The Kingdom of Nepal,also known as the Gorkha Empire or Asal Hindustan (transl. Real Land of the Hindus),was a Hindu kingdom in South Asia,formed in 1768,by the unification of Nepal. Founded by King Prithvi Narayan Shah,a Gorkha monarch who claimed to be of Khas Thakuri origin,it existed for 240 years until the abolition of the Nepalese monarchy in 2008. During this period,Nepal was formally under the rule of the Shah dynasty,which exercised varying degrees of power during the kingdom's existence.
The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (Nepali:नेपालकम्युनिष्टपार्टी(एकीकृतमार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी);abbr. CPN (UML)) is a communist political party in Nepal. The party emerged as a major party in Nepal after the end of the Panchayat era.
The Prime Minister of Nepal is the head of government of Nepal. The prime minister is the head of the Council of Ministers of Nepal and the chief adviser to the President of Nepal.
Rana dynasty was a Chhetri dynasty that imposed totalitarianism in the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1951,reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making Prime Minister and other government positions held by the Ranas hereditary. They claimed Kshatriya status themselves. Rana dynasty is historically known for the iron-fisted rule. This changed after the Revolution of 1951 with the promulgation of a new constitution,when power shifted back to the monarchy of King Tribhuvan.
Koirala family is one of the prominent political families of Nepal in the Republican Era. The family was founded by Krishna Prasad Koirala,a Rana Era socio-political activist who was exiled to Bihar,India by then Prime Minister Maharaja Chandra Sumsher. Many of the family members have remained prominent figures in the Nepali Congress party since the country's first democratic movement. Four members,three of them brothers and their maternal cousin Sushil Koirala,have been Prime Minister of Nepal. Some members who do not have political aspirations have gone on to become prominent members in Nepali society making substantial personal contributions in the professions,the arts,academia,and the media as Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala.
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.
The Government of Nepal is the federal executive authority of Nepal. Prior to the abolition of the Nepali monarchy in 2006,it was officially known as His Majesty's Government.
Shailaja Acharya was a Nepali revolutionary,politician and diplomat. She was the first Nepali woman Minister of Water Resources,and the first Nepali woman deputy prime minister.
Acharya Mahashraman is the eleventh Acharya,supreme head of Jain Śvētāmbara Terapanth sect. Mahashraman ji heads all activities functioning under Terapanth organisation,most notably Anuvrat,Preksha Meditation,Jeevan Vigyan. All the Terapanth sub-organisations,notably. Jain Vishva Bharati,Terapanth Mahasabha,etc. are working under the guidance of Acharya Shri Mahashraman. His views are liberal and secular. He has a firm conviction to promote nonviolence,moral values and principles.
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli is a Nepalese politician,former Prime Minister of Nepal and the current leader of the Opposition. He has served three terms as prime minister,from 11 October 2015 to 3 August 2016,from 15 February 2018 to 13 May 2021 as the first prime minister to be appointed following the first general election under the new constitution,and from 13 May 2021 to 13 July 2021.
Gyan Chandra Acharya is the Nepali ambassador to the United Kingdom since January 2021,and the former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries,Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States. He was appointed to this position by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 14 August 2012.
Bhim Acharya secretary of Communist Party of Nepal,is the former Chief minister of Province No. 1. Governor Somnath Adhikari appointed Bhim Acharya as the chief minister as per Article 168 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal after He was unanimously elected parliamentary party leader of the CPN (UML) on 26 August 2021,following the resignation of outgoing chief minister Sher Dhan Rai as both the parliamentary party leader and chief minister. He assumed the post of the Minister for Culture,Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government.
The Pande family or Pande dynasty was a Rajput-Chhetri political family that directly ruled Nepali administration affairs since the 16th century to 19th century as Mulkaji and Mukhtiyar. This dynasty/family was one of the four noble family to be involved in active politics of Nepal together with Shah dynasty,Basnyat family and Thapa dynasty before rise of Rana dynasty. Pande dynasty is the oldest noble family to hold the title of Kaji. This family was decimated from political power in 1843 CE from the political massacre conducted by Prime Minister Mathabar Singh Thapa as a revenge for his uncle Bhimsen's death in 1839.
Balkrishna is an Indian billionaire businessman and chairman of the consumer goods company Patanjali Ayurved. He was reported by Forbes to have a net worth of US$2.3 billion as of May 2021. According to Ashish Kumar of Arya Samaj,Balkrishna has successfully established and managed a global business without a formal education.
The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS),informally known as Chief Sa'ab,is the commander and highest-ranking officer of the Nepalese Armed Forces.
The family of Badakaji Amar Singh Thapa was a noble Chhetri family in the central politics of Kingdom of Nepal as well as former military aristocracy of Gorkha Kingdom. The family of Bhimsen Thapa and the family of Amar Singh Thapa were two Bagale Thapa families and part of larger Thapa caucus at the central politics of the Kingdom of Nepal.
Professor Jaya Raj Acharya is a former ambassador of Nepal to the United Nations from 1991 to 1994,a scholar,author and lecturer at Tribhuvan University. He is a prominent foreign policy expert especially in Nepal's relations with India and China. He's raised awareness of Nepal's education,state of Nepali politics etc. in international forums. He's done numerous TV appearances in the Nepali Media. During his tenure at the United Nations,Acharya was the chairperson of the UN’s anti-apartheid committee.
The Fifth Deuba cabinet was the Government of Nepal from 13 July 2021 to 26 December 2022. It was formed after Sher Bahadur Deuba was appointed as the new prime minister of Nepal by president Bidya Devi Bhandari following an order from the Supreme Court,which declared the dissolution of the House of Representatives on the recommendation of former prime minister KP Sharma Oli to be unlawful. The fifth Deuba cabinet was replaced by the third Dahal cabinet on 26 December 2022,when Pushpa Kamal Dahal's CPN broke away from the electoral alliance with Nepali Congress and joined hands with other opposition parties to form a government in the aftermath of the 2022 general election.
Chakra Prasad Bastola was a Nepalese politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Nepal from 10 April 2000 to 26 July 2002,as well as Minister of Home Affairs from 2004 to 2006 and the Nepalese ambassador to India from 1990 to 1999.He was one of the key members of the hijacking of Royal Nepal Airlines Flight 34 in 1973 that was carrying funds that the Nepali Congress needed to overthrow the Monarchy for which he was sentenced to jail for 18 months in Bihar,India.
