Kingdom of Nepal

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The Kingdom of Nepal was a former Himalayan monarchy in South Asia, centered on the Kathmandu Valley, that existed until it became the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal in 2008.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Himalayan kingdom
former sovereign state
monarchy
borderedBy People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
Republic of India NERFINISHED
borderFeature Himalayan mountain range NERFINISHED
capital Kathmandu NERFINISHED
capitalRegion Kathmandu Valley NERFINISHED
civilConflict Nepalese Civil War NERFINISHED
civilConflictEndYear 2006
civilConflictStartYear 1996
continent Asia
country Nepal
currency Nepalese rupee NERFINISHED
demonym Nepalese NERFINISHED
Nepali NERFINISHED
endCause abolition of monarchy
endDate 28 May 2008
endEvent declaration of republic
endYear 2008
establishedBy Prithvi Narayan Shah NERFINISHED
foundingDynasty Shah dynasty NERFINISHED
governmentType absolute monarchy
constitutional monarchy
highestPoint Mount Everest NERFINISHED
highestPointLocation border with Tibet
lastMonarch Gyanendra Shah NERFINISHED
lastRulingDynasty Shah dynasty NERFINISHED
location Himalayas NERFINISHED
monarchTitle King of Nepal NERFINISHED
nationalMotto Mother and Motherland are Greater than Heaven
nationalReligionStatus Hindu kingdom
nationalSymbol flag of Nepal
nonAlignedMovementMember Yes
officialLanguage Nepali NERFINISHED
penultimateMonarch Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev NERFINISHED
period Rana oligarchy NERFINISHED
politicalSystemChange Panchayat system established in 1960
end of Rana autocracy in 1951
introduction of multi-party democracy in 1951
restoration of multi-party democracy in 1990
predecessor Gorkha Kingdom NERFINISHED
various small Himalayan principalities
RanaRuleEndYear 1951
RanaRuleStartYear 1846
religion Buddhism
Hinduism
sovereigntyStatus never colonized by a European power
subregion South Asia NERFINISHED
successor Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal NERFINISHED
terrain mountainous
treaty Sugauli Treaty NERFINISHED
treatyWith British East India Company NERFINISHED
treatyYear 1816
unificationCompleted 18th century
unificationRuler Prithvi Narayan Shah NERFINISHED
UNMembership United Nations NERFINISHED
UNMembershipYear 1955
war Anglo-Nepalese War NERFINISHED
warOpponent British East India Company NERFINISHED

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Royal Nepalese Army allegiance Kingdom of Nepal
this entity surface form: Nepalese monarchy
Battle of Makwanpur belligerent Kingdom of Nepal
Battle of Malaun belligerent Kingdom of Nepal
Battle of Makwanpur combatant Kingdom of Nepal
Battle of Malaun combatant Kingdom of Nepal
Battle of Nalapani country Kingdom of Nepal
King of Nepal country Kingdom of Nepal
Royal Nepalese Army country Kingdom of Nepal
Battle of Jaithak countryInvolved Kingdom of Nepal
Battle of Makwanpur countryInvolved Kingdom of Nepal
Khin Kyi diplomaticMission Kingdom of Nepal
Nepal–China border establishedBetween Kingdom of Nepal
King of Nepal existedDuring Kingdom of Nepal
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Nepal (1768–2008)
Bhimsen Thapa government Kingdom of Nepal
Nepali people historicalState Kingdom of Nepal
King of Nepal jurisdiction Kingdom of Nepal
Pratinidhi Sabha jurisdiction Kingdom of Nepal
Battle of Makwanpur locatedIn Kingdom of Nepal
Gorkha Kingdom mergedInto Kingdom of Nepal
Gorkha Kingdom neighboringPolity Kingdom of Nepal
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Kathmandu
Pushpa Kamal Dahal opposed Kingdom of Nepal
this entity surface form: Nepalese monarchy
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) opposedSystem Kingdom of Nepal
this entity surface form: Nepalese monarchy
Laxmi Prasad Devkota placeOfBirth Kingdom of Nepal
Treaty of Sugauli signedBy Kingdom of Nepal
Gorkha Kingdom successorState Kingdom of Nepal
Order of the Star of Nepal usedBy Kingdom of Nepal