The history of Nepal began in and centers on, the Kathmandu Valley. In this article we are going to list out the important events took place in the History of Nepal from the date of 1700BC to 1990 AD);
It is known that Nepal is the oldest sovereign nation in South-Asia. Over the centuries Nepal’s boundaries have extended to include huge tracts of neighboring India and contracted to little more than the Kathmandu Valley and a handful of nearby city-states.
There are many true facts about you should know here we are listing some but mainly we are going to list out the events took place in the history of Nepal;
Some quick facts about Nepal;
- Nepal does not have an independent day because Nepal was never colonized.
- Nepal is also the oldest country in South Asia.
- Nepal is the only country with a non-rectangular flag.
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Events Took Place in the History of Nepal (1700 BC to 1990 AD)
| Time | Events |
| BC | |
| 130,000? | Hand-axe man in Dang and Satpati |
| c. 1700? | Beginning of Indo-Aryan movement into the Indian subcontinent |
| c. 400? | Birth of the Buddha at Lumbini |
| AD | |
| 465 | Changu Narayan inscription of King Manadeva |
| 647 | Nepalese troops assist Chinese envoy in punitive
expedition against an Indian state |
| (400 – 750) | Lichhavi established kingdom in Nepal after losing political stronghold in India
|
| 879 | Beginning of Nepal Era |
| 889 | Bhaktapur was founded during Malla dynasty
|
| 1097 | Nanyadeva of Karnataka takes control of Mithila |
| c. 1100 | Establishment of Khasa empire in western Nepal |
| 1200 | Commencement of Malla period in Kathmandu
Valley |
| 1349 | Shams ud-din Ilyas Shah of Bengal raids
Kathmandu Valley |
| 1382 | Jayasthiti Malla gains control of Kathmandu Valley |
| 1482 | Death of Yaksha Malla, last sole king of Kathmandu
Valley |
| (1200 to 1500) | Bhaktapur dominated Kathmandu Valley region both culturally and politically |
| 1484 – 1768 | Malla dynasty divided up Kathmandu Valley, city-states of Kathmandu, Patan, Bhaktapur were ruled by own Malla king |
| c. 1533 | Migration of Sherpas from Kham (Tibet) into
Solukhumbu |
| 1559 | Drabya Shah seizes Gorkha |
| 1628 | Jesuit John Cabral is first European to visit the
Nepal Valley |
| 1650 (or earlier) | Treaty with Tibet gives Kathmandu joint control
over the Kuti and Kirong Passes, the right to mint Tibet’s coinage and permission for Newars to open trading houses in Lhasa |
| 1715 | Establishment of Capuchin mission in Kathmandu |
| 1743 | Prithvi Narayan Shah crowned king of Gorkha |
| 1768–9 | Gorkhali conquest of Kathmandu Valley |
| 1786 | First Nepal–Tibet War |
| 1791 | Second Nepal–Tibet War |
| 1792 | Tibetan Chinese halted Nepalese expansion |
| 1793 | Kirkpatrick mission to Kathmandu |
| 1802–3 | East India Company’s envoy Captain Knox in
Kathmandu |
| 1806 April | Assassination of Rana Bahadur Shah and beginning of Bhimsen Thapa’s predominance |
| 1809–10 | Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh halts Gorkhali expansion in
the west |
| 1813 | At the age of three, Rajendra Bikram Shah became King of Nepal, kept hidden in the Royal Palace while Queen Lalit Tripura Sundari and Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa ruled the nation under his name |
| 1814–16 | Anglo-Gorkha War took place |
| 1816 | Nepal’s current borders established by treaty at end of Anglo-Nepalese War |
| 1837 July | King Shah came out of hiding, announced he would rule Nepal, stripped Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa of authority |
| 1840 | Appointment of ‘British ministry’ |
| 1842 | ‘National Movement’ of courtiers and army press
King Rajendra to grant powers to his junior Queen |
| 1846 September | Jang Bahadur Rana becomes prime minister after
Kot Massacre |
| 1850 | Jang Bahadur Rana’s visit to Europe |
| 1855–56 | Third Nepal–Tibet War |
| 1856 | Jang Bahadur Rana becomes maharaja of Kaski and
Lamjung |
| 1857–8 | Nepal assists British in suppression of Indian
Mutiny |
| 1877 | Death of Jang Bahadur Rana |
| 1885 November | Shamsher Ranas seize power |
| 1904 | Chandra Shamsher Rana assists the Younghusband
expedition to Tibet |
| 1914–18 | Around 100,000 Nepalese involved in support of
Britain in First World War |
| 1919 | Opening of Trichandra College in Kathmandu |
| 1923 | Britain recognises Nepal’s complete independence |
| 1924 November | Chandra Shamsher Rana’s speech calling for
abolition of slavery |
| 1934 January | Major earthquake destroys many buildings in
Kathmandu Valley |
| March | Removal of C-Class Ranas from the Roll of
Succession |
| 1939–45 | Mobilisation of Nepal’s resources in support of
Britain in Second World War |
| 1941 January | Execution of ‘Four martyrs’ |
| November | Abdication of Juddha and accession of Maharaja
Padma Shamsher Rana |
| 1947 January | Formation of Nepali National Congress |
| August | India becomes independent |
| November | Tripartite agreement gives India twelve and UK
eight of existing Gurkha battalions |
| 1948 January | Padma Shamsher Rana promulgates constitution |
| April | Following Padma Shamsher Rana’s resignation,
Mohan Shamsher Rana becomes prime minister and maharaja |
| August | Formation of Nepali Democratic Congress |
| 1950 April | Merger of Nepali National Congress and Nepal
Democratic Congress to form Nepali Congress |
| November | King Tribhuvan’s flight to the Indian embassy |
| 1951 February | Formal end of Rana regime and establishment of
coalition government (now celebrated annually as Democracy Day) under restored King Tribhuvan |
| April | Bir Gorkha Dal revolt in Kathmandu |
| November | M. P. Koirala forms Congress government after
collapse of coalition |
| 1952 January | Raksha Dal mutiny, leading to banning of
Communist Party |
| 1953 June | Second M. P. Koirala government |
| 1955 March | Death of King Tribhuvan in Switzerland |
| 1956 January | Tanka Prasad Acharya appointed prime minister
with cabinet of Praja Parishad and independent ministers |
| July | K. I. Singh becomes prime minister with cabinet of
United Democratic Party members plus royal nominees |
| November | K. I. Singh government dismissed |
| 1958 February | Mahendra announces appointment of Constitution
Drafting Commission, government without a prime minister, and a nominated Advisory Assembly |
| 1959 February | Voting in general election
Promulgation of constitution |
| May | B. P. Koirala becomes prime minister |
| 1960 December | Mahendra removes Congress government and
imposes direct royal rule |
| 1962 November | Subarna Shamsher Rana calls off Congress armed
resistance to Mahendra after outbreak of war between China and India |
| December | Promulgation of Nepal’s new constitution |
| 1963 April | New Civil Code (Muluki Ain) |
| 1964 | Land Reform Act |
| 1965 January | Secret agreement for Nepal to use other sources for
arms only if India unable to meet its requirements |
| 1968 May | Subarna Shamsher Rana pledges ‘loyal
co-operation’ with King Mahendra |
| October | Release of B. P. Koirala and Ganesh Man Singh
from prison |
| 1969 June | Kirtinidhi Bista, prime minister, denounces defence
agreements with India |
| 1972 January | Death of King Mahendra and accession of King
Birendra |
| August | Congress launches armed raid from India on
Haripur (Sarlahi district) |
| 1973 | Suppression of Jhapeli communist group’s
Naxalite-style campaign of violence |
| 1974 | Three-month army operation to clear out
Khampas using northern Nepal as base for raids into Tibet |
| March | Biratnagar bomb attempt on Birendra’s life |
| 1975 February | Birendra makes Zone of Peace Proposal |
| June | Indira Gandhi declares emergency rule in India |
| 1976 December | B. P. Koirala and Ganesh Man Singh return to
Kathmandu from India and are immediately Arrested |
| 1979 May | Birendra announces referendum on future of
Panchayat system |
| June | Surya Bahadur Thapa becomes prime minister |
| 1980 May | Referendum decides in favour of reformed
Panchayat system rather than return to multi-party Democracy |
| December | Third amendment to constitution provides for
direct election of Rastriya Panchayat |
| 1985 May | Congress launch civil disobedience campaign |
| June | Bomb explosions in Kathmandu |
| 1986 May | Start of Gorkha National Liberation Front agitation
in Darjeeling |
| May | Second general election under the reformed
Panchayat system |
| 1987 December | End of Gorkha National Liberation Front campaign
in Darjeeling |
| 1989 March | India imposes semi-blockade of Nepal |
| November | Janata Party wins Indian elections, Rajiv Gandhi
replaced by V. P. Singh |
| 1990 February | Start of ‘People’s Movement’ |
| March | Start of nightly ‘light-outs’
Patan ‘uprising’ begins |
| April | Dismissal of Marichman Singh Shrestha’s
government, appointment of Lokendra Bahadur Chand as prime minister and Darbar Marg Shootings King meets opposition leaders and lifts ban on political parties Dissolution of Rastriya Panchayat and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai appointed prime minister |
| November | People claiming to be refugees from Bhutan set up
Promulgation of constitution CPN (Unity Centre) established |
| December | makeshift camps in Jhapa |
