometers from the capital city Kathmandu.
Hidden Treasures Miss Nepal 2010, the 16th Miss Nepal pageant was held on September 1, 2010, at the Tribhuvan Army Club in Kathmandu. There were 18 women, aged 19 years and above, who had been shortlisted for the final. Miss Nepal 2009 winner Zenisha Moktan crowned her successor Sadichha Shrestha in the finale event at Tribhuvan Army Club. The winner, Sadichha Shrestha, represented Nepal at Miss World 2010, 1st Runner Up Sahana Bajracharya represented Nepal at Miss Earth 2010, and 2nd Runner Up Sanyukta Timsina represented Nepal at Miss International 2010.
Til Bikram Nembang Limbu, popularly known as Bairagi Kainla or Bairagi Kaila ; is a senior litterateur of Nepal. He has served as Chancellor of the Nepal Academy from 2066 BS to 2070 BS. Part of his significant literary struggle was the Tesro Aayam movement. During the early 1960s, he with Ishwor Ballav and Indra Bahadur Rai searched unexplored realms of Nepali literature. They added a new dimension – the third dimension – to Nepalese literature.
