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Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

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Nepal

• Nepal
  Nepal
  Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
  
  
• Portal:Newar
• Nepal Bhasa
  Nepal Bhasa
  Nepal Bhasa is one of the major languages of Nepal, and is also spoken in India, particularly in Sikkim where it is one of the 11 official languages. Nepal Bhasa is the mother tongue of about 3% of the people in Nepal . It is spoken mainly by the Newars, who chiefly inhabit the towns of the...
  
  
• Institute of Medicine, Nepal
  Institute of Medicine, Nepal
  Institute of Medicine , Nepal, located in the capital city-Kathmandu, is the premier medical institution of Nepal.Institute of Medicine has been entrusted with :...
  
  
• Nepal citizenship law
  Nepal citizenship law
  The regulates provisions for Nepali citizenship in Articles 8, 9 and 10. The was first promulgated on 28 February 1964 and provides for a single citizenship for the entire country. The was enacted on 26 November 2006...
  
  
• Paudel
  Paudel
  Paudel is commonly South Asian surname, mainly used in the Nepal. Nevertheless, Paudel surname is being used interchangeably in all continent with Poudyal, Poudel, Paudyal, and some other variations regardless of its origination, religion, and race.Most people with this surname live in the Nepali...
  
  
• Portal:Himalaya region
• Thadia
  Thadia
  Thadiya is a small village along the Mahendra Highway in eastern Nepal. It lies in Morang District and Koshi Zone. Though indigenous Tharu people have been living here for a long time, more people from hills area began to settle here around 1940-1950. Today, Thadiya a multicultural village with...
  
  

Buildings and structures in Nepal

• Bhimfedi
  Bhimfedi
  Bhimfedi , is a village development committee located in Makwanpur District of Narayani Zone of Nepal. This VDC is known for its bajar .-Etymology:...
  
  
• Bhote Koshi Project
  Bhote Koshi Project
  The Bhote Koshi Project is a hydroelectric power plant in Nepal. It was constructed from 1997 to 2000 and started operating in January 2001. The project cost about US$ 98 million, the majority of which was provided by Panda Energy International, making it the largest American investor in Nepal.The...
  
  
• Boudnanath Stupa
• Chabahil
  Chabahil
  Chabahil, one of the most important historical place in Kathmandu, Nepal is famous for its Licchavi stupa, called the Charumati Vihara. The stupa is considered by many historians to be the oldest Buddhist Stupa in Kathmandu Valley. According to the inscriptions found in the stupa, the stupa was...
  
  
• Kopan Monastery
  Kopan Monastery
  Kopan Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Boudhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. It belongs to the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition , an international network of Gelugpa dharma centers, and once served as its headquarters.The monastery was established...
  
  

Health Services in Nepal

• CIWEC Travel medicine clinic, Kathmandu

Nepal Health, Science and technology

Dent Inn - The Dental Clinic, Kathmandu
http://medibiznepal.com ( Hospital Management Consultant

Manipal Teaching Hospital

Manipal Teaching Hospital

Manipal Teaching Hospital is the teaching hospital of Manipal College of Medical Sciences and is located in Fulbari, Pokhara, Nepal. It is owned by Manipal Education and Medical Group, MEMG. The 7-story, 700-bed capacity hospital is directed by Dr. P. K...

Buddhist temples in Nepal

• Boudnanath Stupa
• Swayambhunath
  Swayambhunath
  Swayambhunath is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. It is also known as the Monkey Temple as there are holy monkeys living in parts of the temple in the north-west...
  
  
• Mayadevi Temple
  Lumbini
  Lumbinī is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi district of Nepal. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, who as the Buddha Gautama founded the Buddhist tradition. The Buddha lived between roughly 563 and 483 BCE...
  
  
• Kagyu Institute of Buddhist Studies - KIBS

Hindu temples in Nepal

• Guhyeshwari Temple
  Guhyeshwari Temple
  Guheswari Temple Kathmandu, NepalGuheswari temple, also spelled Guhyeshwari or Guhjeshwari temple is one of the revered holy temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. This temple is dedicated to Goddess Parvati. It is believed that Lord Shiva wandered the world carrying the body of Sati after she burned herself...
  
  
• Pashupatinath temple
  Pashupatinath temple
  Pashupatinath Temple is one of the most significant Hindu temples of Lord Shiva in the world, located on the banks of the Bagmati River in the eastern part of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The temple served as the seat of the national deity, Lord Pashupatinath, Nepal is a secular country...
  
  
• Shree Pashupatinath
  Shree Pashupatinath
  Shree Pashupatinath is an incarnation of the Hindu Lord Shiva. He is revered throughout the Hindu world, but especially in Nepal where he is regarded as the national deity.- Etymology :...
  
  
• Suryavinayak Temple
• Dakshinkali Temple
  Dakshinkali Temple
  Dakshinkali Temple or Dakshin Kali Temple, located 22 km outside Kathmandu, and about 1 km outside the village of Pharping, is one of the main temples of Nepal dedicated to the goddess Kali...
  
  
• Kamalvinayak Temple
• Mahankal Temple
• Sankata Temple
• Batuk Bhairav Temple
• Jalvinayak Temple
• Manakamana of Tumlingtar
  Manakamana of Tumlingtar
  Manakamana is the most famous temple situated in Tumlingtar about 5 Kilometers north of Tumlingtar Airport. It is in the north east of Tumlingtar on the bank of Arun River. It is said that it was taken here from Manakamana of Gorkha. About a hundred old people live there and pray God for their...
  
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  Tumlingtar
  Tumlingtar is a region and a city, in Eastern Nepal, between Arun river and Sabha River in Kosi Zone. It is also the deepest valley and biggest Tar of Nepal. It is situated at 27.30 N, 87.20 E.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Bhadrakali Temple
  Bhadrakali Temple
  -Location:Bhadrakali Temple in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh is known to be one of the oldest temples for Goddess Bhadrakali in India. This temple is located on the banks of the Bhadrakali lake, a picturesque location between Hanamkonda and Warangal about 1.5 km from Government Polytechnic.-History:As...
  
  
• shorgadowri Temple
• Vimshenthan Temple
• Gorakhnath Temple
  Gorakhnath Temple
  The Gorakhnath Math is a Hindu monastic groupin the Nath tradition. The name Gorakhnath derives from the medieval saint, Gorakshanath , a famous yogi who travelled widely across India and authored a number of texts that form part of the canon of the Nath sampradaya...
  
  
• Swargadwari
  Swargadwari
  Swargadwari is a hilltop temple complex and pilgrimage site in Pyuthan District, Nepal commemorating the special role of cows in Hinduism. It is said to have been founded by one Guru Maharaj who spent most of his life in the vicinity herding and milking thousands of cows...
  
  
• Ramjanaki Temple(Janakpur)
• Ram Mandir(Janakpur)
• Pindeshwor (Dharan)
• Budhasubba (Dharan)
• Dantakali (Dharan)

Communications in Nepal

• Communications in Nepal
  Communications in Nepal
  The introduction of telecommunication services in Nepal is relatively recent. The first telephone exchange was established in Kathmandu in 1960. Since 1960 to 2004, the state-owned Nepal Telecommunications Corporation , also now known as Nepal Telecom, or Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited had been...
  
  
• Kantipur Publications
  Kantipur Publications
  Kantipur Publications, Ltd. is a media firm based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The company operates five widely circulated print publications, a national television network, and a radio station. It is the first media organization in Nepal to gain membership to the World Association of Newspapers...
  
  
• Nepal Internet Exchange
  Nepal Internet Exchange
  Nepal Internet Exchange, established in 2002, Nepal's first Internet Exchange Point, keeps local traffic local, and makes local surfing much more desirable with local content for local customers, at the same time saving international bandwidth...
  
  
• Network Service Providers in Nepal
  Network Service Providers in Nepal
  There are few Network Service Providers in Nepal.1. Websurfer Nepal http://www.websurfer.com.np...
  
  
• .np
  .np
  - Second-level domains :* .com.np* .edu.np* .gov.np* .mil.np* .net.np* .org.npRegistrations require a local presence in Nepal for registration....
  
  
• Radio Stations heard in Kathmandu
• Radio Nepal
  Radio Nepal
  Radio Nepal was established on 1 April 1951. Initially, the transmission lasted for 4 hours and 30 minutes through a 250 Watt short-wave transmitter. Over the years, Radio Nepal has strengthened its institutional capacity considerably and diversified itself in terms of programme format, technical...
  
  

Economy of Nepal

• Economy of Nepal
  Economy of Nepal
  An isolated, agrarian society until the mid-20th century, Nepal entered the modern era in 1951 without schools, hospitals, roads, telecommunications, electric power, industry, or civil service...
  
  
• Bhote Koshi Project
  Bhote Koshi Project
  The Bhote Koshi Project is a hydroelectric power plant in Nepal. It was constructed from 1997 to 2000 and started operating in January 2001. The project cost about US$ 98 million, the majority of which was provided by Panda Energy International, making it the largest American investor in Nepal.The...
  
  
• Five-year plans of Nepal
  Five-year plans of Nepal
  Five-Year Plans of Nepal generally strove to increase output and employment; develop the infrastructure; attain economic stability; promote industry, commerce, and international trade; establish administrative and public service institutions to support economic development; and introduce...
  
  
• Foreign aid to Nepal
  Foreign aid to Nepal
  Nepal relies heavily on foreign aid, and donors coordinate development aid policy through the Nepal Development Forum, whose members include donor countries, international financial institutions , and inter-governmental organizations...
  
  
• List of South Asian stock exchanges
• Nepal Rastra Bank
  Nepal Rastra Bank
  The Nepal Rastra Bank , established in 1956, is the central bank of Nepal. It has seven offices, located at Biratnagar, Janakpur, Birgunj, Pokhara, Siddharthanagar, Nepalgunj, and Dhangadhi....
  
  
• Nepal Stock Exchange
  Nepal Stock Exchange
  The Nepal Stock Exchange Limited popularly called NEPSE is the only Stock Exchange of Nepal. It is located in SinghaDurbar Plaza, Kathmandu Nepal...
  
  
• Paisa
  Paisa
  The paisa is a monetary unit in several countries. Linguistic variants of paisa include poisha and baisa . In India, Nepal and Pakistan, the paisa currently equals of a rupee. In Bangladesh, the poisha equals of a Bangladeshi taka...
  
  
• Nepalese banknotes
  Nepalese banknotes
  Between 1945 and 2007 Nepalese banknotes were issued with the portraits of four different kings. Starting in October 2007 the king’s portrait was replaced by Mount Everest on all notes which have been issued since.-1945 - 1955:...
  
  
• Nepalese rupee
  Nepalese rupee
  The rupee is the official currency of Nepal. The present rupee has the ISO 4217 code NPR and is normally abbreviated with the sign ₨. It is subdivided into 100 paisa. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Nepal Rastra Bank...
  
  
• Tourism in Nepal
  Tourism in Nepal
  Tourism is the largest industry in Nepal, and the largest source of foreign exchange and revenue. Possessing 8 of the 10 highest mountains in the world, Nepal is a hotspot destination for mountaineers, rock climbers and people seeking adventures...
  
  

Companies of Nepal

• Nepal Derivative Exchange Limited
• Laxmi Bank Limited
  Laxmi bank limited
  Laxmi Bank was incorporated in April 2002 as the 16th commercial bank in Nepal.In 2004 Laxmi Bank merged with HISEF Finance Limited, a first generation finance company. This is the first and till date only merger in the Nepali corporate history....
  
  
• Himalayan Bank Limited
  Himalayan Bank Limited
  Himalayan Bank Limited is one of the largest and reputed private sector banks of Nepal. The Bank was incorporated in 1992 by a few eminent individuals of Nepal in partnership with the Employees Provident Fund and Habib Bank Limited, Pakistan. The Bank commenced its operations in January 1993...
  
  
• Nabil Bank
  Nabil Bank
  Nabil Bank Limited is one of the commercial banks of Nepal. The bank, founded in 1984 has branches all across the nation with its head-office in Kathmandu.Nabil Bank Limited, the first foreign joint venture bank of Nepal, started operations in July 1984...
  
  
• Nepal Bank Limited
  Nepal Bank Limited
  Nepal Bank Limited is the First commercial bank of Nepal. It was established 1937 which marked the beginning of an era of formal banking in Nepal.-History:...
  
  
• Nepal Investment Bank Limited
  Nepal Investment Bank Limited
  Nepal Investment Bank Limited is one of the leading commercial banks of Nepal.Previously known as Nepal Indosuez Bank Ltd., the bank was established in 1986 as a joint venture between Nepalese and Credit Agricole Indosuez....
  
  
• Nepal Rastra Bank
  Nepal Rastra Bank
  The Nepal Rastra Bank , established in 1956, is the central bank of Nepal. It has seven offices, located at Biratnagar, Janakpur, Birgunj, Pokhara, Siddharthanagar, Nepalgunj, and Dhangadhi....
  
  
• Nepal Stock Exchange
  Nepal Stock Exchange
  The Nepal Stock Exchange Limited popularly called NEPSE is the only Stock Exchange of Nepal. It is located in SinghaDurbar Plaza, Kathmandu Nepal...
  
  
• Nepal Telecom
  Nepal Telecom
  Nepal Telecom or Nepal Telecommunications Corporation is the leading and the largest government owned telecommunication company of Nepal. It is also known as Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited . A former government monopoly, it was converted into a Public Limited Company on April 14, 2004...
  
  
• Rastriya Banijya Bank
  Rastriya Banijya Bank
  Rastriya Banijya Bank is fully government owned, and the largest commercial bank in Nepal. RBB was established on January 23, 1966 under the RBB Act...
  
  
• Yomari
  Yomari
  Yamari is a delicacy of Newars. It consists of an external covering of rice-flour and an inner content of sweet substances such as Chaku. The delicacy plays a very important role in Newar society...
  
  
• United Group (P) Ltd.
• COSELI

Banks of Nepal

• Laxmi Bank Limited
  Laxmi bank limited
  Laxmi Bank was incorporated in April 2002 as the 16th commercial bank in Nepal.In 2004 Laxmi Bank merged with HISEF Finance Limited, a first generation finance company. This is the first and till date only merger in the Nepali corporate history....
  
  
• Himalayan Bank Limited
  Himalayan Bank Limited
  Himalayan Bank Limited is one of the largest and reputed private sector banks of Nepal. The Bank was incorporated in 1992 by a few eminent individuals of Nepal in partnership with the Employees Provident Fund and Habib Bank Limited, Pakistan. The Bank commenced its operations in January 1993...
  
  
• Nabil Bank
  Nabil Bank
  Nabil Bank Limited is one of the commercial banks of Nepal. The bank, founded in 1984 has branches all across the nation with its head-office in Kathmandu.Nabil Bank Limited, the first foreign joint venture bank of Nepal, started operations in July 1984...
  
  
• Nepal Bank Limited
  Nepal Bank Limited
  Nepal Bank Limited is the First commercial bank of Nepal. It was established 1937 which marked the beginning of an era of formal banking in Nepal.-History:...
  
  
• Nepal Industrial and Commercial Bank
• Nepal Investment Bank Limited
  Nepal Investment Bank Limited
  Nepal Investment Bank Limited is one of the leading commercial banks of Nepal.Previously known as Nepal Indosuez Bank Ltd., the bank was established in 1986 as a joint venture between Nepalese and Credit Agricole Indosuez....
  
  
• Nepal Rastra Bank
  Nepal Rastra Bank
  The Nepal Rastra Bank , established in 1956, is the central bank of Nepal. It has seven offices, located at Biratnagar, Janakpur, Birgunj, Pokhara, Siddharthanagar, Nepalgunj, and Dhangadhi....
  
  
• Rastriya Banijya Bank
  Rastriya Banijya Bank
  Rastriya Banijya Bank is fully government owned, and the largest commercial bank in Nepal. RBB was established on January 23, 1966 under the RBB Act...
  
  
• Kumari Bank Limited
• Global Bank Limited
• Bank of Kathmandu Limited
• Nepal SBI Bank Limited
• DCBL Bank Limited
• Citizens Bank International Limited
• Prime Commercial Bank Limited
• KIST Bank Limited
• Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited
  Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited
  Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited is First International Bank operated at Nepal established on January 30, 1987....
  
  
• Tourism Development Bank
• Machhapuchre Bank Limited
• Sanima Bikas Bank Ltd.
• Janta Bank Limited

Trade unions of Nepal

• All Nepal Trade Union Congress
  All Nepal Trade Union Congress
  The All Nepal Trade Union Congress was formed in 1946 and was the first trade union to ever exist in Nepal. The union was formed by a mixture of communists and socialists, the latter group leaving in 1950 to form the Nepal Workers Union , however they received little support...
  
  
• All Nepal Trade Union Federation (Revolutionary)
  All Nepal Trade Union Federation (Revolutionary)
  All Nepal Trade Union Federation is the trade union wing of the Communist Party of Nepal . ANTUF is an underground organisation. CPN often calls for general strikes in the name of ANTUF....
  
  
• Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions
  Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions
  Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions was a central trade union organization in Nepal. DECONT is politically tied to the Nepali Congress . The president of DECONT was Rajendra Bahadur Raut....
  
  
• General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions
  General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions
  The General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions is a confederation of 17 national trade union federations. It is politically tied to the Communist Party of Nepal...
  
  
• Independent Transport Workers Association of Nepal
  Independent Transport Workers Association of Nepal
  The Independent Transport Workers Association of Nepal was a Nepalese trade union formed in 1979. The union existed as a separate entity until 1989 when it helped form the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions....
  
  
• Nepal Independent Hotel Workers Union
  Nepal Independent Hotel Workers Union
  The Nepal Independent Hotel Workers Union was a Nepalese trade union formed in 1981. The union existed as a separate entity until 1989 when it helped form the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions....
  
  
• Nepal Independent Workers Union
  Nepal Independent Workers Union
  The Nepal Independent Workers Union was a Nepalese trade union formed in 1979 as the labour wing of Communist Party of Nepal . It was created following a General Strike in Balaju Industrial District, Kathmandu existed as a separate entity until 1989 when it helped form the General Federation of...
  
  
• Nepal Progressive Trade Union Federation
  Nepal Progressive Trade Union Federation
  Nepal Progressive Trade Union Federation is a central trade union federation in Nepal. It is the labour wing of the Communist Party of Nepal...
  
  
• Nepal Trade Union Congress
• Trekking Workers Association of Nepal
  Trekking Workers Association of Nepal
  The Union of Trekking Travels Rafting Workers Nepal is a Nepali trade union founded in 1994. The organisation was originally constituted as the Trekking Workers Association of Nepal in 1984, a structure adopted as trade unions were illegal during the rule of the absolute monarchy...
  
  

Education of Nepal

• Education in Nepal
  Education in Nepal
  Modern education in Nepal began with the establishment of the first school in 1853; this school was only for the members of the ruling families and their courtiers. Schooling for the general people began only after 1951 when a popular movement ended the autocratic Rana family regime and initiated a...
  
  
• Kantipur Engineering College
  Kantipur Engineering College
  Kantipur Engineering College is a private engineering college in Kathmandu, Nepal. Kantipur Engineering College is affiliated to Tribhuvan University, Nepal....
  
  
• Kathmandu University
  Kathmandu University
  Kathmandu University is the third oldest university in Nepal located in Dhulikhel, Kavrepalanchok District, about 35Km east of Kathmandu. KU was established in 1991 with the motto "Quality Education for Leadership"...
  
  
• Pokhara University
  Pokhara University
  Pokhara University was established in 1996 as Nepal's fifth University. The central office of the university is located in Pokhara, Kaski district, Western Development Region. Along with Purbanchal University, PU was formed as part of the government's policy to pursue a multi-university system for...
  
  
• Tribhuvan University
  Tribhuvan University
  Tribhuvan University [त्रिभुवन विश्वविध्यालय] is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest of the five universities in Nepal...
  
  

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Schools in Nepal

• Somang Academy,Lalitpur,Nepal
• New Light Boarding High School, Butwal(Atit)
• New Horizon Institute, Butwal
• Malpi International School, Panauti
• Gyan Bhumi Secondary School, Phutung, Kathmandu, Nepal
• St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Biratnagar
• St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Jawalakhel
• Chandeswori Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, Nala
• Shubha Chamunda Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, Nala-Tusal
• Siddhartha Shishu Sadan, Bhadrapur
• Adarsha English Boarding School
  Adarsha English Boarding School
  Adarsh English Boarding School is coeducational boarding school in Phulbari, a suburb of Pokhara, Nepal. Nabaraj Thapa is the founder and chairman of the school. The School motto reads Education For Better Citizen....
  
  
• Adarsha Vidya Mandir
  Adarsha Vidya Mandir
  - Overview :A.V.M. higher Secondary School is one of the oldest and largest schools located in Manbhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal with over 5,000 students. Established in 2022B.S. by a pioneer of education in Nepal, the late Mr. Satya Narayan Bahadur Shrestha, this school is one of the top-leading schools...
  
  
• Budhanilkantha School
  Budhanilkantha School
  Budhanilkantha School, often referred to as BNKS, is a public boarding school in Nepal. It was founded by King Birendra in 1972.It located in Narayansthan, eight kilometres north of Kathmandu on the beautiful foothills of Shivapuri mountain...
  
  
• GEMS (Graded Medium English School)
• Birendra Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya
  Birendra Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya
  Birendra Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya is a military boarding high school in Nepal, also known as Birendra Military Boarding High School. It was established in 1986 in Sallaghari, Bhaktapur. The majority of the students are from military families. The school boards all the boys from class 4 to 12...
  
  
• Durbar High School
  Durbar High School
  Durbar High School which translates to Palace High School, opened in 1892 is the oldest modern school in Nepal. Located in Ranipokhari, Kathmandu, it originally taught only members of the ruling family, but was opened to private citizens in 1902....
  
  
• Dipendra Police School
• Kantipur English High School
  Kantipur English High School
  Kantipur English High School is a English medium secondary level school in Kathmandu, Nepal with permanent registration under the Ministry of Education of HMG Nepal. The drive towards excellence in education is one that has caught the imagination of every community...
  
  
• Mount Everest Boarding School
  Mount Everest Boarding School
  -History:In the year 1985, Dr.Vijay Raj Sharma, a prominent lecturer from Tribhuvan University conceived the idea of a school to meet the education needs of the growing community in Pokhara....
  
  
• Nava Prabhat Secondary School, Pulchowk, Lalitpur
• Kathmandu University High School
• St Xaviers High School
• Shree Siddhi Chidren's Academy,Butwal,Lumbini
• Little Angels' School
  Little Angels' School
  Little Angels' School is a private school system based in Hattiban, Lalitpur District of Nepal, Kathmandu. The school offers A-Levels and +2 facilities and education up to the SLC. The school motto is "One goal, one mission. Our children, our nation."...
  
  
• Siddartha Vanasthali Institute
• Bhanubhakta Madyamik Vidhalaya
• Galaxy Public School
  Galaxy Public School
  Galaxy Public School is located in Gyaneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal and schools over 3,000 students. Established in 1986, this school is one of the top-leading schools in Nepal, already awarded the "Best School of the Nation" a couple of times and many more awards...
  
  
• Gandaki Boarding School
  Gandaki Boarding School
  Gandaki Boarding School , formerly known as Nepal Adarsha Vidyashram, is a model school of Nepal...
  
  
• Siddartha Shishu Sadan, Biratnagar
• Sky Rider Boarding School, Ratnanagar
• National School of Sciences(NIST), Lainchour
• Arniko higher secondary school,biratnagar
• Sunrise Boarding School
• Bal Batika Vidya Mandir High School,Banepa
• Young Hearts Boarding High School, Kathmandu
• Future Star High School, jawalakhel, Lalitpur
• N.K. Singh Memorial English Prepeatory School
• Gyankunj Higher Secondary School Ravibhawan,kathmandu

Universities and colleges in Nepal

• La Grandee "Pokhara college of Technology
• SAIM college
• Nepal Engineering College
  Nepal engineering college
  Nepal Engineering College, commonly known as nec, was established in 1994 as the first private engineering college of Nepal and is the second-largest engineering college there. Its main campus is located at Changunarayan, Bhaktapur. A second campus, in which Master's Programs are run, is located...
  
  
• kathmandu don bosco college, Balkumari
• Kantipur City College
  Kantipur City College
  Kantipur City College is a college in Putalisadak in Kathmandu city, the capital of Nepal. It was established in 2000, and is affiliated with Purbanchal University...
  
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• New Millennium Academy College
• Institute of Engineering
  Institute of Engineering
  Institute of Engineering is one of 5 technical institutes under Tribhuvan University and is governing body for engineering and architecture education under the umbrella of TU. Established in 1972, IOE is Nepal's oldest and the widest engineering education consortium. IOE provides Diploma,...
  
  
• Pokhara College of Management
• Kathmandu College of Management
  Kathmandu College of Management
  Kathmandu College of Management, popularly known as KCM, is a college of higher education located in Gwarko, Lalitpur, Nepal. It is affiliated to Kathmandu University and is considered one of the premier management schools in Nepal. The parent university itself was established in 1990 after...
  
  
• Kathmandu University
  Kathmandu University
  Kathmandu University is the third oldest university in Nepal located in Dhulikhel, Kavrepalanchok District, about 35Km east of Kathmandu. KU was established in 1991 with the motto "Quality Education for Leadership"...
  
  
• Kathmandu University Medical School
• Mahendra Sanskrit University
• Manipal College of Medical Sciences
  Manipal College of Medical Sciences
  Manipal College of Medical Sciences is the first private medical school in Nepal. Established in 1994 and located in Pokhara, the school is affiliated with Kathmandu University...
  
  
• Pokhara University
  Pokhara University
  Pokhara University was established in 1996 as Nepal's fifth University. The central office of the university is located in Pokhara, Kaski district, Western Development Region. Along with Purbanchal University, PU was formed as part of the government's policy to pursue a multi-university system for...
  
  
• Purbanchal University
  Purbanchal University
  Purbanchal University is a technical university situated in Biratnagar, the economic center of Nepal. It was established in 1993 by the Government of Nepal. It is located in the expansive premise of over 545 hectares...
  
  
• Siddartha University
  Siddartha University
  Siddhartha University is the first and the only Buddhist university in Nepal.-External links:*...
  
  
• St Xavier's College, Maitighar
  St Xavier's College, Maitighar
  St. Xavier's College is one of Nepal's premier learning institutions, which was established as a high school in 1988, but now also offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in business, social science, humanities, and information management...
  
  
• Tribhuvan University
  Tribhuvan University
  Tribhuvan University [त्रिभुवन विश्वविध्यालय] is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest of the five universities in Nepal...
  
  
• arniko higher secondary school biratnagar
• Apex College, Old Baneshwor, Kathmandu
• Nobel Academy school and college
• V.S. Niketan School and college
• Lumbini Engineering College
• Jubilant college

adarsha janapreemi higher secondary school, kaushaltar
Shree Nepal Secondary School, Amlekhgunj, Bara
Hetauda School of Management & social sciences, Hetauda, Makawanpur

Fauna of Nepal

• Asian Openbill Stork
  Asian Openbill Stork
  The Asian Openbill or Asian Openbill Stork, Anastomus oscitans, is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Southeast Asia....
  
  
• Barred Buttonquail
  Barred Buttonquail
  The Barred Buttonquail or Common Bustard-Quail is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails...
  
  
• Bengal Fox
  Bengal Fox
  The Bengal fox , also known as the Indian fox, is a fox endemic to the Indian subcontinent and is found from the Himalayan foothills and Terai of Nepal through southern India and from southern and eastern Pakistan to eastern India and southeastern Bangladesh.-Appearance:Vulpes bengalensis is a...
  
  
• Bengal monitor
  Bengal monitor
  The Bengal monitor or common Indian monitor, is a monitor lizard found widely distributed over South Asia. This large lizard is mainly terrestrial, and grows to about 175 cm from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail...
  
  
• Black Stork
  Black Stork
  The Black Stork Ciconia nigra is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread, but rare, species that breeds in the warmer parts of Europe, predominantly in central and eastern regions. This is a shy and wary species, unlike the closely related White Stork. It is seen in...
  
  
• Black-crowned Night Heron
  Black-crowned Night Heron
  The Black-crowned Night Heron commonly abbreviated to just Night Heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia .-Description:Adults are...
  
  
• Black-headed Ibis
  Black-headed Ibis
  The Black-headed Ibis or Oriental White Ibis is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae which breeds in South Asia and Southeast Asia from Pakistan to India, Sri Lanka east up to Japan...
  
  
• Black-necked Stork
  Black-necked Stork
  The Black-necked Stork is a tall long-necked wading bird in the stork family. It is a resident species across South and Southeast Asia with a disjunct population in Australia. It lives in wetland habitats to forage for a wide range of animal prey...
  
  
• Cattle Egret
  Cattle Egret
  The Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard its two subspecies as full species, the Western Cattle Egret and the Eastern Cattle Egret...
  
  
• Cheer Pheasant
  Cheer Pheasant
  The Cheer Pheasant, Catreus wallichii also known as Wallich's Pheasant is an endangered species of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is the only member in monotypic genus Catreus...
  
  
• Chinese Pond Heron
  Chinese Pond Heron
  The Chinese Pond Heron is an East Asian freshwater bird of the heron family .It is one of six species of birds known as "pond herons" . It is parapatric with the Indian Pond Heron to the west and the Javan Pond Heron The Chinese Pond Heron (Ardeola bacchus) is an East Asian freshwater bird of...
  
  
• Clouded Leopard
  Clouded Leopard
  The clouded leopard is a felid found from the Himalayan foothills through mainland Southeast Asia into China, and has been classified as vulnerable in 2008 by IUCN...
  
  
• Corsac Fox
  Corsac Fox
  The corsac fox , also known as the steppe fox, is a medium sized Asiatic fox species found throughout the central steppes of Asia. It is sometimes referred to as the "sand fox", but this terminology is confusing because two other species, the Tibetan sand fox and Rüppell's fox are also sometimes...
  
  
• Gloydius himalayanus
  Gloydius himalayanus
  Gloydius himalayanus is a venomous pitviper species found along the southern slopes of the Himalayas in Pakistan, India and Nepal. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Geographic range:...
  
  
• Great Cormorant
  Great Cormorant
  The Great Cormorant , known as the Great Black Cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the Black Cormorant in Australia and the Black Shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds...
  
  
• Great Egret
  Great Egret
  The Great Egret , also known as the Great White Egret or Common Egret, White Heron, or Great White Heron, is a large, widely-distributed egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized...
  
  
• Great Hornbill
  Great Hornbill
  The Great Hornbill also known as Great Indian Hornbill or Great Pied Hornbill, is one of the larger members of the hornbill family. Great Hornbills are found in the forests of Nepal, India, the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, Indonesia. Their impressive size and colour have made them important in...
  
  
• Greater Adjutant
  Greater Adjutant
  The Greater Adjutant is a member of the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its genus includes the Lesser Adjutant of Asia and the Marabou Stork of Africa...
  
  
• Indian Peafowl
  Indian Peafowl
  The Indian Peafowl or Blue Peafowl is a large and brightly coloured bird of the pheasant family native to South Asia, but introduced and semi-feral in many other parts of the world...
  
  
• Indian Pond Heron
  Indian Pond Heron
  The Indian Pond Heron or Paddybird is a small heron. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Iran and east to India, Burma, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. They are widespread and common but can be easily missed when they stalk prey at the edge of small water-bodies or even when they roost...
  
  
• Indotestudo elongata
  Indotestudo elongata
  Elongated Tortoise is a species of tortoise found in Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia.-Description:Shell considerably depressed, more than twice as long as deep, with flat vertebral region; anterior and posterior margins slightly reverted, strongly serrated in young, feebly in old specimens;...
  
  
• Lesser Whistling Duck
  Lesser Whistling Duck
  The Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica, also known as Indian Whistling Duck, is a small whistling duck which breeds in South Asia and southeast Asia...
  
  
• Little Cormorant
  Little Cormorant
  The Little Cormorant is a member of the Cormorant family of seabirds: Aptly named, the Little Cormorant is small in comparison with other cormorants, only 55 cm in length with an average mass of 442.5 g...
  
  
• Marbled Cat
  Marbled Cat
  The Marbled Cat is a small wild cat of South and Southeast Asia. Since 2002 it has been listed as vulnerable by IUCN as it occurs at low densities, and its total effective population size is suspected to be fewer than 10,000 mature individuals, with no single population numbering more than...
  
  
• Oriental Darter
  Oriental Darter
  The Oriental Darter or Indian Darter , sometimes called Snakebird, is a water bird of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia.-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Painted Stork
  Painted Stork
  The Painted Stork is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in South Asia and extending into Southeast Asia. Their distinctive pink tertial feathers give them their name. They forage in flocks in shallow waters...
  
  
• Purple Heron
  Purple Heron
  The Purple Heron is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. The European populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa; the more northerly Asian populations also migrate further south within Asia...
  
  
• Red Panda
  Red Panda
  The red panda , is a small arboreal mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It is the only species of the genus Ailurus. Slightly larger than a domestic cat, it has reddish-brown fur, a long, shaggy tail, and a waddling gait due to its shorter front legs...
  
  
• Sarus Crane
  Sarus Crane
  The Sarus Crane is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to 1.8 m , they are conspicuous and iconic species of open wetlands...
  
  
• Scarlet Minivet
  Scarlet Minivet
  The Scarlet Minivet, Pericrocotus flammeus is a small passerine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to southern China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. They are common resident breeding birds in forests and other well-wooded habitats including...
  
  
• Snow leopard
  Snow Leopard
  The snow leopard is a moderately large cat native to the mountain ranges of South Asia and Central Asia...
  
  
• Spot-billed Pelican
  Spot-billed Pelican
  The Spot-billed Pelican or Grey Pelican is a member of the pelican family. It breeds in southern Asia from southern Pakistan across India east to Indonesia. It is a bird of large inland and coastal waters, especially large lakes...
  
  
• Sultan Tit
  Sultan Tit
  The Sultan Tit is a large songbird with a yellow crest, dark bill, black upperparts plumage and yellow underparts. The sexes are similar. The female has greenish black upperparts and yellowish throat...
  
  
• Tibetan Fox
  Tibetan Fox
  The Tibetan sand fox is a species of true fox endemic to the high Tibetan Plateau in Nepal, China, Sikkim, and Bhutan, up to altitudes of about 5300 m...
  
  
• Trimeresurus albolabris septentrionalis
  Trimeresurus albolabris septentrionalis
  Trimeresurus septentrionalis is a venomous pitviper subspecies found in Nepal and India.-Description:Total length males 610 mm, females 730 mm....
  
  
• Woolly-necked Stork
  Woolly-necked Stork
  The Woolly-necked Stork or White necked stork , Ciconia episcopus, is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It can also be known as the Espiscopos....
  
  
• Yellow Monitor
  Yellow Monitor
  The Yellow Monitor, Golden Monitor,Varanus flavescens, is a species of Monitor lizard found in Asia.-Description:Varanus flavescens has subcorneal teeth, scarcely compressed. Its snout is short and convex, measuring a little less than the distance from the anterior border of the orbit to the...
  
  

Flora of Nepal

• Garden Angelica
  Garden Angelica
  Angelica archangelica, commonly known as Garden Angelica, Holy Ghost, Wild Celery, and Norwegian angelica, is a biennial plant from the Apiaceae family Apiaceae family, formerly known as Umbelleferae...
  
  
• Juglans regia (Okhar/English walnut)
• Luculia gratissima
  Luculia gratissima
  Luculia gratissima is an ornamental plant in the Rubiaceae family, which is native in Himalaya, Nepal to Assam, Tibet, Indo-China, Yunnan.-External links:*** photo...
  
  
• Meconopsis villosa
  Meconopsis villosa
  Meconopsis villosa is an ornamental poppy, which is native of Nepal.-References:...
  
  
• Persicaria affinis
  Persicaria affinis
  Persicaria affinis is an ornamental plant of Persicaria genus in Polygonaceae family.-External links:*...
  
  
• Rhododendron arboreum
  Rhododendron arboreum
  Rhododendron arboreum is an evergreen shrub or small tree with a showy display of bright red flowers. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Rhododendron arboreum is also the national flower of Nepal.-Description:Its name means "tending to be woody or growing in a...
  
  
• Ruellia capitata
  Ruellia capitata
  Ruellia capitata is a plant native to Cerrado vegetation of Brazil, China, and Nepal...
  
  

World Heritage Sites in Nepal

• Chitwan National Park
• Sagarmatha National Park
  Sagarmatha National Park
  Sagarmāthā National Park is a protected area in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal containing the southern half of Mount Everest. The park was created on July 19, 1976 and was inscribed as a Natural World Heritage Site in 1979...
  
  
• Swoyambu Nath Temple
• Bouddha Nath Mandir
• Pashupatinath Mandir
• Bhaktapur Durbar Square
• Kathmandu Durbar Square
• Patan Durbar Square
• Lumbini
  Lumbini
  Lumbinī is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi district of Nepal. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, who as the Buddha Gautama founded the Buddhist tradition. The Buddha lived between roughly 563 and 483 BCE...
  
  
• Changu Narayan Temple

Geography of Nepal

• Geography of Nepal
  Geography of Nepal
  Nepal measures about along its himalayan axis by across. With it slightly outranks Bangladesh or the state of Arkansas. Nepal is landlocked by India on three sides and China's Xizang Autonomous Region to the north. West Bengal's narrow Siliguri Corridor or Chicken's Neck separate Nepal and...
  
  
• Banesore
  Banesore
  Banesore is the largest residential area of Kathmandu, Nepal. The area is composed of New Banesore, Old Banesore and Mid Banesore.-External links:*...
  
  
• Bardia (Nepal)
• Bharatpur, Nepal
  Bharatpur, Nepal
  Bharatpur is a city in the central-southern part of Nepal. Located in Chitwan Valley, Bharatpur is the district headquarters of the Chitwan District, as well as a separate Municipal authority, and is the seventh largest city of Nepal with the population of 89,323 . The estimated population for...
  
  
• Dang, Nepal
• Eastern Nepal
• Geology of Nepal
  Geology of Nepal
  The Himalayan arc extends about 2400 km from Nanga Parbat by the Indus River in northern Pakistan eastward to Namche Barwa by the gorge of the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra in eastern Tibet. About 800 km of this extent is in Nepal; the remainder includes Bhutan and parts of Pakistan, India, and...
  
  
• Gorakshep
  Gorakshep
  Gorak Shep or Gorakshep is a frozen lakebed covered with sand and also the name of small village that sits on its border at 5,164m , near Mount Everest....
  
  
• Kali Gandaki Gorge
  Kali Gandaki Gorge
  The Kali Gandaki Gorge or Andha Galchi is the gorge of the Kali Gandaki in the Himalayas in Nepal, by some measures the deepest gorge in the world....
  
  
• Kathmandu Valley
  Kathmandu Valley
  The Kathmandu Valley , located in Nepal, lies at the crossroads of ancient civilizations of Asia, and has at least 130 important monuments, including several places of pilgrimage for the Hindus and the Buddhists. There are seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites within this valley.-Etymology:The city of...
  
  
• Kathmandu Valley/old stub
• Khumbu
  Khumbu
  Khumbu is located in northeastern Nepal on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest. It is part of the Solukhumbu District, which in turn is part of the Sagarmatha Zone. Khumbu is one of three subregions of the main Khambu and Sherpa settlement of the Himalaya, the other two being Solu and Pharak...
  
  
• Madhesh
  Madhesh
  Madhesh is a term given to areas of the Nepali outer Terai or to the outer Terai as a whole inhabited by peoples who are racially, culturally and linguistically related to people on the Indian side of the border. These peoples are referred to or refer to themselves as Madheshi...
  
  
• Nagbahal
  Nagbahal
  Nagbahal is located at the heart of the city of Lalitpur in Kathmandu Valley, in Nepal. Around 5000 people live in the Nagbahal community, mainly from Newar ethnic groups...
  
  
• Nepal Time
  Nepal Time
  Nepal Standard Time is the time zone for Nepal, with a time offset from Coordinated Universal Time of +05:45. Nepal Standard Time, is one of only two official time zones with a 45-minute increment from UTC. The Chatham Islands, which uses Chatham Island Standard Time also has a 45-minute...
  
  
• Sivalik Hills
• Terai
  Terai
  The Terai is a belt of marshy grasslands, savannas, and forests located south of the outer foothills of the Himalaya, the Siwalik Hills, and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and their tributaries. The Terai belongs to the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands ecoregion...
  
  
• Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal
  Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal
  The Inner Terai Valleys or Bhitri tarai are various elongated valleys in Nepal situated between the Himalayan foothills, the 600–900 m high Siwalik or Churia Range and the 2,000-3,000 m high Mahabharat Range further north. Major examples are the Chitwan Valley southwest of Kathmandu and the...
  
  

Cities, towns and villages in Nepal

• List of cities in Nepal
• Baglung
  Baglung
  Baglung, is a town in western Nepal, 275 km west of Kathmandu. It is the administrative headquarters of Baglung District and Dhawalagiri Zone. Baglung is a major business, financial, educational, and healthcare center for the people of Kali Gandaki valley....
  
  
• Bandipur
  Bandipur
  Bandipur is a hilltop settlement in Tanahu District, of Nepal. Because of its preserved, old time cultural atmosphere, Bandipur has increasingly been coming to the attention of tourism...
  
  
• Banepa
  Banepa
  Banepa is a Municipality town located 26 km east of Kathmandu, Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 12537 and had 1956 households in it. The main attraction of Banepa is the temple of Chandeshwori, located approximately 1 km northeast of the town along the...
  
  
• Bhairahawa
• Bhaktapur
  Bhaktapur
  Bhaktapur , also Bhadgaon or Khwopa is an ancient Newar town in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. It is located in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone...
  
  
• Bhatgaon
• Bhojpur, Nepal
  Bhojpur, Nepal
  Bhojpur is a town in Eastern Nepal. It is the district headquarters of Bhojpur district, a hilly/mountainous district in Kosi Zone. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5823 people living in 1199 households....
  
  
• Biratnagar
• Birganj
  Birganj
  Birganj is a sub-metropolitan municipality and border town in Parsa District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. It lies 283 km south of the capital Kathmandu, 3 km north of the border of the Indian state of Bihar. As an entry point to Nepal from Patna and Calcutta it is also known...
  
  
• Birgunj
• Butwal
  Butwal
  Butwal is a large town in southern Nepal in Rupandehi District, in Lumbini Zone -- of which Butwal is the administrative center. It is located 240 kilometres west of Kathmandu and 22 kilometers north of Bhairahawa, at the northern edge of the Terai plain below the Siwalik Hills...
  
  
• Chainpur, Bagmati
  Chainpur, Bagmati
  Chainpur, Bagmati is a village development committee in Dhading District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5931 and had 1118 houses in it....
  
  
• Chainpur, Kosi
  Chainpur, Kosi
  Chainpur is a village development committee in Sankhuwasabha District in the Kosi Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4933 people living in 948 individual households.-References:...
  
  
• Chainpur, Narayani
  Chainpur, Narayani
  Chainpur is a village development committee in Chitwan District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 96960 people living in 1781 individual households....
  
  
• Chautara
  Chautara
  Chautara is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3734 and had 782 houses in the village....
  
  
• Dhangadhi
  Dhangadhi
  Dhangadhi is a city in Far western Nepal bordering India. It is the capital of Kailali District in the province of Seti.Located in the Far Western Region of Nepal on the border of India, the city of Dhangadhi is one of the entry points into the country for people traveling from India.It was...
  
  
• Dhankuta
  Dhankuta
  Dhankuta is a hill town of Nepal located along the geographical coordinates- 26° 59' 0" N / 87° 20' 0" E, with about 20,000 inhabitants, located in the Dhankuta District in the eastern part of Nepal. Until about 1963 Dhankuta Bazaar was the administrative headquarters for the whole of...
  
  
• Dharan, Nepal
  Dharan, Nepal
  Dharan is a major city in eastern Nepal, in the Sunsari District, situated on foothills of Mahabharat Range with southern tip touching the edge of the Terai at an altitude of 1148 ft . It serves as a trading post between the hilly region and the plains of Terai region. It was once the...
  
  
• Gaighat
  Gaighat
  Gaighat is a town in east Nepal. It is situated in a valley and surrounded by the Chure Hills. Many different ethnic groups and castes live in Gaighat, following their old traditions and speaking many languages. As a trade focal point of the Udayapur District, this place has an emerging number...
  
  
• Garhi
• Hetauda
  Hetauda
  Hetauda is a town in the Makwanpur District of the Narayani Zone in southern Nepal. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Makwanpur district. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 53,836 people living in 10,420 individual households...
  
  
• Ilam, Nepal
  Ilam, Nepal
  Ilam is a municipality and tea-producing town in Nepal. It is in Ilam District which is in hilly Eastern Region of Nepal. It is famous for natural scenery and landscapes, tea production, and diverse agricultural economy.-Tea Production:...
  
  
• Inaruwa, Kosi
• Inaruwa, Narayani
  Inaruwa, Narayani
  Inaruwa is a village development committee in Rautahat District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2935 people living in 598 individual households....
  
  
• Jagat
  Jagat
  Jagat is a village development committee in Lamjung District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central NepalThe Durga temple, Ambika Mata Temple, is in a village by the same name in Udaipur district in Rajasthan, India....
  
  
• Janakpur
• Janakpur Zone
  Janakpur Zone
  Janakpur Zone The headquarters of Janakpur zone and its main city is Janakpur. Close to the Indian border, it is a historic city of Hinduism. The city was believed to be the capital city of the King Janak, the father in law of Lord Rama, the son of the then King of Ayodhya, Dasharatha. The city...
  
  
• Jhawani
  Jhawani
  Jhawani is a town in Nepal, approximately 75 kilometres west of the capital Kathmandu....
  
  
• Jiri
  Jiri
  Jiri is a village development committee in Dolakha District in the Janakpur Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7,138 people living in 1,508 individual households....
  
  
• Kapilavastu
  Kapilavastu
  Kapilavastu is the name of a region of ancient Shakya kingdom that is considered a holy pilgrimage place for Buddhists. The search for the Buddha's birthplace following the accounts left by Xuanzang and Faxian involved various searches in the late 19th century...
  
  
• Kathmandu
• Keware
  Keware
  Keware is a village in central Nepal and is approximately 120 kilometres west of the capital, Kathmandu....
  
  
• Kirtipur
  Kirtipur
  Kirtipur is an ancient city in Nepal. It is located in Kathmandu District of Bagmati Zone 5 km south-west of the Kathmandu. It is one of the five municipalities of the Kathmandu Valley.-Etymology:...
  
  
• Kunchla
  Kunchla
  Kunchla is a town in central Nepal, approximately 100 kilometres north-west of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu....
  
  
• Lukla
  Lukla
  Lukla is a town in the Khumbu area of the Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. Situated at , it is a popular place for visitors to the Himalayas near Mount Everest to arrive...
  
  
• Lumbini
  Lumbini
  Lumbinī is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi district of Nepal. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, who as the Buddha Gautama founded the Buddhist tradition. The Buddha lived between roughly 563 and 483 BCE...
  
  
• Mahendranagar, Mahakali
• Mahendranagar, Janakpur
  Mahendranagar, Janakpur
  Mahendranagar is a village development committee in Dhanusa District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 10,209 persons living in 1916 individual households.-External links:*...
  
  
• Mahendranagar, Kosi
  Mahendranagar, Kosi
  Mahendranagar is a village development committee in Sunsari District in the Kosi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. Situated nearby the Koshi River the village is a developing rapidly and is soon to be a municipality. Most of the residents,as it is common in Nepal, depend on agriculture...
  
  
• Narayangarh
• Nepalgunj
  Nepalgunj
  Nepalgunj , also spelled Nepalganj, is a municipality in Banke District, Nepal on the Terai plains near the southern border with Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh state of India. It is 16 km south of Kohalpur and the east-west Mahendra Highway....
  
  
• Nuwakot, Bagmati
• Nuwakot, Rapti
  Nuwakot, Rapti
  Nuwakot is a village development committee in Rukum District in the Rapti Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4071....
  
  
• Panauti
  Panauti
  Panauti is a historical city in Nepal. It is 32 km SE from the capital Kathmandu. It was a small state given by King Bhupatindra Malla as dowry to his sister.-Origin:...
  
  
• Patan, Nepal
• Phaphlu
  Phaphlu
  Phaphlu is a mountainous town in north-east Nepal, approximately 90 kilometres east of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu.-See also:* Phaplu Airport...
  
  
• Pokhara
  Pokhara
  Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City is the second largest city of Nepal. Pokhara is city of close to 350,000 inhabitants in central Nepal located at 28.25°N, 83.99°E, which is the centre of the country from east to west or from north to south, 198 km west of Kathmandu or 90 km west of Mugling, and...
  
  
• Pyuthan
• Rajbiraj
  Rajbiraj
  Rajbiraj, a mid-sized town in south-eastern Nepal, 16 kilometers north of the Indian border. It is the administrative headquarters of the Saptari district. It has an airfield with flights to Kathmandu. The government planned to convert the airport to an international airport but the program is...
  
  
• Rasua Garhi
  Rasua Garhi
  Rasua Gardhi is a ruined fort, dating back to the wars between Nepal and Tibet in the 19th century. It is situated directly south of the footbridge over the Lendi Kola which leads into Tibet Autonomous Region . At present there is an army post about 5 km south which prevents non-Nepalis from...
  
  
• Rukumkot
  Rukumkot
  Rukumkot is a town located in a valley in Rukum district, Nepal approximately 350 kilometres west of Kathmandu. Nearby is a pond called Rukmini Tal Rukumkot is a town located in a valley in Rukum district, Nepal approximately 350 kilometres west of Kathmandu. Nearby is a pond called Rukmini Tal...
  
  
• Siddharthanagar
  Siddharthanagar
  This article is on the Nepali town. For the district in Uttar Pradesh, see Siddharthnagar District.Siddharthanagar is a municipality near the Indian border on the Outer Terai plains of Nepal, west of Kathmandu Nepal's capital...
  
  
• Simikot
  Simikot
  Simikot is a mountainous town in the Himalayas of northwest Nepal, near the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is the administrative headquarters of the Humla district in the Karnali Zone of Nepal....
  
  
• Surkhet
  Surkhet
  Surkhet is a district in the Bheri Zone of the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. Birendranagar is the administrative headquarter of Surkhet as well as the whole Mid-Western Development Region...
  
  
• Thame, Nepal
  Thame, Nepal
  Thame is a small village in the Solukhumbu District in Nepal. It is near Mount Everest, on the salt trading route that existed between Tibet, Nepal and India. Many Sherpa live in the village and it is the home of Apa Sherpa, who holds the world record for summiting Everest 21 times...
  
  
• Surunga, Jhapa

Lakes of Nepal

• Gosaikunda
  Gosaikunda
  Gosaikunda, also spelled Gosainkunda and Gosain Kunda is an alpine freshwateroligotrophic lake in Nepal's Langtang National Park, located at an altitude of above sea level in the Rasuwa District with a surface of...
  
  
• Rara Lake
  Rara Lake
  Rara Lake is the biggest lake of Nepal. It lies in Rara Village Development Committee, Mugu District in Western Nepal and falls under the Rara National Park....
  
  
• fewa Lake
• Begnas Lake
• Se-Phoksondo Lake

Mountains of Nepal

• List of mountains in Nepal
  • Trekking peak
    Trekking peak
    The Nepal Mountaineering Association has categorized the mountains of Nepal into various classifications, one of these being called trekking peak or Group B Climbing Peak as per the NMA. A trekking peak is a mountain under that is considered climbable by anyone with a moderate amount of...
    
    
• List of Ultras of the Eastern Himalayas
• Himalayan sub-ranges
  • Far west
    • Changla Himal - transhimalayan range (on Nepal-Tibet Autonomous Region
      Tibet Autonomous Region
      The Tibet Autonomous Region , Tibet or Xizang for short, also called the Xizang Autonomous Region is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China , created in 1965....
      
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    • Gurans Himal
      Gurans Himal
      The Gurans Himal is a small subrange of the Himalaya in far western Nepal. It is little-known, since it does not contain any 8000 metre peaks, or even any peaks above 7,200 metres. Its highest peak is Api, , which, despite its relatively low height compared to the major Himalayan peaks, rises...
      
      
      • Api (mountain)
        Api (mountain)
        Api is the highest peak in the Yoka Pahar Section of Gurans Himal, part of the Himalayas in the extreme northwest corner of Nepal, near the borders of India and Tibet...
        
        
      • Saipal
        Saipal
        Saipal is a mountain in the Himalayas of north-west Nepal.Api, Nampa and Saipal are a trio of high mountains located in northwestern Nepal. Together they form a small range of sharp, icy peaks, rising from a long, steep, snowy crest....
        
        
  • upper Karnali basin
    Ghaghara River
    Karnali or Ghaghara is a perennial trans-boundary river originating on the Tibetan Plateau near Lake Mansarovar. It cuts through the Himalayas in Nepal and joins the Sarda River at Brahmaghat in India. Together they form the Ghaghra River, a major left bank tributary of the Ganges. With a length of...
    
    
    • Kanti Himal - transhimalayan border range
    • Kanjiroba Himal - south of Dolpa
  • west of Kaligandaki River
    • Gautam Himal - transhimalayan border range
    • Mukut Himal - 6,000m and 5,000m peaks northeast of Dhaulagiri II
    • Dhaulagiri
      Dhaulagiri
      Dhaulagiri is Earth's seventh highest mountain at ; one of fourteen over eight thousand metres. Dhaulagiri was first climbed May 13, 1960 by a Swiss/Austrian expedition....
      
       - DI-DVI, Tukucha, Churen, Putha Hiunchuli, Gurja, Ghustang, Sita Chuchura, Junction Pk., Myagdi Matha
      • Dwari Lekh - lower peaks at western end of Dhaulagiris
  • east of Kaligandaki
    • Damodar and Peri Himal - transhimalayan border range
    • Annapurna
      Annapurna
      Annapurna is a section of the Himalayas in north-central Nepal that includes Annapurna I, thirteen additional peaks over and 16 more over ....
      
      
      • Hiunchuli
        Hiunchuli
        Hiunchuli is a peak in the Himalayas of central Nepal. The mountain is an extension of Annapurna South. Between this peak and Machapuchare is a narrow section of the Modi Khola valley that provides the only access to the Annapurna Sanctuary....
        
        
      • Machapuchare
        Machapuchare
        Machapuchare or Machhapuchhre Lit. "Fish Tail" in English, is a mountain in the Annapurna Himal of north central Nepal...
        
        
      • Nilgiri Himal
        Nilgiri Himal
        The Nilgiri Himal is a range of three peaks in the Annapurna region in Nepal. It is composed of Nilgiri South , Nilgiri Central and Nilgiri North .- External links :*...
        
        
      • Singu Chuli
        Singu Chuli
        Singu Chuli is one of the trekking peaks in the Nepali Himalaya range. The peak is located just west of Ganggapurna in the Annapurna Himal. A climbing permit from the NMA costs $350 USD for a team of up to four members. The peak requires ice climbing equipment....
        
        
      • Tharpu Chuli
        Tharpu Chuli
        Tharpu Chuli or Tent Peak is one of the trekking peaks in the Nepali Himalaya range. The peak has a nice central position in the Annapurna range. It is easier to climb than both Hiunchuli and Singu Chuli which also are trekking peaks of the Annapurna. The ascent requires ice climbing equipment...
        
        
      • Tilicho Peak
        Tilicho Peak
        Tilicho Peak is a mountain in the Nepalese Himalaya, near Annapurna. The peak was discovered in 1950 by the team led by Maurice Herzog who were attempting to find Annapurna I....
        
        
  • North of Gorkha
    Gorkha
    Gurkha are people from Nepal who take their name from the 8th century Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorakhnath.Gurkha, Ghurkha, or Gorkha may also refer to:-People:...
    
    
    • Mansiri Himal
      Mansiri Himal
      Mansiri Himal is a small, high subrange. of the Himalaya in north-central Nepal, about 100km northwest of Kathmandu. The Marsyangdi River separates the Mansiri from the Annapurnas to the southwest, then an upper tributary Dudh Khola separates Peri Himal to the northwest...
      
      
      • Himalchuli
        Himalchuli
        Himalchuli is the second highest mountain in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas. It lies south of Manaslu, one of the Eight-thousanders. Himalchuli has three main peaks: East , West and North...
        
        
      • Manaslu
        Manaslu
        Manaslu , also known as Kutang) is the eighth highest mountain in the world, and is located in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. Its name, which means "Mountain of the Spirit", comes from the Sanskrit word Manasa, meaning "intellect" or "soul"...
        
        
      • Ngadi Chuli
        Ngadi Chuli
        Ngadi Chuli is a high peak in the Mansiri Himal , also known as the Gurkha Massif, in Nepal. It is flanked by Manaslu to the north and Himalchuli to the south....
        
        
      • Chamar
        Chamar (mountain)
        Chamar is the highest peak of the Sringi Himal, which is a subrange of the Nepalese Himalayas.Chamar and the entire Sringi Himal lie in Central Nepal, just south of the Tibetan border, between the Shyar Khola valley on the east and the Tom Khola—Trisuli Gandaki valley on the west...
        
        
      • Ganesh Himal
        Ganesh Himal
        Ganesh Himāl is a sub-range of the Himalaya located mostly in north-central Nepal, but some peaks lie on the border with Tibet. TheTrisuli Gandaki valley on the east separates it from the Langtang Himal; the...
        
        
        • Ganesh NW (Ganesh II/III)
        • Salasungo
          Salasungo
          Ganesh NW is a peak of the Ganesh Himal, which is a subrange of the Himalayan range.Ganesh NW, and the entire Ganesh Himal, lie between the Burhi Gandaki and Trisuli Gandaki valleys, about 70 km northwest of Kathmandu...
          
          
        • Yangra
          Yangra
          Yangra is the highest peak of the Ganesh Himal,which is a subrange of the Himalayan mountain range. Although not an 8,000 metre peak, and little visited, it enjoys great vertical relief over the nearby valleys.-Location:...
          
          
  • North of Kathmandu
    • Langtang
      Langtang
      Langtang is a region in Nepal to the north of Kathmandu and bordering Tibet. It is protected as Langtang National Park and has a number of high peaks including Langtang Lirung . As of 2010, the entrance ticket to the park cost 2400 Nepali Rupees for foreigners.About 4,500 people live inside the...
      
       Himal
      • Dorje Lakpa
        Dorje Lakpa
        Dorje Lakpa is a mountain in the Langtang Himal area in Nepal.Visible also from Kathmandu valley it has an elegant pyramid-shaped figure and is an ideal target for photographers and mountaineers. Considered by many of intermediate difficulty with easiest route from the west ridge...
        
        
      • Dragmarpo Ri
        Dragmarpo Ri
        Dragmarpo Ri is a mountain on the border between Nepal and People's Republic of China....
        
        
      • Langtang Lirung
        Langtang Lirung
        Langtang Lirung is the highest peak of the Langtang Himal,which is a subrange of the Nepalese Himalayas, southwest of the Eight-thousander Shisha Pangma.-Location:The Langtang Himal forms the western portion of a complex of mountains which also...
        
        
      • Yala Peak
        Yala Peak
        Yala Peak is a mountain in the Langtang area in Nepal. It is considered a trekking peak by the Nepal Mountaineering Association, and is a relatively simple, non-technical climb. The summit is renowned for being an excellent vantage point from which Shishapangma , the highest mountain wholly in...
        
        
  • west of Arun River
    • Rolwaling Himal
      Rolwaling Himal
      Rolwāling Himāl is a section of the Himalaya in east-central Nepal along the Tibet border. It lies west of the Mahalangur section and east of the Langtang section. Melungtse 7181m and Melungtse II 7023m are inside Tibet and Gauri Shankar 7134m is on the border...
      
      
      • Gauri Sankar
        Gauri Sankar
        Gauri Sankar is a mountain in the Himalayas, the second highest peak of the Rolwaling Himal, behind Melungtse...
        
        
      • Melungtse
        Melungtse
        Melungtse is the highest mountain of the Rolwaling Himal in the Himalayas.The peak has a long summit ridge capped by the east summit and the west summit, also known as Melungtse II, 7,023m...
        
        
    • Mahalangur Himal
      Mahalangur Himal
      Mahālangūr Himāl is a section of the Himalaya in northeast Nepal and south-central Tibet extending from the pass Nangpa La between Rolwaling Himal and Cho Oyu east to the Arun River. It includes Mount Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and Cho Oyu) -- four of Earth's six highest peaks...
      
      
      • Ama Dablam
        Ama Dablam
        Ama Dablam is a mountain in the Himalaya range of eastern Nepal. The main peak is , the lower western peak is . Ama Dablam means "Mother's necklace"; the long ridges on each side like the arms of a mother protecting her child, and the hanging glacier thought of as the dablam, the traditional...
        
        
      • Baruntse
        Baruntse
        Baruntse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal, crowned by four peaks and bounded on the south by the Hunku Glacier, on the east by the Barun Glacier, and on the northwest by the Imja Glacier...
        
        
      • Chamlang
      • Cholatse
        Cholatse
        Cholatse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Nepalese Himalaya. Cholatse is connected to Taboche by a long ridge. The Chola glacier descends off the east face...
        
        
      • Cho Oyu
        Cho Oyu
        Cho Oyu is the sixth highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Cho Oyu lies in the Himalayas and is 20 km west of Mount Everest, at the border between China and Nepal...
        
        
      • Cho Polu
        Cho Polu
        Cho Polu is a mountain in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal. Southern neighbors include Num Ri and Baruntse while Imja Tse lies immediately to the west....
        
        
      • Everest
        • Everest Base Camp
          Everest Base Camp
          There are two base camps on opposite sides of Mount Everest. South Base Camp is in Nepal at an altitude of , and North Base Camp is in Tibet at ). These camps are rudimentary campsites on Mount Everest that are used by mountain climbers during their ascent and descent...
          
          
        • South Col
          South Col
          The South Col usually refers to the southern col between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the first and fourth highest mountains in the world. When climbers attempt to climb Everest from the southeast ridge in Nepal, their final camp is situated on the South Col...
          
          
        • Lhotse
          Lhotse
          Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain on Earth and is connected to Everest via the South Col. In addition to the main summit at 8,516 metres above sea level, Lhotse Middle is and Lhotse Shar is...
          
          
        • Nuptse
          Nuptse
          Nuptse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Mahalangur Himal, in the Nepalese Himalayas. It lies two kilometres WSW of Mount Everest. Nuptse is Tibetan for "west peak", as it is the western segment of the Lhotse-Nuptse massif....
          
          
      • Gyachung Kang
        Gyachung Kang
        Gyachung Kang is a mountain in the Mahalangur Himal section of the Himalaya, and is the highest peak between Cho Oyu and Mount Everest . It lies on the border between Nepal and China...
        
        
      • Imja Tse
        Imja Tse
        Imja Tse, better known as Island Peak, is a mountain in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal. The peak was named Island Peak in 1951 by Eric Shipton's party since it appears as an island in a sea of ice when viewed from Dingboche. The peak was later renamed in 1983 to Imja Tse but Island Peak remains the...
        
        
      • Kala Patthar
        Kala Patthar
        Kala Patthar, meaning 'black rock' in Nepali and Hindi, is a mountain in the Nepalese Himalayas. It appears as a big brown bump below the impressive south face of Pumori . Many trekkers in the region of Mount Everest will attempt to summit Kala Patthar, since it provides the most accessible point...
        
        
      • Kanguru
      • Khumbutse
        Khumbutse
        Khumbutse is the first mountain west of Mount Everest. It lies at the border between Nepal and China....
        
        
      • Kongde Ri
        Kongde Ri
        Kongde Ri is a mountain in the Himalaya of eastern Nepal. The mountain is located four km west of Namche Bazaar.The mountain is classified as a trekking peak, but it is considered one of the more difficult to climb. A climbing permit costs $350 USD for up to 4 climbers....
        
        
      • Kusum Kangguru
        Kusum Kangguru
        Kusum Kanguru is a mountain in the Khumbu Region of the Himalaya in Nepal...
        
        
      • Makalu
        Makalu
        Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world at and is located southeast of Mount Everest, on the border between Nepal and China...
        
        
      • Mera Peak
        Mera Peak
        Mera Peak is a mountain which lies in the Himalayas, in the Sagarmatha region of Nepal. At it is classified as a trekking peak.The first ascent was on May 20, 1953 by Col. Jimmy Roberts and Sen Tenzing. The region was first explored extensively by British expeditions in the early 50s before and...
        
        
      • Nirekha
        Nirekha
        Nirekha peak is located in the same chain as the Lobuche summits, just E of the Cho La Col . The peak is in the list of the new 'A' trekking peaks, for which currently a peak fee of $500 has to be paid...
        
        
      • Num Ri
        Num Ri
        Num Ri is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Nepalese Himalayas. Num Ri consists of a long ridge that culminates eastwards in a pyramid summit. Neighbouring mountains are Island Peak, Baruntse and Cho Polu....
        
        
      • Pokalde
        Pokalde
        Pokalde Peak is a mountain peak of Nepal situated 12 km southwest of Mount Everest. Pokalde Peak is one of the shortest and easiest trekking peaks in the Everest Region...
        
        
      • Pumori
        Pumori
        Pumori is a mountain on the Nepal-Tibet border in the Mahalangur section of the Himalaya. Pumori lies just eight kilometres west of Mount Everest. Pumori, which means "Unmarried Daughter" in the Sherpa language, was named by George Mallory...
        
        
      • Taboche
        Taboche
        Taboche is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Nepalese Himalaya. Taboche is connected to Cholatse by a long ridge...
        
        
      • Thamserku
        Thamserku
        Thamserku is a mountain in the Himalaya of eastern Nepal. The mountain is connected by a ridge leading eastward to Kangtega. Thamserku is a prominent mountain to the east of Namche Bazaar and lies just north of Kusum Kangguru.-External links:*...
        
        
  • east of Arun
    • Janak Himal
    • Kangchenjunga
      Kangchenjunga
      Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain of the world with an elevation of and located along the India-Nepal border in the Himalayas.Kangchenjunga is also the name of the section of the Himalayas and means "The Five Treasures of Snows", as it contains five peaks, four of them over...
      
      
      • Jannu
        Jannu
        Jannu or Kumbhakarna is the 32nd highest mountain in the world. It is an important Western outlier of Kangchenjunga, the world's third highest peak. Jannu is a large and steep peak in its own right, and has numerous challenging climbing routes.The official name of this peak is Kumbhakarna, but the...
        
        
• Mahabharat Range
• Siwaliks
  • Dundwa Range
    Dundwa Range
    The Dundwa Range is a subrange of Sivalik Hills in western Nepal and northern Uttar Pradesh, India. It separates the Outer Terai of Balarampur and Shravasti districts in Uttar Pradesh from Deukhuri Valley in Nepal's Dang-Deukhuri and eastern Banke districts...
    
    

National parks of Nepal

• Langtang
  Langtang
  Langtang is a region in Nepal to the north of Kathmandu and bordering Tibet. It is protected as Langtang National Park and has a number of high peaks including Langtang Lirung . As of 2010, the entrance ticket to the park cost 2400 Nepali Rupees for foreigners.About 4,500 people live inside the...
  
  
• Royal Bardia National Park
  Royal Bardia National Park
  Bardiya National Park is a protected area in Nepal that was established in 1988 as Royal Bardia National Park. Covering an area of it is the largest and most undisturbed wilderness area in Nepal's Terai, adjoining the eastern bank of the Karnali River in the Bardiya District.The northern limits of...
  
  
• Royal Chitwan National Park
  Royal Chitwan National Park
  Chitwan National Park is the first national park in Nepal. Formerly called Royal Chitwan National Park it was established in 1973 and granted the status of a World Heritage Site in 1984. It covers an area of and is located in the subtropical Inner Terai lowlands of south-central Nepal in the...
  
  
• Sagarmatha National Park
  Sagarmatha National Park
  Sagarmāthā National Park is a protected area in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal containing the southern half of Mount Everest. The park was created on July 19, 1976 and was inscribed as a Natural World Heritage Site in 1979...
  
  

Rivers of Nepal

• Mahakali River
• Karnali River
  • Seti River
    Seti River
    The Seti River is an important tributary of the Karnali system that drains western Nepal.-Course:The Seti originates from the snow fields and glaciers around the twin peaks of Api and Nampa in the south facing slopes of the main Himalayas. The area is near the trijunction of the borders of Nepal,...
    
    
  • Bheri River
    Bheri River
    The Bheri River is a major tributary of the Karnali River draining the western Dhaulagiri range in western Nepal. It has three important upper tributaries. Sani Bheri drains southern slopes of this range while Thuli Bheri drains northern slopes. Another tributary Uttar Ganga drains Dhorpatan...
    
    
• Babai River
• West Rapti River
  West Rapti River
  Not to be confused with the East Rapti in Chitwan Valley some to the east, this Rapti drains Rapti Zone in Mid-Western Region, Nepal, then Awadh and Purvanchal regions of Uttar Pradesh state, India before joining the Ghaghara a major left bank tributary of the Ganges.The West Rapti is notable for...
  
  
• Gandaki River
  • East Rapti River
    East Rapti River
    East Rapti River, a small river draining the Chitwan valley in Nepal, flowing west to join the Narayani River a short distance north of the Indian border....
    
    
  • Kali Gandaki Gorge
    Kali Gandaki Gorge
    The Kali Gandaki Gorge or Andha Galchi is the gorge of the Kali Gandaki in the Himalayas in Nepal, by some measures the deepest gorge in the world....
    
    
  • Trishuli River
    Trishuli River
    The Trishuli River is a trans-boundary river and is one of the major tributaries of the Narayani River basin in central Nepal. It originates in Tibet Autonomous Region of China where it is called Kyirong Tsangpo...
    
    
• Bagmati
  Bagmati
  The Bagmati River is a river of Nepal and India. It flows through the Kathmandu valley and is the river separating Kathmandu from Lalitpur. It is considered a holy river both by Hindus and Buddhists...
  
  
• Kosi River
  • Arun River (Nepal)
    Arun River (Nepal)
    The Arun River is a trans-boundary river and is part of the Kosi or Sapt Koshi river system in Nepal. It originates in Tibet Autonomous Region of People's Republic of China where it is called Bum-chu.-Name:...
    
    
    • Barun River
      Barun River
      The Barun River is a tributary of the Arun River and is part of the Kosi river system in Nepal.-Kosi river system:The Kosi or Sapt Kosi drains eastern Nepal. It is known as Sapt Koshi because of the seven rivers which join together in east-central Nepal to form this river...
      
      
  • Dudh Kosi
    Dudh Kosi
    -Kosi river system:The Kosi or Sapt Kosi drains eastern Nepal. It is known as Sapt Koshi because of the seven rivers which join together in east-central Nepal to form this river. The main rivers forming the Kosi system are – the Sun Kosi, the Indravati River, the Bhola Kosi, the Dudh Kosi, the Arun...
    
    
  • Indrawati
    Indravati River, Nepal
    -Kosi river system:The Kosi or Sapt Kosi drains eastern Nepal. It is known as Sapt Koshi because of the seven rivers which join together in east-central Nepal to form this river. The main rivers forming the Kosi system are – the Sun Kosi River, the Indravati River, the Bhola Koshi, the Dudh Kosi,...
    
    
  • Sapt Koshi
    Sapt Koshi
    Sapt Koshi is a large river in eastern Nepal. It flows into India to join the Ganges. The river name "Sapta" means "seven" in area languages, as seven rivers flow together out of the eastern himalaya to create the Sapta Koshi river. The seven rivers are the Indrawati, Bhote Koshi, Tama Koshi,...
    
    
  • Tamur River
    Tamur River
    The Tamur River is a major river in eastern Nepal, which begins around Kanchenjunga. The Tamur and the Arun join the Sun Kosi at Tribenighat to form the giant Saptakoshi which flows through Mahabharat Range on to the Gangetic plain-Kosi river system:...
    
    
• Mahananda River
  Mahananda River
  The Mahananda River is a trans-boundary river that flows through the Indian states of West Bengal and Bihar, and Bangladesh. Right bank tributary Mechi forms part of Nepal's eastern boundary with West Bengal and the Kankai crosses out of Nepal.-Course:...
  
  
  • Middim Khola

Subdivisions of Nepal

• Administrative divisions of Nepal
  • Regions of Nepal
    Regions of Nepal
    Nepal is divided into 14 administrative zones , which are divided into 75 districts . The 14 administrative zones are grouped into five development regions...
    
    
    • Zones of Nepal
      Zones of Nepal
      Nepal is divided into 14 administrative zones , and 75 districts . The 14 administrative zones are grouped into five development regions...
      
      
      • Districts of Nepal
        Districts of Nepal
        Nepal's 14 administrative zones are subdivided into 75 districts . These districts are listed below, by zone...
        
        

Eastern Region

• Sagarmatha Zone
  Sagarmatha Zone
  Sagarmāthā zone in the north, hill districts in the center, and valley districts of the Terai in the south. The borders of this zone are China to the north, India to the south, the Koshi Zone to the east and the Janakpur Zone to the west....
  
  
  • Khotang District
    Khotang District
    Khotang District, a part of Sagarmatha Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Diktel as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,591 km² and has a population of 231,385. Khotang is part of the area traditionally called...
    
    
  • Okhaldhunga District
    Okhaldhunga District
    Okhaldhunga District of 156,702.Okhaldhunga is part of area traditionally called Wallo Kirat,home to indigenous ethnic groups Rai and Sunuwar...
    
    
  • Saptari District
    Saptari District
    Saptari District of 570,282. Saptari is renowned for its agricultural output, and is bordered on the east by the massive Sapt Koshi river.Significant towns are Rajbiraj, the district centre, Hanumannagar, and Fattepur with the area government "Matsya Palan Kendra" fish farm.The famous Chhinna...
    
    
  • Siraha District
    Siraha District
    -Village Development Committees :*Arnama Lalpur*Arnama Rampur*Asanpur*Ashokpur Balkawa*Aurahi*Ayodhyanagar*Badharamal*Barchhawa*Bariyarpatti*Basbita*Bastipur*Belaha*Belhi*Betauna*Bhadaiya*Bhagawanpur*Bhagawatipur*Bhawanipur...
    
    
  • Solukhumbu District
    Solukhumbu District
    Solukhumbu District of 107,686.Mount Everest is located in the northern part of this district, within Sagarmatha National Park.Indigenous ethnic Rai and hill Caste Chhetri are the main groups living in the mid-hills, while Sherpas occupy high mountains....
    
    
  • Udayapur District
    Udayapur District
    -Village Development Committees :*Aaptar*Balamta*Baraha*Barre*Basabote*Bashasa*Beltar*Bhumarashuwa*Bhuttar*Chaudandi*Dumre*Gaighat*Hadiya*Hardeni*Iname*Jalpachilaune*Jante*Jogidaha*Katari*Katunjebawala*Khanbu*Laphagaun*Lekhani*Lekhgaun...
    
    
• Koshi Zone
  • Bhojpur District
  • Dhankuta District
    Dhankuta District
    Dhankuta District , a part of Kosi Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district covers an area of 891 km² and has a population of 166,479., Dhankuta is the district headquarters and a major administrative region in the Eastern...
    
    
  • Morang District
    Morang District
    Morang District , a part of Kosi Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Biratnagar as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,855 km² and has a population of 843,220....
    
    
  • Sankhuwasabha District
    Sankhuwasabha District
    Sankhuwasabha District of 159,203.Indigenous ethnics Yakkhas, Rais, Limbus, and other hill castes and ethnic groups Sankhuwasabha District of 159,203.Indigenous ethnics Yakkhas, Rais, Limbus, and other hill castes (e.g. Chhetri, Bahuns) and ethnic groups Sankhuwasabha District of...
    
    
  • Sunsari District
    Sunsari District
    Sunsari District of 625,633.The area was originally part of Morang but became its own district in 1962 when Nepal was divided into 14 zones and 75 districts....
    
    
  • Terhathum District
    Terhathum District
    Terhathum District of 113,111. The word Tehrathum is constructed from thirteen and "thum" . This can be spelled as Terathum, Tehrathum or Terhathum. The town supposedly is the site of one of a series of guard posts once protecting the territory of the Limbus...
    
    
• Mechi Zone
  Mechi Zone
  Mechi and other ethnic groups like Koche and Meche, and hill castes like Bahun and Chhetris.Mechi is divided into four districts:*Ilam District*Jhapa District*Panchthar District*Taplejung District...
  
  
  • Ilam District
    Ilam District
    Ilam district of 282,806. It is about 600 km from Kathmandu. The highest point is Sandakpur with an elevation of 3000m. Ilam attracts many researchers who come to study rare birds and the Red Panda...
    
    
  • Jhapa District
    Jhapa District
    Jhapa District, a district of Mechi Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Chandragadhi as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,606 km² and has a population of 688,109.-Location:...
    
    
  • Panchthar District
    Panchthar District
    Panchthar District of 202,056. Panchthar's majority population is that of Kirantis and other ethnic groups and hill castes.-Village Development Committees :*Aangna*Aangsarang*Aarubote*Ambarpur*Bharapa*Chilingdin*Chokmagu...
    
    
  • Taplejung District
    Taplejung District
    Taplejung District of 134,698.The name Taplejung is derived from the words "Taple" and "Jung". Taple was the medieval Limbu King who used to rule the area and "Jung" in Limbu language means Fort. Literally, Taplejung means Fort of King Taple....
    
    

Central Region

• Bagmati Zone
  Bagmati Zone
  Bagmati Zone Bagmati is divided into eight districts:- See also :*Zones of Nepal*Regions of Nepal*Districts of Nepal...
  
  
  • Bhaktapur District
    Bhaktapur District
    Bhaktapur district, located in the eastern part of Kathmandu valley, is the smallest among the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Bhaktapur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 119 km² and has a population of 225,461....
    
    
  • Dhading District
    Dhading District
    -Geography:The district spreads from 27'40" E to 28'17" E and 80'17"N to 84'35"N. The mountain range "Ganesh" is the predominate mountain range located within Dhading. Some of the peaks are over 7,000 meters. The 8,000+ meter mountain "Manaslu" is clearly visible from much of Dhading, although it...
    
    
  • Lalitpur District
    Lalitpur District, Nepal
    Lalitpur District of 337,785. It is one of the three districts in the Kathmandu Valley, along with Kathmandu and Bhaktapur.Lalitpur District has many schools, colleges and hotels. Adarsha Vidya Mandir, St. Xavier's School, St...
    
    
  • Kathmandu District
    Kathmandu District
    Kathmandu District is a district located in Kathmandu Valley, Bagmati Zone of Nepal, a landlocked country in South Asia. It is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, covers an area of 395 km2 and is the most densely populated district of Nepal with a population of 1,081,845 in 2001...
    
    
  • Kavrepalanchok District
    Kavrepalanchok District
    -Towns and villages:Anaikot Balathali Balting Baluwa Baluwapatti Deupur Banakhu Chor Banepa Batase Bekhsimle Bhimkhori Bhumidanda Bhumlutar Birtadeurali Bolde Fediche Budhakhani Chalal Ganeshsthan Chandeni Mandan Choubas Chyamrangbesi...
    
    
  • Nuwakot District
    Nuwakot District
    Nuwakot District of 288,478.The district contains places of historical significance such as Nuwakot Palace located in the village of Nuwakot and Devighat located at the confluence of the Tadi and Trishuli Rivers.-Towns and villages:...
    
    
  • Rasuwa District
    Rasuwa District
    Rasuwa District of 44,731.Gosaikunda lake is located in the district.-Village Development Committees :*Bhorle*Briddhim*Chilime*Dandagaun*Dhaibung*Dhunche*Gatlang*Goljung*Haku*Jibjibe*Khamjim*Laharepauwa*Langtang*Ramche*Saramthali...
    
    
  • Sindhulpalchok District
    Sindhulpalchok District
    Sindhupalchok District is a part of Bagmati Zone and one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, with an area of . The district's headquarters is in Chautara...
    
    
• Narayani Zone
  Narayani Zone
  - Geography :Narayani contains parts of the Terai, Inner Terai, and Hill regions of Nepal, but it does not contain any of the Mountain or Himalayan region. Narayani is rich in flora and fauna...
  
  
  • Bara District
    Bara District
    Bara District of 559,135. Pasaha, Dudhaura and Bangari are the main rivers of Bara. Gamahariya is one of the villages of Bara District which is situated near the border area of India....
    
    
  • Chitwan District
    Chitwan District
    Chitwan District and one sub-Metropolitan city - Bharatpur and a municipality Ratnanagar each of which has more than nine wards or urban areas....
    
    
  • Makwanpur District
    Makwanpur District
    Makwanpur District of 392,604. Bhimfedi market of the district was the traditional route to enter Kathmandu valley from the south.-Village Development Committees :*Agara*Ambhanjyang*Bajrabarahi*Basamadi*Betini*Bhaise*Bharta Pundyadevi*Bhimfedi...
    
    
  • Parsa District
    Parsa District
    -Village Development Committees :*Alau*Amarpatti*Auraha*Bagahi*Bagbana*Bageswori*Bahauri Pidari*Bahurbamatha*Basadilwa*Basantpur*Belwa Parsouni*Beriya Birta*Bhawanipur*Bhedihari*Bhisawa*Bijbaniya*Bindabasini*Biranchibarba*Birganj...
    
    
  • Rautahat District
    Rautahat District
    -Village Development Committees :*Ajagabi*Akolawa*Auraiya*Badharwa*Bagahi*Bahuwa Madanpur*Bairiya*Banjaraha*Bariyarpur*Basantapatti*Basatpur*Basbiti Jingadiya*Bhalohiya*Bhediyahi*Birtipraskota*Bishrampur*Bisunpurwa Manpur*Brahmapuri...
    
    
• Janakpur Zone
  Janakpur Zone
  Janakpur Zone The headquarters of Janakpur zone and its main city is Janakpur. Close to the Indian border, it is a historic city of Hinduism. The city was believed to be the capital city of the King Janak, the father in law of Lord Rama, the son of the then King of Ayodhya, Dasharatha. The city...
  
  
  • Dhanusa District
    Dhanusa District
    Dhanusa District of 671,364. It lies in the Central Development Region of Nepal. Also famous as a cultural center, the city attracts many Hindu pilgrims during festivals from both Nepal and India....
    
    
  • Dholkha District
  • Mahottari District
    Mahottari District
    Mahottari District of 553,481.Its headquarters is located in Jaleshwor, a neighbouring town of historical city, Janakpur. The name Jaleshwor means the 'God in Water'. One can find a famous temple of Lord Shiva in Water there...
    
    
  • Ramechhap District
    Ramechhap District
    Ramechhap District of 212,408 and a density of 137.4 per km2. The district has the highest population of endangered native group Kusunda and has the lowest population growth rate in Nepal.-Etymology:...
    
    
  • Sarlahi District
    Sarlahi District
    -Village Development Committees :*Achalgadh*Arnaha*Atrouli*Aurahi*Babarganj*Bagdaha*Bahadurpur*Balara*Bara Udhoran*Barahathawa*Basantapur*Batraul*Bela*Belhi*Belwajabdi*Bhadsar*Bhagawatipur*Bhaktipur*Bhawanipur*Brahmapuri*Chandra Nagar...
    
    
  • Sindhuli District
    Sindhuli District
    -Historical Importance:This place has a huge historic significance. The Sindhuli Gadhi in Sindhuli is the place where British soldiers were defeated for the first time in Asia in 1767 A.D . The British under the leadership of Captain Kinloch came to help the then ruler of Kathmandu, Jai Prakash...
    
    

Western Region

Western Region, Nepal

Western Region is one of Nepal's five development regions. It is located in the west-central part of the country with headquarters in Pokhara.It comprises three zones :* Dhawalagiri* Gandaki* Lumbini...

• Dhawalagiri Zone
  Dhawalagiri Zone
  Dhawalagiri is one of the fourteen zones of Nepal. It comes under the Western division of Nepal. Baglung is the headquarters of this zone. Famous trekking areas like Mustang, Muktinath, Kali Gandaki valley and Mt Dhaulagiri fall in this zone...
  
  
  • Baglung District
    Baglung District
    Baglung District, of 268,938.Baglung is surrounded by Parvat, Myagdi, Rukum, Ropla, Pyuthan and Gulmi districts. It looks like Nepal in shape. It has 59 Village Development Committees and one Municipality. It has many rivers and streams and so, many suspension bridges. Baglung is also known as the...
    
    
  • Mustang District
    Mustang District
    Mustang District, a part of Dhawalagiri Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Jomsom as its headquarters, covers an area of 3,573 km² and has a population of 14,981....
    
    
  • Myagdi District
    Myagdi District
    -Village Development Committees :*Arman*Arthunge*Babiyachaur*Baranja*Begkhola*Bhakilmi*Bima*Chimkhola*Dagnam*Dana*Darwang*Devisthan*Dhatan*Dowa*Gurja Khani*Histhan Mandali*Jhin*Jyamrukot*Kuhunkot*Kuinemangale*Lulang*Malkwang*Marang*Mudi...
    
    
  • Parbat District
    Parbat District
    Parbat District of 157,826.It is mainly famous for the Gupteshowr Cave, which is visited by thousands of pilgrims during Shivaratri. It is also noted for the Dahere Deurali Temple, which is visited by thousands of pilgrims during Balachaturdanshai....
    
    
• Gandaki Zone
  Gandaki Zone
  The Gandaki zone that make up the Gandaki River. Pokhara serves as its regional and zonal capital. It is also the birthplace of Bhanubhakta Acharya, first poet of Nepal.The Gandaki zone is home to multiple cultures which are unique in themselves...
  
  
  • Gorkha District
    Gorkha District
    Gorkha District of 288,134. It is the location of the Manakamana Temple. Also, the temples of great sage Gorakh Nath and goddess Gorakh Kali temple is located in district, after which the district got its name. Four major rivers run within and along it, they are Chepe, Daraudi, Marsyangdi and...
    
    
  • Kaski District
    Kaski District
    Kaski District of 380,527.The district covers parts of the Annapurna mountain range, and the picturesque scene of the mountains can be observed from most parts of the district...
    
    
  • Lamjung District
    Lamjung District
    Lamjung District of 177,149. Lamjung mainly consists of agricultural villages. The picture on the right is a scene taken in a village called "Kapur Gaun". CHESS Nepal is based in Lamjung District.-Village Development Committees :*Archalebot...
    
    
  • Manang District
    Manang District
    Manang District of 9,587.The pass of Thorung La at 5415 meters above the sea connects the district to Mustang District by providing a route between the towns of Manang and Muktinath....
    
    
  • Syangja District
    Syangja District
    Syangja District, a part of Gandaki Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Syangja as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,164 km² and has a population of 317,320. Syangja lies at the height of about 1088 meters ...
    
    
  • Tanahu District
    Tanahu District
    Tanahun District of 315,237. Previously the town of Bandipur was its district headquarters.-Coordinates & Location type:*Latitude: 27.91667*Longitude:84.25*Latitude :27° 55' 0 N*Longitude :84° 15' 0 E-Village Development Committees :...
    
    
• Lumbini Zone
  Lumbini Zone
  Lumbini Zone, is one of the 14 zones of Nepal and is home to Lumbini site, the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, who later became the historical Buddha and founder of the Buddhist philosophy...
  
  
  • Arghakhanchi District
    Arghakhanchi District
    Arghakhanchi is one of the districts of Lumbini Zone in Nepal's Western Development Region. The district headquarters are Sandhikharka.-Etymology:...
    
    
  • Gulmi District
    Gulmi District
    Gulmi District of 296,654. It is famous for coffee farming. Ruru, a Holy Place now also known as Ridi,is a market centre,where many of the tamples are situated.Maghe sankranti and other festivals are celebrated here. Many local as well as foreign tourists come here to visit the place...
    
    
  • Kapilvastu District
    Kapilvastu District
    Kapilvastu district of 481,976.-Geography:The district situated at the height of 93 to 1491 meters from sea level. Geographically, the district can be divided into plain low lands of terai and low Chure hills.Kapilvastu is bounded by-...
    
    
  • Nawalparasi District
    Nawalparasi District
    Nawalparasi District of 562,870. This district has given birth to many Nepal's top level people including late Prime Minister Tanka Prasad Acharya...
    
    
  • Palpa District
    Palpa District
    -Village Development Committee :*Archale*Argali*Bahadurpur*Bakamalang*Baldengadhi*Bandi Pokhara*Barangdi old name archale barangdi name came from barandi khola on the bank of this river the famous rani mahal is situated*Bhairabsthan*Bhuwan...
    
    
  • Rupandehi District
    Rupandehi District
    -Village Development Committees :*Aama*Aanandaban*Amari*Amawa Marchawar*Amuwa Paschim*Asurena*Babhani*Bagaha*Bagauli*Bairghat*Balarampur*Bangai*Bangai Marchwar*Baragadewa*Barsauli*Basantapur*Betakuiya*Bhagawanpur*Bisunpura*Bodabar*Bogadi...
    
    

Mid-Western Region

Mid-Western Region, Nepal

Mid-Western Region is one of Nepal's five development regions. Westward from the Central region surrounding Kathmandu are the Western, Mid-Western and finally Far-Western regions. Counter-intuitively, Mid-Western lies west of Western....

• Karnali Zone
  Karnali Zone
  Karnali Zone in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. The headquarters is Jumla.Karnali Zone is one of the poorest and most remote regions of Nepal, not very accessible by road yet. There are airfields in all districts except Kalikot which is connected by seasonal roadways to Jumla...
  
  
  • Dolpa District
    Dolpa District
    -Geography:Dolpa is the largest district of Nepal covering 5.36% of the total landmass of the country. Located between 28°24’ N - 29°43’ N latitude, and 82°24’ E - 83°38’ E longitude, the elevation in Dolpa ranges from above sea level...
    
    
  • Humla District
    Humla District
    Humla District of 40,595.The Northern part of Humla District is inhabited by Buddhists,originating from Tibet, whereas the South is mostly inhabited by Hindus.-Towns and villages:Bargaun,Chhipra,Dami,Dandafaya,Gothi,Hepka,Jaira,Kalika,Kermi,...
    
    
  • Jumla District
    Jumla District
    Jumla District|Jumla]] as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,531 km² and has a population of 89,427.The origin of Nepali language is Sinja of Jumla...
    
    
  • Kalikot District
    Kalikot District
    Kalikot District of 105,580. In September 2005, in a bid to encourage a change in social attitudes, the government announced that it would provide rice to any family that had recently had a girl born.-Village Development Committees :*Badalkot*Chhapre...
    
    
  • Mugu District
    Mugu District
    Mugu District of 43,937. The biggest lake in Nepal, Rara Lake, also known as Mahendra Daha, lies in the Mugu District.It is one of the biggest districts of Nepal.Pulu is one of the famous Village Development Committee of Mugu district...
    
    
• Bheri Zone
  Bheri Zone
  Bheri Anchal in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. Nepalgunj is the administrative headquarters.Cities and towns are Narayan, Jajarkot and Chhinchu in the "hills"; Nepalgunj, Gularia and Kohalpur in Terai; Birendranagar in Surkhet Valley in the Inner Terai.Bheri Zone is divided into five...
  
  
  • Banke District
    Banke District
    -Geography:Banke is bordered on the west by Bardiya district. Rapti zone's Salyan and Dang Deukhuri Districts border to the north and east. To the south lies Uttar Pradesh, India; specifically Shravasti and Bahraich districts of Awadh. East of Nepalganj the international border follows the...
    
    
  • Bardiya District
    Bardiya District
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    Dailekh District

    -Village Development Committees :*Awal Parajul*Bada Bhairab*Bada Khola*Badalamji*Baluwatar*Bansi*Baraha*Basantamala*Belaspur*Belpata*Bhawani*Bindhyabasini*Bisalla*Chamunda*Chauratha*Dada Parajul*Dullu*Gamaudi*Gauri*Goganpani*Jaganath...

    
    
  • Jajarkot District
    Jajarkot District
    Jajarkot District of 134,868.Jajarkotis one of the district of Bheri Zone in Mid-western Region of Nepal. Khalanga is its headquarter...
    
    
  • Surkhet District
    Surkhet District
    -Village Development Committees :*Agragaun*Awalaching*Babiyachaur*Bajedichaur*Betan*Bidyapur*Bijaura*Birendranagar*Chapre*Chhinchu*Dahachaur*Dandakhali*Dasarathpur*Dharapani*Gadi...
    
    
• Rapti Zone
  Rapti Zone
  Rapti Anchal in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. It is named after the West Rapti River which drains Rolpa, Pyuthan and part of Dang district. The remainder of Dang and part of Salyan are drained by the Babai. The remainder of Salyan and all of Rukum are drained by the Bheri.The...
  
  
  • Dang Deukhuri District
  • Pyuthan District
    Pyuthan District
    Pyuthan District of 212,484. Pyuthan Khalanga is the district's administrative center.-Geography:Pyuthan borders Dang Deukhuri District to the southwest along the crest of the Mahabharat Range and extends about 50 km northeast through the Middle Hills to a 3,000+ meter ridge that is both...
    
    
  • Rolpa District
    Rolpa District
    Rolpa of 210,004. Livang is the district's administrative center.By Nepalese standards, Rolpa is an underdeveloped area plagued by low life expectancy and poverty . It was a major flashpoint in the 1996-2006 Civil War.Adjoining districts are Dang to the south, Pyuthan to the east, Salyan to the...
    
    
  • Rukum District
    Rukum District
    Rukum District of 188,438. Musikot is the district's administrative center.Rukum district has many potential tourist attractions that remain unexplored. There is 5,849 meter Mt. Sisne , also called virgin mountain. Nobody claims to have conquered this mountain yet. Rukum is also called "the...
    
    
  • Salyan District
    Salyan District
    Salyan District of 213,500. The district's administrative center is named Salyan or Salyan Khalanga.The district is known for its Hindu temples including Shiva temples in Chhayachhetra and Laxmipur, and the Devi temple at Khairabang in Hiwalcha VDC, one of nine in Nepal...
    
    

Far-Western Region

Far-Western Region, Nepal

Far-Western Region is one of Nepal's five development regions. It is located at the western end of the country with headquarters at Dipayal.It comprises two zones :* Mahakali* Seti...

• Mahakali Zone
  Mahakali Zone
  Mahakali|Kali River]] or Mahakali River, which originates from Kalapani.Mahakali's headquarter is Mahendranagar in Kanchanpur District. The zone covers the Himalayan range including Api Peak in the North, Hill valleys, Inner Terai valleys such as Patan in Baitadi District in the center and the...
  
  
  • Baitadi District
    Baitadi District
    Baitadi district , historical name “Bairath” , a part of Mahakali zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Baitadi as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,519 km² and has a population of 234,418. The Baitadi...
    
    
  • Dadeldhura District
    Dadeldhura District
    Dadeldhura district, a part of Mahakali zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Dadeldhura as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,538km² and has a population of 126,162....
    
    
  • Darchula District
    Darchula District
    Darchula District of 121,996.The town has an Indian counterpart to its northwest, named Dharchula. The split between the two towns is just virtual as the traditions, culture, and lifestyle of the people living across both the regions are quite similar....
    
    
  • Kanchanpur District
    Kanchanpur District
    -Basic statistics:* District: Kanchanpur* Headquarters: Mahendranagar* Area: 1610 km²* Total Population: 377,899* Literacy rate: 57.60% -Political divisions:* Political constituencies: 4...
    
    
• Seti Zone
  Seti Zone
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  Achham District

  Achham District,, a part of Seti Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Mangalsen as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,692 km² and has a population of 231,285. It is one of the remotest districts of Nepal...

  
  
• Bajhang District
  Bajhang District
  -Towns and villages:Banjh,Bhairab Nath,Bhamchaur,Bhatekhola,Byasi,Chaudhari,Dahabagar,Dangaji,Dantola,Daulichaur,Deulekh,Deulikot,Dhamena,Gadaraya,Hemantabada,Kadal,Kailash,Kalukheti,Kanda,Kaphalaseri,Khiratadi,Koiralakot,Kot Bhairab,Kotdewal,...
  
  
• Bajura District
  Bajura District
  -Towns and villages:Atichaur,Baddhu,Wai,Barhabise,Bichhiya,Bramhatola,Budhiganga,Chhatara,Dahakot,Dogadi,Gotree,Gudukhati,Jagannath,Jayabageswori,Jugada,Kailashmandau,Kanda,Kolti,Kotila,Kuldeumadau,Manakot,Martadi,Pandusain,Rugin,Sappata,...
  
  
• Doti District
  Doti District
  -History:Doti was a medieval kingdom of Nepal founded by Niranjan Malla Deo, the younger brother of Abhay Pal of Askot. Rulers of Doti were called 'Raika'...
  
  
• Kailali District
  Kailali District
  Kailali District of 616,697. Dhangadhi is a center of attraction of not only Kailali district but of the whole seti zone. The district also contains Tikapur Park, one of the biggest parks in Nepal, and Godha-Ghodi Tal lake.-Towns and villages:Baliya...
  
  

Villages in Nepal

• Chukhung
  Chukhung
  Chukhung is a valley, a ridge, a glacier and a village in Nepal in the Himalayas south of Mount Everest.The Chukhung Valley is formed on the southern slopes of Lhotse and Nuptse by the Lho Glacier and the Nup Glacier, the western slopes of Cho Polu and Baruntse by the Imja Glaciers, and the...
  
  
• Dingboche
  Dingboche
  Dingboche is a village in the Khumbu region of north eastern Nepal in the Chukhung Valley. Its populations was estimated at approximately 200 in 2011. Situated at an altitude of about 4,530 metres .-Tourism:...
  
  
• Khumjung
  Khumjung
  Khumjung is a village and Village Development Committee in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1809 people living in 433 individual households....
  
  
• Namche Bazaar
  Namche Bazaar
  Namche Bazaar is a village and Village Development Committee in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. It is located within the Khumbu area at , populating the sides of a hill...
  
  
• Tengboche
  Tengboche
  Tengboche is a village in Khumjung in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal, located at . In the village is an important Buddhist monastery, Tengboche Monastery, which is the largest gompa in the Khumbu region. The structure was built in 1923. In 1934, it was destroyed by an earthquake but...
  
  
• Thalara
  Thalara
  Thalara is a small Nepalese village on the Seti River in the North-West Bajhang district of Nepal....
  
  

Nepal geography stubs

• Achham District
  Achham District
  Achham District,, a part of Seti Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Mangalsen as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,692 km² and has a population of 231,285. It is one of the remotest districts of Nepal...
  
  
• Arghakhanchi District
  Arghakhanchi District
  Arghakhanchi is one of the districts of Lumbini Zone in Nepal's Western Development Region. The district headquarters are Sandhikharka.-Etymology:...
  
  
• Baglung District
  Baglung District
  Baglung District, of 268,938.Baglung is surrounded by Parvat, Myagdi, Rukum, Ropla, Pyuthan and Gulmi districts. It looks like Nepal in shape. It has 59 Village Development Committees and one Municipality. It has many rivers and streams and so, many suspension bridges. Baglung is also known as the...
  
  
• Bagmati
  Bagmati
  The Bagmati River is a river of Nepal and India. It flows through the Kathmandu valley and is the river separating Kathmandu from Lalitpur. It is considered a holy river both by Hindus and Buddhists...
  
  
• Baitadi District
  Baitadi District
  Baitadi district , historical name “Bairath” , a part of Mahakali zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Baitadi as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,519 km² and has a population of 234,418. The Baitadi...
  
  
• Bajhang District
  Bajhang District
  -Towns and villages:Banjh,Bhairab Nath,Bhamchaur,Bhatekhola,Byasi,Chaudhari,Dahabagar,Dangaji,Dantola,Daulichaur,Deulekh,Deulikot,Dhamena,Gadaraya,Hemantabada,Kadal,Kailash,Kalukheti,Kanda,Kaphalaseri,Khiratadi,Koiralakot,Kot Bhairab,Kotdewal,...
  
  
• Bajura District
  Bajura District
  -Towns and villages:Atichaur,Baddhu,Wai,Barhabise,Bichhiya,Bramhatola,Budhiganga,Chhatara,Dahakot,Dogadi,Gotree,Gudukhati,Jagannath,Jayabageswori,Jugada,Kailashmandau,Kanda,Kolti,Kotila,Kuldeumadau,Manakot,Martadi,Pandusain,Rugin,Sappata,...
  
  
• Banepa
  Banepa
  Banepa is a Municipality town located 26 km east of Kathmandu, Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 12537 and had 1956 households in it. The main attraction of Banepa is the temple of Chandeshwori, located approximately 1 km northeast of the town along the...
  
  
• Banesore
  Banesore
  Banesore is the largest residential area of Kathmandu, Nepal. The area is composed of New Banesore, Old Banesore and Mid Banesore.-External links:*...
  
  
• Banke District
  Banke District
  -Geography:Banke is bordered on the west by Bardiya district. Rapti zone's Salyan and Dang Deukhuri Districts border to the north and east. To the south lies Uttar Pradesh, India; specifically Shravasti and Bahraich districts of Awadh. East of Nepalganj the international border follows the...
  
  
• Bara district
  Bara District
  Bara District of 559,135. Pasaha, Dudhaura and Bangari are the main rivers of Bara. Gamahariya is one of the villages of Bara District which is situated near the border area of India....
  
  
• Bardiya District
  Bardiya District
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  Baruntse

  Baruntse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal, crowned by four peaks and bounded on the south by the Hunku Glacier, on the east by the Barun Glacier, and on the northwest by the Imja Glacier...

  
  
• Bhaktapur
  Bhaktapur
  Bhaktapur , also Bhadgaon or Khwopa is an ancient Newar town in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. It is located in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone...
  
  
• Bhaktapur District
  Bhaktapur District
  Bhaktapur district, located in the eastern part of Kathmandu valley, is the smallest among the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Bhaktapur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 119 km² and has a population of 225,461....
  
  
• Bharatpur, Nepal
  Bharatpur, Nepal
  Bharatpur is a city in the central-southern part of Nepal. Located in Chitwan Valley, Bharatpur is the district headquarters of the Chitwan District, as well as a separate Municipal authority, and is the seventh largest city of Nepal with the population of 89,323 . The estimated population for...
  
  
• Bhatgaon
• Bheri Zone
  Bheri Zone
  Bheri Anchal in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. Nepalgunj is the administrative headquarters.Cities and towns are Narayan, Jajarkot and Chhinchu in the "hills"; Nepalgunj, Gularia and Kohalpur in Terai; Birendranagar in Surkhet Valley in the Inner Terai.Bheri Zone is divided into five...
  
  
• Bhojpur District, Nepal
• Bhojpur, Nepal
  Bhojpur, Nepal
  Bhojpur is a town in Eastern Nepal. It is the district headquarters of Bhojpur district, a hilly/mountainous district in Kosi Zone. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5823 people living in 1199 households....
  
  
• Bhote Koshi
  Bhote Koshi
  The Bhote Kosi or Rongshar Tsangpo is a trans-boundary river and is part of the Kosi or Sapta Kosi river system in Nepal. It originates in Tibet Autonomous Region of China.-Etymology:...
  
  
• Birganj
  Birganj
  Birganj is a sub-metropolitan municipality and border town in Parsa District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. It lies 283 km south of the capital Kathmandu, 3 km north of the border of the Indian state of Bihar. As an entry point to Nepal from Patna and Calcutta it is also known...
  
  
• Birgunj
• Chainpur, Bagmati
  Chainpur, Bagmati
  Chainpur, Bagmati is a village development committee in Dhading District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5931 and had 1118 houses in it....
  
  
• Chainpur, Kosi
  Chainpur, Kosi
  Chainpur is a village development committee in Sankhuwasabha District in the Kosi Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4933 people living in 948 individual households.-References:...
  
  
• Chainpur, Narayani
  Chainpur, Narayani
  Chainpur is a village development committee in Chitwan District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 96960 people living in 1781 individual households....
  
  
• Chamlang
• Chitwan District
  Chitwan District
  Chitwan District and one sub-Metropolitan city - Bharatpur and a municipality Ratnanagar each of which has more than nine wards or urban areas....
  
  
• Cho Polu
  Cho Polu
  Cho Polu is a mountain in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal. Southern neighbors include Num Ri and Baruntse while Imja Tse lies immediately to the west....
  
  
• Cholatse
  Cholatse
  Cholatse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Nepalese Himalaya. Cholatse is connected to Taboche by a long ridge. The Chola glacier descends off the east face...
  
  
• Dadeldhura District
  Dadeldhura District
  Dadeldhura district, a part of Mahakali zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Dadeldhura as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,538km² and has a population of 126,162....
  
  
• Dailekh District
  Dailekh District
  -Village Development Committees :*Awal Parajul*Bada Bhairab*Bada Khola*Badalamji*Baluwatar*Bansi*Baraha*Basantamala*Belaspur*Belpata*Bhawani*Bindhyabasini*Bisalla*Chamunda*Chauratha*Dada Parajul*Dullu*Gamaudi*Gauri*Goganpani*Jaganath...
  
  
• Dang Deokhuri District
  Dang Deokhuri District
  Dang-Deukhuri, District is an Inner Terai district some 280 km west of Kathmandu in Rapti Zone of Nepal's Mid-Western Region. Dang-Deukhuri covers an area of 2,955 km² with population of 462,380...
  
  
• Dang, Nepal
• Darchula District
  Darchula District
  Darchula District of 121,996.The town has an Indian counterpart to its northwest, named Dharchula. The split between the two towns is just virtual as the traditions, culture, and lifestyle of the people living across both the regions are quite similar....
  
  
• Dhading District
  Dhading District
  -Geography:The district spreads from 27'40" E to 28'17" E and 80'17"N to 84'35"N. The mountain range "Ganesh" is the predominate mountain range located within Dhading. Some of the peaks are over 7,000 meters. The 8,000+ meter mountain "Manaslu" is clearly visible from much of Dhading, although it...
  
  
• Dhangadi, Sagarmatha
  Dhangadi, Sagarmatha
  Dhangadi, Sagarmatha is a village development committee in Siraha District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7593 people living in 1405 individual households.-External links:*...
  
  
• Dhankuta
  Dhankuta
  Dhankuta is a hill town of Nepal located along the geographical coordinates- 26° 59' 0" N / 87° 20' 0" E, with about 20,000 inhabitants, located in the Dhankuta District in the eastern part of Nepal. Until about 1963 Dhankuta Bazaar was the administrative headquarters for the whole of...
  
  
• Dhankuta District
  Dhankuta District
  Dhankuta District , a part of Kosi Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district covers an area of 891 km² and has a population of 166,479., Dhankuta is the district headquarters and a major administrative region in the Eastern...
  
  
• Dhanusa District
  Dhanusa District
  Dhanusa District of 671,364. It lies in the Central Development Region of Nepal. Also famous as a cultural center, the city attracts many Hindu pilgrims during festivals from both Nepal and India....
  
  
• Dharan, Nepal
  Dharan, Nepal
  Dharan is a major city in eastern Nepal, in the Sunsari District, situated on foothills of Mahabharat Range with southern tip touching the edge of the Terai at an altitude of 1148 ft . It serves as a trading post between the hilly region and the plains of Terai region. It was once the...
  
  
• Dhawalagiri Zone
  Dhawalagiri Zone
  Dhawalagiri is one of the fourteen zones of Nepal. It comes under the Western division of Nepal. Baglung is the headquarters of this zone. Famous trekking areas like Mustang, Muktinath, Kali Gandaki valley and Mt Dhaulagiri fall in this zone...
  
  
• Dingboche
  Dingboche
  Dingboche is a village in the Khumbu region of north eastern Nepal in the Chukhung Valley. Its populations was estimated at approximately 200 in 2011. Situated at an altitude of about 4,530 metres .-Tourism:...
  
  
• Districts of Nepal
  Districts of Nepal
  Nepal's 14 administrative zones are subdivided into 75 districts . These districts are listed below, by zone...
  
  
• Dolkha District
  Dolkha District
  Dolakha, often Dolkha or Dholkha of 204,229.It is an ecstatic place with a strong religious affiliation. It is popularly known amongst most Nepalese for the temple of Dolakha Bhimeshwor...
  
  
• Dolpa District
  Dolpa District
  -Geography:Dolpa is the largest district of Nepal covering 5.36% of the total landmass of the country. Located between 28°24’ N - 29°43’ N latitude, and 82°24’ E - 83°38’ E longitude, the elevation in Dolpa ranges from above sea level...
  
  
• Doti District
  Doti District
  -History:Doti was a medieval kingdom of Nepal founded by Niranjan Malla Deo, the younger brother of Abhay Pal of Askot. Rulers of Doti were called 'Raika'...
  
  
• Dudh Kosi
  Dudh Kosi
  -Kosi river system:The Kosi or Sapt Kosi drains eastern Nepal. It is known as Sapt Koshi because of the seven rivers which join together in east-central Nepal to form this river. The main rivers forming the Kosi system are – the Sun Kosi, the Indravati River, the Bhola Kosi, the Dudh Kosi, the Arun...
  
  
• Eastern Nepal
• Gaighat
  Gaighat
  Gaighat is a town in east Nepal. It is situated in a valley and surrounded by the Chure Hills. Many different ethnic groups and castes live in Gaighat, following their old traditions and speaking many languages. As a trade focal point of the Udayapur District, this place has an emerging number...
  
  
• Galwa
  Galwa
  Galwa is a small town in the mid-western region of Nepal. It is located at 29°40'0N 81°52'0E at an altitude of 1662m near to the Karnali River.-References:...
  
  
• Gandaki Zone
  Gandaki Zone
  The Gandaki zone that make up the Gandaki River. Pokhara serves as its regional and zonal capital. It is also the birthplace of Bhanubhakta Acharya, first poet of Nepal.The Gandaki zone is home to multiple cultures which are unique in themselves...
  
  
• Garhi
• Gaushala Bazar
  Gaushala Bazar
  Gaushala Bazar is the second largest business center in the Mahottari district of Nepal. The animal market of the place is well known. Gaushala is a Sanskrit word, which means the house of Cow. There is a huge cattle pen named Gaushala containing more than one hundred cows. It is protected by the...
  
  
• Gorakshep
  Gorakshep
  Gorak Shep or Gorakshep is a frozen lakebed covered with sand and also the name of small village that sits on its border at 5,164m , near Mount Everest....
  
  
• Gorkha District
  Gorkha District
  Gorkha District of 288,134. It is the location of the Manakamana Temple. Also, the temples of great sage Gorakh Nath and goddess Gorakh Kali temple is located in district, after which the district got its name. Four major rivers run within and along it, they are Chepe, Daraudi, Marsyangdi and...
  
  
• Gosaikunda
  Gosaikunda
  Gosaikunda, also spelled Gosainkunda and Gosain Kunda is an alpine freshwateroligotrophic lake in Nepal's Langtang National Park, located at an altitude of above sea level in the Rasuwa District with a surface of...
  
  
• Gulmi District
  Gulmi District
  Gulmi District of 296,654. It is famous for coffee farming. Ruru, a Holy Place now also known as Ridi,is a market centre,where many of the tamples are situated.Maghe sankranti and other festivals are celebrated here. Many local as well as foreign tourists come here to visit the place...
  
  
• Gurans Himal
  Gurans Himal
  The Gurans Himal is a small subrange of the Himalaya in far western Nepal. It is little-known, since it does not contain any 8000 metre peaks, or even any peaks above 7,200 metres. Its highest peak is Api, , which, despite its relatively low height compared to the major Himalayan peaks, rises...
  
  
• Gyachung Kang
  Gyachung Kang
  Gyachung Kang is a mountain in the Mahalangur Himal section of the Himalaya, and is the highest peak between Cho Oyu and Mount Everest . It lies on the border between Nepal and China...
  
  
• Helambu
  Helambu
  Helambu is a region of highland villages in Nepal, close to Kathmandu. It is the home of the Hyolmo. The word Helambu derives from the word Yolmo or Hyolmo. The Helambu region begins at the Lauribina La pass and descends to the Melamchi valley...
  
  
• Hetauda
  Hetauda
  Hetauda is a town in the Makwanpur District of the Narayani Zone in southern Nepal. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Makwanpur district. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 53,836 people living in 10,420 individual households...
  
  
• Hill Region
  Hill Region
  Nepal's Hill region consists predominantly of the land area from 600 metres to 1,800 metres above sea level.The area consists of the historically important then state: Gorkha district, Syangja, Kaski, Lamjung, and Tanahun, among others....
  
  
• Hillary Step
• Humla District
  Humla District
  Humla District of 40,595.The Northern part of Humla District is inhabited by Buddhists,originating from Tibet, whereas the South is mostly inhabited by Hindus.-Towns and villages:Bargaun,Chhipra,Dami,Dandafaya,Gothi,Hepka,Jaira,Kalika,Kermi,...
  
  
• Hunku Glacier
  Hunku Glacier
  The Hunku Glacier is located in the Khumbu of eastern Nepal and forms the southern base of Baruntse ....
  
  
• Ilam District
  Ilam District
  Ilam district of 282,806. It is about 600 km from Kathmandu. The highest point is Sandakpur with an elevation of 3000m. Ilam attracts many researchers who come to study rare birds and the Red Panda...
  
  
• Jagat
  Jagat
  Jagat is a village development committee in Lamjung District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central NepalThe Durga temple, Ambika Mata Temple, is in a village by the same name in Udaipur district in Rajasthan, India....
  
  
• Jajarkot District
  Jajarkot District
  Jajarkot District of 134,868.Jajarkotis one of the district of Bheri Zone in Mid-western Region of Nepal. Khalanga is its headquarter...
  
  
• Janakpur
• Jhapa District
  Jhapa District
  Jhapa District, a district of Mechi Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Chandragadhi as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,606 km² and has a population of 688,109.-Location:...
  
  
• Jhawani
  Jhawani
  Jhawani is a town in Nepal, approximately 75 kilometres west of the capital Kathmandu....
  
  
• Jumla District
  Jumla District
  Jumla District|Jumla]] as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,531 km² and has a population of 89,427.The origin of Nepali language is Sinja of Jumla...
  
  
• Kailali District
  Kailali District
  Kailali District of 616,697. Dhangadhi is a center of attraction of not only Kailali district but of the whole seti zone. The district also contains Tikapur Park, one of the biggest parks in Nepal, and Godha-Ghodi Tal lake.-Towns and villages:Baliya...
  
  
• Kali Gandaki Gorge
  Kali Gandaki Gorge
  The Kali Gandaki Gorge or Andha Galchi is the gorge of the Kali Gandaki in the Himalayas in Nepal, by some measures the deepest gorge in the world....
  
  
• Kalikot District
  Kalikot District
  Kalikot District of 105,580. In September 2005, in a bid to encourage a change in social attitudes, the government announced that it would provide rice to any family that had recently had a girl born.-Village Development Committees :*Badalkot*Chhapre...
  
  
• Kamdi, Kaski
• Kanchanpur District
  Kanchanpur District
  -Basic statistics:* District: Kanchanpur* Headquarters: Mahendranagar* Area: 1610 km²* Total Population: 377,899* Literacy rate: 57.60% -Political divisions:* Political constituencies: 4...
  
  
• Kapilavastu
  Kapilavastu
  Kapilavastu is the name of a region of ancient Shakya kingdom that is considered a holy pilgrimage place for Buddhists. The search for the Buddha's birthplace following the accounts left by Xuanzang and Faxian involved various searches in the late 19th century...
  
  
• Kapilvastu District
  Kapilvastu District
  Kapilvastu district of 481,976.-Geography:The district situated at the height of 93 to 1491 meters from sea level. Geographically, the district can be divided into plain low lands of terai and low Chure hills.Kapilvastu is bounded by-...
  
  
• Karnali River
• Karnali Zone
  Karnali Zone
  Karnali Zone in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. The headquarters is Jumla.Karnali Zone is one of the poorest and most remote regions of Nepal, not very accessible by road yet. There are airfields in all districts except Kalikot which is connected by seasonal roadways to Jumla...
  
  
• Kaski District
  Kaski District
  Kaski District of 380,527.The district covers parts of the Annapurna mountain range, and the picturesque scene of the mountains can be observed from most parts of the district...
  
  
• Kathmandu District
  Kathmandu District
  Kathmandu District is a district located in Kathmandu Valley, Bagmati Zone of Nepal, a landlocked country in South Asia. It is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, covers an area of 395 km2 and is the most densely populated district of Nepal with a population of 1,081,845 in 2001...
  
  
• Kathmandu Valley
  Kathmandu Valley
  The Kathmandu Valley , located in Nepal, lies at the crossroads of ancient civilizations of Asia, and has at least 130 important monuments, including several places of pilgrimage for the Hindus and the Buddhists. There are seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites within this valley.-Etymology:The city of...
  
  
• Kavrepalanchok District
  Kavrepalanchok District
  -Towns and villages:Anaikot Balathali Balting Baluwa Baluwapatti Deupur Banakhu Chor Banepa Batase Bekhsimle Bhimkhori Bhumidanda Bhumlutar Birtadeurali Bolde Fediche Budhakhani Chalal Ganeshsthan Chandeni Mandan Choubas Chyamrangbesi...
  
  
• Keware
  Keware
  Keware is a village in central Nepal and is approximately 120 kilometres west of the capital, Kathmandu....
  
  
• Khotang District
  Khotang District
  Khotang District, a part of Sagarmatha Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Diktel as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,591 km² and has a population of 231,385. Khotang is part of the area traditionally called...
  
  
• Khumbu
  Khumbu
  Khumbu is located in northeastern Nepal on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest. It is part of the Solukhumbu District, which in turn is part of the Sagarmatha Zone. Khumbu is one of three subregions of the main Khambu and Sherpa settlement of the Himalaya, the other two being Solu and Pharak...
  
  
• Khumbu Glacier
  Khumbu Glacier
  The Khumbu Glacier is located in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal between Mount Everest and the Lhotse-Nuptse ridge. With elevations of at its terminus to at its source, it is the world's highest glacier. The Khumbu Glacier is followed for the final part of the trail to Everest Base Camp....
  
  
• Khumbu Icefall
  Khumbu Icefall
  The Khumbu Icefall is an icefall at the head of the Khumbu Glacier.The icefall is found at on the Nepali slopes of Mount Everest not far above Base Camp and southwest of the summit. The icefall is regarded as one of the most dangerous stages of the South Col route to Everest's summit...
  
  
• Khumbutse
  Khumbutse
  Khumbutse is the first mountain west of Mount Everest. It lies at the border between Nepal and China....
  
  
• Khumjung
  Khumjung
  Khumjung is a village and Village Development Committee in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1809 people living in 433 individual households....
  
  
• Kirtipur
  Kirtipur
  Kirtipur is an ancient city in Nepal. It is located in Kathmandu District of Bagmati Zone 5 km south-west of the Kathmandu. It is one of the five municipalities of the Kathmandu Valley.-Etymology:...
  
  
• Kohalpur
  Kohalpur
  Kohalpur is a town in Banke District in the Bheri Zone in mid-western Nepal. The town is in East-West highway and one of the fastest developing places in Nepal. A neighboring city Nepalgunj is on South , and further 6 km is the Indian border. In fact it is a growing city in the western...
  
  
• Kongde Ri
  Kongde Ri
  Kongde Ri is a mountain in the Himalaya of eastern Nepal. The mountain is located four km west of Namche Bazaar.The mountain is classified as a trekking peak, but it is considered one of the more difficult to climb. A climbing permit costs $350 USD for up to 4 climbers....
  
  
• Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
  Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
  The Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve is a protected area in the Terai of eastern Nepal covering of wetlands in the Sunsari, Saptari and Udayapur Districts. In altitude it ranges from and consists of extensive mudflats, reed beds, and freshwater marshes in the floodplain of the Sapta Kosi River...
  
  
• Kunchla
  Kunchla
  Kunchla is a town in central Nepal, approximately 100 kilometres north-west of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu....
  
  
• Kusum Kangguru
  Kusum Kangguru
  Kusum Kanguru is a mountain in the Khumbu Region of the Himalaya in Nepal...
  
  
• Lalitpur District, Nepal
  Lalitpur District, Nepal
  Lalitpur District of 337,785. It is one of the three districts in the Kathmandu Valley, along with Kathmandu and Bhaktapur.Lalitpur District has many schools, colleges and hotels. Adarsha Vidya Mandir, St. Xavier's School, St...
  
  
• Lamjung District
  Lamjung District
  Lamjung District of 177,149. Lamjung mainly consists of agricultural villages. The picture on the right is a scene taken in a village called "Kapur Gaun". CHESS Nepal is based in Lamjung District.-Village Development Committees :*Archalebot...
  
  
• Langtang
  Langtang
  Langtang is a region in Nepal to the north of Kathmandu and bordering Tibet. It is protected as Langtang National Park and has a number of high peaks including Langtang Lirung . As of 2010, the entrance ticket to the park cost 2400 Nepali Rupees for foreigners.About 4,500 people live inside the...
  
  
• Lekhnath
  Lekhnath
  Lekhnath is a municipality in Kaski District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. It is located in the south western part of the Pokhara Valley, about 10 km southwest of Pokhara and about 190 km west of Kathmandu. Total population of the city is 41,369 as per the census...
  
  
• Lobuche
  Lobuche
  Lobuche is a Nepalese mountain which lies close to the Khumbu Glacier. There are two main peaks, Lobuche Far East and Lobuche East . At , Lobuche East is higher...
  
  
• Lumbini
  Lumbini
  Lumbinī is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi district of Nepal. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, who as the Buddha Gautama founded the Buddhist tradition. The Buddha lived between roughly 563 and 483 BCE...
  
  
• Lumbini Zone
  Lumbini Zone
  Lumbini Zone, is one of the 14 zones of Nepal and is home to Lumbini site, the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, who later became the historical Buddha and founder of the Buddhist philosophy...
  
  
• Mahakali River
• Mahakali Zone
  Mahakali Zone
  Mahakali|Kali River]] or Mahakali River, which originates from Kalapani.Mahakali's headquarter is Mahendranagar in Kanchanpur District. The zone covers the Himalayan range including Api Peak in the North, Hill valleys, Inner Terai valleys such as Patan in Baitadi District in the center and the...
  
  
• Mahalangur Himal
  Mahalangur Himal
  Mahālangūr Himāl is a section of the Himalaya in northeast Nepal and south-central Tibet extending from the pass Nangpa La between Rolwaling Himal and Cho Oyu east to the Arun River. It includes Mount Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and Cho Oyu) -- four of Earth's six highest peaks...
  
  
• Mahottari District
  Mahottari District
  Mahottari District of 553,481.Its headquarters is located in Jaleshwor, a neighbouring town of historical city, Janakpur. The name Jaleshwor means the 'God in Water'. One can find a famous temple of Lord Shiva in Water there...
  
  
• Makaikhola
  Makaikhola
  Makaikhola is a small village around 15 kilometres, east of Pokhara, Nepal.The main village is sub divided into two part by a small stream flowing from between the village the name of the stream is Kamdi Khola the area to the east of the stream is called poudel gam,whereas to the west is called...
  
  
• Makalu Barun
  Makalu Barun
  Makalu Barun National Park is the eighth national park in the Himalayas of Nepal and was established in 1992 as eastern extension of the Sagarmatha National Park...
  
  
• Makwanpur District
  Makwanpur District
  Makwanpur District of 392,604. Bhimfedi market of the district was the traditional route to enter Kathmandu valley from the south.-Village Development Committees :*Agara*Ambhanjyang*Bajrabarahi*Basamadi*Betini*Bhaise*Bharta Pundyadevi*Bhimfedi...
  
  
• Manang District
  Manang District
  Manang District of 9,587.The pass of Thorung La at 5415 meters above the sea connects the district to Mustang District by providing a route between the towns of Manang and Muktinath....
  
  
• Mansiri Himal
  Mansiri Himal
  Mansiri Himal is a small, high subrange. of the Himalaya in north-central Nepal, about 100km northwest of Kathmandu. The Marsyangdi River separates the Mansiri from the Annapurnas to the southwest, then an upper tributary Dudh Khola separates Peri Himal to the northwest...
  
  
• Mechi Zone
  Mechi Zone
  Mechi and other ethnic groups like Koche and Meche, and hill castes like Bahun and Chhetris.Mechi is divided into four districts:*Ilam District*Jhapa District*Panchthar District*Taplejung District...
  
  
• Mera Peak
  Mera Peak
  Mera Peak is a mountain which lies in the Himalayas, in the Sagarmatha region of Nepal. At it is classified as a trekking peak.The first ascent was on May 20, 1953 by Col. Jimmy Roberts and Sen Tenzing. The region was first explored extensively by British expeditions in the early 50s before and...
  
  
• Morang District
  Morang District
  Morang District , a part of Kosi Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Biratnagar as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,855 km² and has a population of 843,220....
  
  
• Mount Kanguru
• Mugu District
  Mugu District
  Mugu District of 43,937. The biggest lake in Nepal, Rara Lake, also known as Mahendra Daha, lies in the Mugu District.It is one of the biggest districts of Nepal.Pulu is one of the famous Village Development Committee of Mugu district...
  
  
• Mustang District
  Mustang District
  Mustang District, a part of Dhawalagiri Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Jomsom as its headquarters, covers an area of 3,573 km² and has a population of 14,981....
  
  
• Myagdi District
  Myagdi District
  -Village Development Committees :*Arman*Arthunge*Babiyachaur*Baranja*Begkhola*Bhakilmi*Bima*Chimkhola*Dagnam*Dana*Darwang*Devisthan*Dhatan*Dowa*Gurja Khani*Histhan Mandali*Jhin*Jyamrukot*Kuhunkot*Kuinemangale*Lulang*Malkwang*Marang*Mudi...
  
  
• Nagbahal
  Nagbahal
  Nagbahal is located at the heart of the city of Lalitpur in Kathmandu Valley, in Nepal. Around 5000 people live in the Nagbahal community, mainly from Newar ethnic groups...
  
  
• Nalakankar Himal
  Nalakankar Himal
  The Nalakankar Himal is a small subrange of the Himalayan range in southern Tibet and the northwest corner of Nepal. It lies south of Lake Manasarowar. Its southern boundary is the Humla Karnali, a tributary of the Karnali, one of the major rivers of western Nepal. This river separates the range...
  
  
• Narayangarh
• Nawalparasi District
  Nawalparasi District
  Nawalparasi District of 562,870. This district has given birth to many Nepal's top level people including late Prime Minister Tanka Prasad Acharya...
  
  
• Nepalganj
• Ngadi Chuli
  Ngadi Chuli
  Ngadi Chuli is a high peak in the Mansiri Himal , also known as the Gurkha Massif, in Nepal. It is flanked by Manaslu to the north and Himalchuli to the south....
  
  
• Nguzumpa glacier
  Nguzumpa glacier
  The Nguzumpa glacier, below Cho Oyu in Nepal, at , is the longest glacier in the Himalayas....
  
  
• Nuwakot, Bagmati
• Nuwakot, Rapti
  Nuwakot, Rapti
  Nuwakot is a village development committee in Rukum District in the Rapti Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4071....
  
  
• Nuwakot District
  Nuwakot District
  Nuwakot District of 288,478.The district contains places of historical significance such as Nuwakot Palace located in the village of Nuwakot and Devighat located at the confluence of the Tadi and Trishuli Rivers.-Towns and villages:...
  
  
• Okhaldhunga District
  Okhaldhunga District
  Okhaldhunga District of 156,702.Okhaldhunga is part of area traditionally called Wallo Kirat,home to indigenous ethnic groups Rai and Sunuwar...
  
  
• Palpa District
  Palpa District
  -Village Development Committee :*Archale*Argali*Bahadurpur*Bakamalang*Baldengadhi*Bandi Pokhara*Barangdi old name archale barangdi name came from barandi khola on the bank of this river the famous rani mahal is situated*Bhairabsthan*Bhuwan...
  
  
• Panchthar District
  Panchthar District
  Panchthar District of 202,056. Panchthar's majority population is that of Kirantis and other ethnic groups and hill castes.-Village Development Committees :*Aangna*Aangsarang*Aarubote*Ambarpur*Bharapa*Chilingdin*Chokmagu...
  
  
• Parbat District
  Parbat District
  Parbat District of 157,826.It is mainly famous for the Gupteshowr Cave, which is visited by thousands of pilgrims during Shivaratri. It is also noted for the Dahere Deurali Temple, which is visited by thousands of pilgrims during Balachaturdanshai....
  
  
• Parsa District
  Parsa District
  -Village Development Committees :*Alau*Amarpatti*Auraha*Bagahi*Bagbana*Bageswori*Bahauri Pidari*Bahurbamatha*Basadilwa*Basantpur*Belwa Parsouni*Beriya Birta*Bhawanipur*Bhedihari*Bhisawa*Bijbaniya*Bindabasini*Biranchibarba*Birganj...
  
  
• Phaphlu
  Phaphlu
  Phaphlu is a mountainous town in north-east Nepal, approximately 90 kilometres east of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu.-See also:* Phaplu Airport...
  
  
• Pokalde
  Pokalde
  Pokalde Peak is a mountain peak of Nepal situated 12 km southwest of Mount Everest. Pokalde Peak is one of the shortest and easiest trekking peaks in the Everest Region...
  
  
• Protected areas of Nepal
• Pyuthan
• Pyuthan District
  Pyuthan District
  Pyuthan District of 212,484. Pyuthan Khalanga is the district's administrative center.-Geography:Pyuthan borders Dang Deukhuri District to the southwest along the crest of the Mahabharat Range and extends about 50 km northeast through the Middle Hills to a 3,000+ meter ridge that is both...
  
  
• Rajbiraj
  Rajbiraj
  Rajbiraj, a mid-sized town in south-eastern Nepal, 16 kilometers north of the Indian border. It is the administrative headquarters of the Saptari district. It has an airfield with flights to Kathmandu. The government planned to convert the airport to an international airport but the program is...
  
  
• Ramechhap District
  Ramechhap District
  Ramechhap District of 212,408 and a density of 137.4 per km2. The district has the highest population of endangered native group Kusunda and has the lowest population growth rate in Nepal.-Etymology:...
  
  
• Rapti Zone
  Rapti Zone
  Rapti Anchal in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. It is named after the West Rapti River which drains Rolpa, Pyuthan and part of Dang district. The remainder of Dang and part of Salyan are drained by the Babai. The remainder of Salyan and all of Rukum are drained by the Bheri.The...
  
  
• Rara Lake
  Rara Lake
  Rara Lake is the biggest lake of Nepal. It lies in Rara Village Development Committee, Mugu District in Western Nepal and falls under the Rara National Park....
  
  
• Rasua Garhi
  Rasua Garhi
  Rasua Gardhi is a ruined fort, dating back to the wars between Nepal and Tibet in the 19th century. It is situated directly south of the footbridge over the Lendi Kola which leads into Tibet Autonomous Region . At present there is an army post about 5 km south which prevents non-Nepalis from...
  
  
• Rasuwa District
  Rasuwa District
  Rasuwa District of 44,731.Gosaikunda lake is located in the district.-Village Development Committees :*Bhorle*Briddhim*Chilime*Dandagaun*Dhaibung*Dhunche*Gatlang*Goljung*Haku*Jibjibe*Khamjim*Laharepauwa*Langtang*Ramche*Saramthali...
  
  
• Rautahat District
  Rautahat District
  -Village Development Committees :*Ajagabi*Akolawa*Auraiya*Badharwa*Bagahi*Bahuwa Madanpur*Bairiya*Banjaraha*Bariyarpur*Basantapatti*Basatpur*Basbiti Jingadiya*Bhalohiya*Bhediyahi*Birtipraskota*Bishrampur*Bisunpurwa Manpur*Brahmapuri...
  
  
• Regions of Nepal
  Regions of Nepal
  Nepal is divided into 14 administrative zones , which are divided into 75 districts . The 14 administrative zones are grouped into five development regions...
  
  
• Rolpa District
  Rolpa District
  Rolpa of 210,004. Livang is the district's administrative center.By Nepalese standards, Rolpa is an underdeveloped area plagued by low life expectancy and poverty . It was a major flashpoint in the 1996-2006 Civil War.Adjoining districts are Dang to the south, Pyuthan to the east, Salyan to the...
  
  
• Royal Chitwan National Park
  Royal Chitwan National Park
  Chitwan National Park is the first national park in Nepal. Formerly called Royal Chitwan National Park it was established in 1973 and granted the status of a World Heritage Site in 1984. It covers an area of and is located in the subtropical Inner Terai lowlands of south-central Nepal in the...
  
  
• Rukum District
  Rukum District
  Rukum District of 188,438. Musikot is the district's administrative center.Rukum district has many potential tourist attractions that remain unexplored. There is 5,849 meter Mt. Sisne , also called virgin mountain. Nobody claims to have conquered this mountain yet. Rukum is also called "the...
  
  
• Rukumkot
  Rukumkot
  Rukumkot is a town located in a valley in Rukum district, Nepal approximately 350 kilometres west of Kathmandu. Nearby is a pond called Rukmini Tal Rukumkot is a town located in a valley in Rukum district, Nepal approximately 350 kilometres west of Kathmandu. Nearby is a pond called Rukmini Tal...
  
  
• Rupallii
• Rupandehi District
  Rupandehi District
  -Village Development Committees :*Aama*Aanandaban*Amari*Amawa Marchawar*Amuwa Paschim*Asurena*Babhani*Bagaha*Bagauli*Bairghat*Balarampur*Bangai*Bangai Marchwar*Baragadewa*Barsauli*Basantapur*Betakuiya*Bhagawanpur*Bisunpura*Bodabar*Bogadi...
  
  
• Sagarmatha Zone
  Sagarmatha Zone
  Sagarmāthā zone in the north, hill districts in the center, and valley districts of the Terai in the south. The borders of this zone are China to the north, India to the south, the Koshi Zone to the east and the Janakpur Zone to the west....
  
  
• Salasungo
  Salasungo
  Ganesh NW is a peak of the Ganesh Himal, which is a subrange of the Himalayan range.Ganesh NW, and the entire Ganesh Himal, lie between the Burhi Gandaki and Trisuli Gandaki valleys, about 70 km northwest of Kathmandu...
  
  
• Salyan District
  Salyan District
  Salyan District of 213,500. The district's administrative center is named Salyan or Salyan Khalanga.The district is known for its Hindu temples including Shiva temples in Chhayachhetra and Laxmipur, and the Devi temple at Khairabang in Hiwalcha VDC, one of nine in Nepal...
  
  
• Sankhuwasabha District
  Sankhuwasabha District
  Sankhuwasabha District of 159,203.Indigenous ethnics Yakkhas, Rais, Limbus, and other hill castes and ethnic groups Sankhuwasabha District of 159,203.Indigenous ethnics Yakkhas, Rais, Limbus, and other hill castes (e.g. Chhetri, Bahuns) and ethnic groups Sankhuwasabha District of...
  
  
• Sapt Koshi
  Sapt Koshi
  Sapt Koshi is a large river in eastern Nepal. It flows into India to join the Ganges. The river name "Sapta" means "seven" in area languages, as seven rivers flow together out of the eastern himalaya to create the Sapta Koshi river. The seven rivers are the Indrawati, Bhote Koshi, Tama Koshi,...
  
  
• Saptari District
  Saptari District
  Saptari District of 570,282. Saptari is renowned for its agricultural output, and is bordered on the east by the massive Sapt Koshi river.Significant towns are Rajbiraj, the district centre, Hanumannagar, and Fattepur with the area government "Matsya Palan Kendra" fish farm.The famous Chhinna...
  
  
• Sarlahi District
  Sarlahi District
  -Village Development Committees :*Achalgadh*Arnaha*Atrouli*Aurahi*Babarganj*Bagdaha*Bahadurpur*Balara*Bara Udhoran*Barahathawa*Basantapur*Batraul*Bela*Belhi*Belwajabdi*Bhadsar*Bhagawatipur*Bhaktipur*Bhawanipur*Brahmapuri*Chandra Nagar...
  
  
• Seti River
  Seti River
  The Seti River is an important tributary of the Karnali system that drains western Nepal.-Course:The Seti originates from the snow fields and glaciers around the twin peaks of Api and Nampa in the south facing slopes of the main Himalayas. The area is near the trijunction of the borders of Nepal,...
  
  
• Seti Zone
  Seti Zone
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  Simikot

  Simikot is a mountainous town in the Himalayas of northwest Nepal, near the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is the administrative headquarters of the Humla district in the Karnali Zone of Nepal....

  
  
• Sindhuli District
  Sindhuli District
  -Historical Importance:This place has a huge historic significance. The Sindhuli Gadhi in Sindhuli is the place where British soldiers were defeated for the first time in Asia in 1767 A.D . The British under the leadership of Captain Kinloch came to help the then ruler of Kathmandu, Jai Prakash...
  
  
• Sindhulpalchok District
  Sindhulpalchok District
  Sindhupalchok District is a part of Bagmati Zone and one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, with an area of . The district's headquarters is in Chautara...
  
  
• Siraha District
  Siraha District
  -Village Development Committees :*Arnama Lalpur*Arnama Rampur*Asanpur*Ashokpur Balkawa*Aurahi*Ayodhyanagar*Badharamal*Barchhawa*Bariyarpatti*Basbita*Bastipur*Belaha*Belhi*Betauna*Bhadaiya*Bhagawanpur*Bhagawatipur*Bhawanipur...
  
  
• Siwalik Hills
  Siwalik Hills
  The Sivalik hills is a mountain range of the outer Himalayas also known as Manak Parbat in ancient times. Shivalik literally means 'tresses of Shiva’. This range is about long enclosing an area that starts almost from the Indus and ends close to the Brahmaputra, with a gap of about between the...
  
  
• Solukhumbu District
  Solukhumbu District
  Solukhumbu District of 107,686.Mount Everest is located in the northern part of this district, within Sagarmatha National Park.Indigenous ethnic Rai and hill Caste Chhetri are the main groups living in the mid-hills, while Sherpas occupy high mountains....
  
  
• Sunsari District
  Sunsari District
  Sunsari District of 625,633.The area was originally part of Morang but became its own district in 1962 when Nepal was divided into 14 zones and 75 districts....
  
  
• Surkhet
  Surkhet
  Surkhet is a district in the Bheri Zone of the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. Birendranagar is the administrative headquarter of Surkhet as well as the whole Mid-Western Development Region...
  
  
• Surkhet District
  Surkhet District
  -Village Development Committees :*Agragaun*Awalaching*Babiyachaur*Bajedichaur*Betan*Bidyapur*Bijaura*Birendranagar*Chapre*Chhinchu*Dahachaur*Dandakhali*Dasarathpur*Dharapani*Gadi...
  
  
• Taboche
  Taboche
  Taboche is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Nepalese Himalaya. Taboche is connected to Cholatse by a long ridge...
  
  
• Tamur River
  Tamur River
  The Tamur River is a major river in eastern Nepal, which begins around Kanchenjunga. The Tamur and the Arun join the Sun Kosi at Tribenighat to form the giant Saptakoshi which flows through Mahabharat Range on to the Gangetic plain-Kosi river system:...
  
  
• Tanahu District
  Tanahu District
  Tanahun District of 315,237. Previously the town of Bandipur was its district headquarters.-Coordinates & Location type:*Latitude: 27.91667*Longitude:84.25*Latitude :27° 55' 0 N*Longitude :84° 15' 0 E-Village Development Committees :...
  
  
• Taplejung District
  Taplejung District
  Taplejung District of 134,698.The name Taplejung is derived from the words "Taple" and "Jung". Taple was the medieval Limbu King who used to rule the area and "Jung" in Limbu language means Fort. Literally, Taplejung means Fort of King Taple....
  
  
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• Tengboche
  Tengboche
  Tengboche is a village in Khumjung in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal, located at . In the village is an important Buddhist monastery, Tengboche Monastery, which is the largest gompa in the Khumbu region. The structure was built in 1923. In 1934, it was destroyed by an earthquake but...
  
  
• Terhathum District
  Terhathum District
  Terhathum District of 113,111. The word Tehrathum is constructed from thirteen and "thum" . This can be spelled as Terathum, Tehrathum or Terhathum. The town supposedly is the site of one of a series of guard posts once protecting the territory of the Limbus...
  
  
• Thalara
  Thalara
  Thalara is a small Nepalese village on the Seti River in the North-West Bajhang district of Nepal....
  
  
• Thame, Nepal
  Thame, Nepal
  Thame is a small village in the Solukhumbu District in Nepal. It is near Mount Everest, on the salt trading route that existed between Tibet, Nepal and India. Many Sherpa live in the village and it is the home of Apa Sherpa, who holds the world record for summiting Everest 21 times...
  
  
• Thamserku
  Thamserku
  Thamserku is a mountain in the Himalaya of eastern Nepal. The mountain is connected by a ridge leading eastward to Kangtega. Thamserku is a prominent mountain to the east of Namche Bazaar and lies just north of Kusum Kangguru.-External links:*...
  
  
• Thorong La
• Tilicho Peak
  Tilicho Peak
  Tilicho Peak is a mountain in the Nepalese Himalaya, near Annapurna. The peak was discovered in 1950 by the team led by Maurice Herzog who were attempting to find Annapurna I....
  
  
• Tilicho lake
  Tilicho lake
  Tilicho lake is one of the highest lakes in the world. It is 4,949 m high in the Annapurna range of the Himalayas in Manang district of Nepal.Another source lists Lake Tilicho as being 4,919 meters high ....
  
  
• Udayapur District
  Udayapur District
  -Village Development Committees :*Aaptar*Balamta*Baraha*Barre*Basabote*Bashasa*Beltar*Bhumarashuwa*Bhuttar*Chaudandi*Dumre*Gaighat*Hadiya*Hardeni*Iname*Jalpachilaune*Jante*Jogidaha*Katari*Katunjebawala*Khanbu*Laphagaun*Lekhani*Lekhgaun...
  
  
• Western Cwm
  Western Cwm
  Often called the Valley of Silence, the Western Cwm is a broad, flat, gently undulating glacial valley basin terminating at the foot of the Lhotse Face of Mount Everest. It was named by George Leigh Mallory when he first saw it in 1921...
  
  

Government of Nepal

• Constitution of Nepal
  Constitution of Nepal
  Nepal is governed under the Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2007. It came into force on January 15, 2007. the Interim Constitution was drafted by a committee headed by the late Justice Laxman Prasad Aryal...
  
  
• List of Prime Ministers of Nepal
• MOPE
• National Assembly of Nepal
  National Assembly of Nepal
  The National Assembly was the upper house of parliament in Nepal during the 1990 Constitution. It was composed of 60 members: 10 nominated by the king, 35 elected by the House of Representatives and the remaining 15 elected by an electoral college made up of chairs of villages and towns...
  
  
• Nepal House of Representatives
  Nepal House of Representatives
  The House of Representatives was the lower house of parliament during the 1990 Constitution in Nepal. It consisted of 205 members directly elected by the people. It had five-year terms, but it could be dissolved by the king on the advice of the prime minister before the ending of its term.On...
  
  
• Parliament of Nepal
  Parliament of Nepal
  The Parliament of Nepal was dissolved by King Gyanendra in 2002, on the grounds that it was incapable of handling the Maoist rebels. The country's five main political parties have staged protests against the king, arguing that he must either call fresh elections or reinstate the elected legislature...
  
  

Foreign relations of Nepal

• Foreign relations of Nepal
  Foreign relations of Nepal
  The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal has traditionally maintained a non-aligned policy and enjoys friendly relations with neighboring countries, especially India and China...
  
  
• BIMSTEC
  BIMSTEC
  Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation is an international organisation involving a group of countries in South Asia and South East Asia...
  
  
• Bhupalis
  Bhupalis
  Bhupalis are Bhutanese of Nepali origin living as refugees in Jhapa, Nepal without solution to their problem till date.The term is used by the Indian officials in and around the Indo-Bhutan and Indo-Nepal regions. People who once lived in southern Bhutan are now a major chunk of them living in...
  
  
• Britain-India-Nepal Tripartite Agreement
  Britain-India-Nepal Tripartite Agreement
  The Tripartite Agreement between the United Kingdom, India and Nepal was a treaty signed in 1947 concerning the rights of Gurkhas in military service.-Background:...
  
  
• Foreign aid to Nepal
  Foreign aid to Nepal
  Nepal relies heavily on foreign aid, and donors coordinate development aid policy through the Nepal Development Forum, whose members include donor countries, international financial institutions , and inter-governmental organizations...
  
  
• South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme
  South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme
  The South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme, also known as SACEP, is an inter-governmental organisation established in 1982 by the South Asian governments to promote and support protection, management and enhancement of the environment in the region....
  
  
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
  South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
  The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is an organisation of South Asian nations, founded in December 1985 by Ziaur Rahman and dedicated to economic, technological, social, and cultural development emphasising collective self-reliance. Its seven founding members are Bangladesh,...
  
  

Nepalese monarchs

• Nepalese monarchy
  Nepalese monarchy
  The Kingdom of Nepal , also referred to as the Gorkha Kingdom, was formed in 1768 by the unification of Nepal. Founded by Prithvi Narayan Shah The Kingdom of Nepal , also referred to as the Gorkha Kingdom, was formed in 1768 by the unification of Nepal. Founded by Prithvi Narayan Shah The Kingdom...
  
  
• Birendra of Nepal
  Birendra of Nepal
  Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was a King of Nepal. The son of King Mahendra, whom he succeeded in 1972, he reigned until his death in the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre...
  
  
• Dipendra of Nepal
  Dipendra of Nepal
  Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was a member of the Nepalese Royal Family, who briefly reigned in coma as King of Nepal from the 1st of June to the 4th of June, 2001...
  
  
• Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva
  Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva
  Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal , also called Girvanyuddha Bikrama Shah, was the King of Nepal from 1799 to 1816....
  
  
• Gyanendra of Nepal
  Gyanendra of Nepal
  Gyanendra Shah was the last King of Nepal. During his life, he has held the title of the King twice: first between 1950 and 1951 as a child when his grandfather Tribhuvan was forced into exile in India with the rest of his family; and from 2001 to 2008, following the Nepalese royal massacre.King...
  
  
• Mahendra of Nepal
  Mahendra of Nepal
  Possibly no heir for the time period of 1911 through 1920. Previous Crown Prince: Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah, from 1906 to 1911....
  
  
• Pratap Singh Shah
• Prithvi of Nepal
  Prithvi of Nepal
  Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, King of Nepal was King of Nepal from 1881 until 1911. He was the grandson of his predecessor, King Surendra, and also the grandson of Prime Minister Jang Bahadur....
  
  
• Prithvi Narayan Shah
  Prithvi Narayan Shah
  Prithvi Narayan Shah, King of Nepal was the first king of the House of Shahs to rule Nepal. He is credited for starting the campaign for a unified Nepal, which had been divided and weakened under Malla confederacy. He was the ninth generation descendant of Dravya Shah , the founder of the ruling...
  
  
• Rana Bahadur Shah
  Rana Bahadur Shah
  Rana Bahadur Shah, King of Nepal was the third King of greater Nepal. He succeeded to the throne in 1777 on the death of his father, Pratap Singh Shah. He ruled under the regencies of his mother, Queen Rajendra Laxmi and then of his uncle, Bahadur Shah...
  
  
• Surendra of Nepal
  Surendra of Nepal
  Surendra Bikram Shah was King of Nepal between 1847 and 1881. He became king after Prime Minister Jung Bahadur forced the abdication of Surendra's father, Rajendra Bikram Shah. Surendra wielded little real power, with Jung Bahadur effectively ruling the country during Surendra's reign.Surendra's...
  
  
• Tribhuvan of Nepal
  Tribhuvan of Nepal
  King Tribhuhvan Bir Bikram Shah , King of Nepal was King of Nepal from 11 December 1911 until his death...
  
  
• Tribhuvan

Prime Ministers of Nepal

• Man Mohan Adhikari
  Man Mohan Adhikari
  Man Mohan Adhikari was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 1994 to 1995, representing the Communist Party of Nepal . He was the first democratically-elected Communist Party member to be PM in Nepal....
  
  
• Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala
  Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala
  Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 1959 to 1960. He led the Nepali Congress, a social democratic political party.Koirala was the first democratically elected Prime Minister in Nepal's history...
  
  
• Jang Bahadur
  Jang Bahadur
  Maharaja Jung Bahadur Rana was a ruler of Nepal and founder of the Rana dynasty of Nepal...
  
  
• Kirti Nidhi Bista
  Kirti Nidhi Bista
  Kirdi Nidhi Bista is a Nepali politician. He served as prime minister of Nepal from 1969 to 1970, 1971 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.After the coup d'etat of King Gyanendra in 2005, Kirti Nidhi Bista was appointed one of the vice-chairmen till the government collapsed in April 2006 after the people's...
  
  
• Girija Prasad Koirala
  Girija Prasad Koirala
  Girija Prasad Koirala was a Nepalese politician and the President of the Nepali Congress, a major political party. He was Prime Minister of Nepal for four times, serving from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and from 2006 to 2008; he was also Acting Head of State from January 2007 to July...
  
  
• Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
  Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
  Krishna Prasad Bhattarai was a Nepalese political leader. As a leader of the Nepali Congress Party, he made his position by transitioning Nepal from an absolute monarchy to a democratic multi-party system.Bhattarai was twice the Prime Minister of Nepal, once heading the Interim Government from 19...
  
  
• List of Prime Ministers of Nepal
• Lokendra Bahadur Chand
  Lokendra Bahadur Chand
  Lokendra Bahadur Chand was the prime minister of Nepal four times: from 1983 to 1986, briefly during April 1990, briefly during 1997, and from October 2002 until June 2003. He is a major supporter of the Nepalese monarchy...
  
  
• Marich Man Singh Shrestha
  Marich Man Singh Shrestha
  Marich Man Singh Shrestha is a Nepalese politician. He served as prime minister of Nepal from June 15, 1986 to April 6, 1990. Prior to that he was Speaker of the National Assembly of Nepal. He is a member of the Newar community and was the first member of that ethnic group to become prime minister...
  
  
• Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
  Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
  Field-Marshal Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, GCB, GCIE, GBE was the prime minister and foreign minister of Nepal from 30 April 1948 until 12 November 1951....
  
  
• Sher Bahadur Deuba
  Sher Bahadur Deuba
  Sher Bahadur Deuba is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister. He is the second senior most leader of the Nepali Congress. He has twice been elected as the leader of parliamentary party of the Nepali Congress, thus enabling him to be elected twice as the Prime Minister of Nepal.He has...
  
  
• Surya Bahadur Thapa
  Surya Bahadur Thapa
  Surya Bahadur Thapa has been Prime Minister of Nepal five times, under three different kings, in a political career lasting nearly 50 years. His terms were 1963-64, 1965–69, 1979–83, 1997–98 and 2003-04....
  
  

History of Nepal

• History of Nepal
  History of Nepal
  The history of Nepal is characterized by its isolated position in the Himalayas and its two neighbors, India and China.Due to the arrival of disparate settler groups from outside through the ages, it is now a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multilingual country...
  
  
• 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship
  1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship
  The Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950 is a bilateral treaty between Nepal and India establishing a close strategic relationship between the two South Asian neighbors. The treaty was signed on July 31, 1950 by the then-Prime Minister of Nepal Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and...
  
  
• 1990 People's Movement
• 2004 in Nepal
  2004 in Nepal
  -Events:*March 3 - Maoists attack a telecommunications tower guarded by security forces in Bhojpur District in eastern Nepal, killing 39 government troops while losing 10 of their cadres overnight in one of the fiercest gunbattles between the two sides....
  
  
• 2006 democracy movement in Nepal
  2006 democracy movement in Nepal
  The 2006 Democracy Movement is a name given to the political agitations against the direct and undemocratic rule of King Gyanendra of Nepal. The movement is also sometimes referred to as Jana Andolan-II , implying it being a continuation of the 1990 Jana Andolan.-Reinstitution of Parliament:In a...
  
  
• Amshuverma
  Amshuverma
  King Amshuverma Thakura was the Licchavi king of Nepal in the sixth century AD of the Thakuri dynasty. He was learned, bold and farsighted Thakuri emperor of Lichhavi period, he was also a lover of art, architecture and literature. He built Kailash Bhawan. He was a brave king, fought many battles...
  
  
• April 1992 general strike in Nepal
• Arimalla
  Arimalla
  Arimalla was the first king of the Malla dynasty in Nepal.Beginning in the early twelfth century, leading notables in Nepal began to appear with names ending in the term malla, , indicating a person of great strength and power...
  
  
• Bhrikuti
  Bhrikuti
  The Nepali Princess Bhrikuti Devi, known to Tibetans as Bal-mo-bza' Khri-btsun, Bhelsa Tritsun or, simply, Khri bTsun , is traditionally considered to have been the first wife of the earliest emperor of Tibet, Songtsän Gampo , and an incarnation of Tara...
  
  
• Chabahil
  Chabahil
  Chabahil, one of the most important historical place in Kathmandu, Nepal is famous for its Licchavi stupa, called the Charumati Vihara. The stupa is considered by many historians to be the oldest Buddhist Stupa in Kathmandu Valley. According to the inscriptions found in the stupa, the stupa was...
  
  
• Congress Mukti Sena
  Congress Mukti Sena
  Congress Mukti Sena was the militant wing of the Nepali Congress Party. The Sena took part in an armed uprising against the monarchic rule in Nepal in the late 1940s. The revolt started in the Terai region, and spread throughout the country...
  
  
• Darjeeling
• Democracy movement in Nepal
  Democracy movement in Nepal
  The Democracy movement in Nepal has been active for many years but usually applies to one of two movements.*Jana Andolan in 1990*Loktantra Andolan in 2006...
  
  
• Five-year plans of Nepal
  Five-year plans of Nepal
  Five-Year Plans of Nepal generally strove to increase output and employment; develop the infrastructure; attain economic stability; promote industry, commerce, and international trade; establish administrative and public service institutions to support economic development; and introduce...
  
  
• Toni Hagen
  Toni Hagen
  Toni Hagen was a Swiss geologist and a pioneer of Swiss development assistance. After taking a diploma in engineering and geology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, he took a doctorate in the geology of the Welsh mountains and then became a research assistant at the Zurich...
  
  

• Garhwal
• Gurkha War
  Gurkha War
  The Gurkha War , sometimes called the Gorkha War or the Anglo–Nepalese War, was fought between the Kingdom of Nepal and the British East India Company as a result of border tensions and ambitious expansionism...
  
  
• Jana Aandolan
• Jang Bahadur
  Jang Bahadur
  Maharaja Jung Bahadur Rana was a ruler of Nepal and founder of the Rana dynasty of Nepal...
  
  
• Jayasthitimalla
  Jayasthitimalla
  Jayasthitimalla was a 14th century king of Nepal belonging to the Malla dynasty.The early Malla period, a time of continuing trade and the reintroduction of Nepalese coinage, saw the steady growth of the small towns that became Kathmandu, Patan, and Bhadgaon...
  
  
• Kot massacre
  Kot Massacre
  The Kot massacre took place on 14 September 1846 when Jang Bahadur and his brothers killed about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court including the Prime Minister and a relative of the King, Chautariya Fateh Jang Shah, at the palace armoury of Kathmandu...
  
  

• Kumaon
  Kumaon Division
  For Kumaoni/Kumauni People see Kumauni PeopleKumaon or Kumaun is one of the two regions and administrative divisions of Uttarakhand, a mountainous state of northern India, the other being Garhwal. It includes the districts of Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh, and Udham Singh Nagar...
  
  
• Licchavi
• Mustang (kingdom)
  Mustang (kingdom)
  Mustang is the former Kingdom of Lo and now part of Nepal, in the north-central part of that country, bordering the People's Republic of China on the Tibetan plateau between the Nepalese provinces of Dolpo and Manang...
  
  
• Nepalese Civil War
• Nepalese mohar
  Nepalese mohar
  The mohar was the currency of Nepal from the second half of the 17th century until 1932. Silver and gold mohars were issued, each subdivided into 128 dams. Copper dams were also issued, together with copper paisa worth 4 copper dams. The values of the copper, silver and gold coinages relative to...
  
  
• Rana autocracy
• Rana dynasty
  Rana dynasty
  The Rana dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1953, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making Prime Minister and other government positions hereditary...
  
  
• Sugauli Treaty
  Sugauli Treaty
  The Sugauli Treaty was signed on December 2, 1815 and ratified by March 4, 1816, between the British East India Company and Nepal, which was a kingdom during that era. This ended the second British invasion of the Himalayan kingdom during the Anglo-Nepalese War...
  
  

• Sikkim
  Sikkim
  Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayan mountains...
  
  
• Treaty of Titalia
  Treaty of Titalia
  The Treaty of Titalia was signed between the Chogyal of Sikkim and the British East India Company. The treaty, which was negotiated by Captain Barre Latter in February 1817, guaranteed security of Sikkim by the British and returned Sikkimese land annexed by the Nepalese over the centuries. It...
  
  
• Unification of Nepal
  Unification of Nepal
  -Early rulers:Nepal's recorded history began with the Kiratis, who arrived in the 7th or 8th century BCE from the east to Kathmandu valley. Little is known about them, other than their deftness as sheep farmers and fondness for carrying long knives. The Kirats ruled for about 1225 years , their...
  
  

Elections in Nepal

• Elections in Nepal
  Elections in Nepal
  Elections in Nepal gives information on election and election results in Nepal.In the 1990 constitution the Parliament had two chambers. The House of Representatives had 205 members elected for five year term in single-seat constituencies in 1991, 1994 and 1999...
  
  
• Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, 2007
• Nepalese legislative election, 1991
• Nepalese legislative election, 1994
• Nepalese legislative election, 1999

Nepalese media

• Media of Nepal
  Media of Nepal
  -Radio:Historically, radio has been the most prevalent form of mass communication in Nepal. Government-owned Radio Nepal has been the sole domestic radio provider since 1951, and by 1995 it was broadcasting in short-wave, medium-wave, and FM frequencies...
  
  
• Image Channel
  Image Channel
  The Image Channel is a privately owned television channel in Nepal. It is owned by Image Group of Companies which also run FM station and located in Lazimpat, Kathmandu. It produces every kind of programs news, talkshows, entertainment shows, teleserials etc....
  
  
• Kantipur Television
  Kantipur Television
  Kantipur Television is a privately owned television channel in Nepal. It is run by Kantipur Publications, which has multiple print publications such as Saptahik, Kantipur Daily Newspaper, Kathmandu Post, etc. and Kantipur FM is also a sister organization...
  
  
• NTV 2 Metro
  NTV 2 Metro
  NTV PLUS is a television channel in Nepal. It is a city channel owned by the Government of Nepal. Other main TV channels in Nepal include Nepal Television the national television channel, and two private channels Kantipur Television and Image Channel....
  
  
• Nepal Television
  Nepal Television
  Nepal Television is the oldest and most watched television channel in Nepal.Nepal Television was for many years the only television channel native to Nepal, but several others have begun operation in recent years....
  
  
• .np
  .np
  - Second-level domains :* .com.np* .edu.np* .gov.np* .mil.np* .net.np* .org.npRegistrations require a local presence in Nepal for registration....
  
  

Newspapers published in Nepal

• Himalayan Times
  Himalayan Times
  The Himalayan Times is an English-language newspaper distributed in Nepal. The Himalayan times has been a recent entry into the Nepalese newspaper market but it has already gained grounds due to high standard of journalism and its broad appeal to the masses. International Media Network Nepal Pvt....
  
  
• Kantipur Publications
  Kantipur Publications
  Kantipur Publications, Ltd. is a media firm based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The company operates five widely circulated print publications, a national television network, and a radio station. It is the first media organization in Nepal to gain membership to the World Association of Newspapers...
  
  
• Republica
• Nepali Times
  Nepali Times
  Nepali Times is a leading English-language weekly newspaper that provides in-depth reporting and expert commentaries on Nepali politics, business, culture, travel and society in 16 pages every week. It has a loyal readership among Nepalis who are leaders in their fields...
  
  

Nepal Samacharpatra
Nepal Traveller Publications
Himalaya Times Nepali Daily

Military of Nepal

• Military of Nepal
  Military of Nepal
  The Nepalese Armed Forces are the military forces of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The current Nepalese Army traces its direct historic roots from the Royal Army of Nepal, renamed in recognition of Nepal's transition from a monarchy to a popularly elected republic in 2006...
  
  
• Armed Police Force Nepal
  Armed Police Force Nepal
  - History :The Armed Police Force of Nepal is a paramilitary force with the basic roles of catalyst in maintaining law and order and containing insurgency cracking down terrorist activities. Its foundation is similar to the paramilitary force. Service is voluntary and the minimum age for...
  
  
• Brigade of Gurkhas
  Brigade of Gurkhas
  The Brigade of Gurkhas is the collective term for units of the current British Army that are composed of Nepalese soldiers. The brigade, which is 3,640 strong, draws its heritage from Gurkha units that originally served in the British Indian Army prior to Indian independence, and prior to that of...
  
  
• Britain-India-Nepal Tripartite Agreement
  Britain-India-Nepal Tripartite Agreement
  The Tripartite Agreement between the United Kingdom, India and Nepal was a treaty signed in 1947 concerning the rights of Gurkhas in military service.-Background:...
  
  
• Gurkha
  Gurkha
  Gurkha are people from Nepal who take their name from the Gorkha District. Gurkhas are best known for their history in the Indian Army's Gorkha regiments, the British Army's Brigade of Gurkhas and the Nepalese Army. Gurkha units are closely associated with the kukri, a forward-curving Nepalese knife...
  
  
• Nepalese Army
• Nepalese Army Air Service
  Nepalese Army Air Service
  Nepal has no separate Air Force but flies several aircraft within Nepalese Army Service, also known as the Nepal Army Air Wing. It was formed in 1960s, but finally became an air force unit in 1979. It is now again a part of the Army and has very limited combat capabilities. The main objective of...
  
  
• Nepalese Police Force
  Nepalese Police Force
  The Nepalese Police Force is the national police of Nepal. It is independent of the Nepalese Army. Although once brought under the Army in the name of "Unified Command", it is taken as a force separate from the Army....
  
  

Nepalese culture

• Flag of Nepal
  Flag of Nepal
  The national flag of Nepal is the world's only national flag that is non-quadrilateral in shape. The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennons, the vexillological word for a pennant. Its crimson red is the colour of the rhododendron, the country's national flower. Red is also the sign...
  
  
• Culture of Nepal
  Culture of Nepal
  The rich cultural heritage of Nepal, has evolved over centuries. This multi-dimensional cultural heritage encompasses within itself the cultural diversities of various ethnic, tribal, and social groups inhabiting different altitudes, and it manifests in various forms: music and dance; art and...
  
  
• Bagha-Chall
  Bagha-Chall
  Bagh-Chal is a strategic, two-player board game that originates in Nepal. The game is asymmetric in that one player controls four tigers and the other player controls up to twenty goats...
  
  
• Barha
  Barha
  Barha is Sanskrit for a peacock's tail;Barha may also refer to Sayyids of Barha a prominent noble family and military clan in mughal era....
  
  
• Bhujimol
  Bhujimol
  Bhujimol is the name of the most ancient form of the Nepal script. It is used to write Nepal Bhasa.-Etymology:The word "Bhujimol" comes from Nepalbhasa words "bhuji" meaning housefly and "mol" a word written at the end of scripts ....
  
  
• Bratabandha
• Bikram Samwat
  Bikram Samwat
  Vikram Samvat is the calendar established by Indian emperor Vikramaditya...
  
  
• Nepalese caste system
  Nepalese caste system
  The Nepalese caste system, like the Indian caste system, is highly complex and continues the traditional system of social stratification of Nepal. The caste system defines social classes by a number of hierarchical endogamous groups often termed as Jāt. This custom is found in both the Hindu and...
  
  
• Changu Narayan
  Changu Narayan
  Changu Narayan is the name of the deity enshrined in the Changu Narayan Temple, located near the Changunarayan village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The temple is one of the oldest Hindu temples of the valley, and is believed to have been constructed in the 4th century. Changu Narayan is the name...
  
  
• Chhaupadi
  Chhaupadi
  Chhaupadi is a social tradition in the western part of Nepal for Hindu women which prohibits a woman from participating in normal family activities during menstruation because they are considered impure. The women are kept out of the house and have to live in a shed. This lasts ten to eleven days...
  
  
• Cinema of Nepal
  Cinema of Nepal
  Nepal does not have a very long film history but the industry has its own place in the cultural heritage of the country. Most Nepali films use Bollywood-style songs and narrative and are shot on 16-millimeter film...
  
  
• Coat of arms of Nepal
  Coat of arms of Nepal
  The coat of arms of Nepal was changed during the reconciliation period following the Nepalese Civil War. On 30 December 2006, a new coat of arms was introduced...
  
  
• Damphu drum
• Dasain
  Dasain
  Dashain is the 15-day national festival of Nepal, It is the longest and the most auspicious festival in the Nepalese annual calendar, celebrated with great rejoice by Nepalese of all caste and creed throughout the globe. It is not only the longest festival of the country but is also the one...
  
  
• Dhime
  Dhime
  Dhimay or Dhimaya is a double-headed cylindrical drum with a big wooden or metallic body. It a type of struck drum, technically a membranophone.-History:...
  
  
• Ehee
• Jhyali
  Jhyali
  Jhyali or Jhyalis are traditional folk instruments from Nepal. They are a kind of Percussion instruments similar to cymbals. Jhyalis are used are a pair of round plates which are made from alloys. They are used in folk as well as classical music in Nepal....
  
  
• Kukri
  Kukri
  The kukri is a curved Nepalese Knife, similar to the machete, used as both a tool and as a weapon...
  
  
• Kumar
  Kumar
  Kumār OR Kunwar is a title, a given name or a family name native to India.In many Indian languages, Kumar literally means prince or a young/unmarried male....
  
  
• Lakhey
  Lakhey
  Lakhey is a famous character in Newar culture[]. It is a demon character popularized by its drunken dance accompanied by "pulukishi".Lakhey is a saviour of children....
  
  
• Madal
  Madal
  The Madal , double-headed drum of Nepalese origin , used mainly for rhythm-keeping in Nepalese folk music, is the most popular and widely used hand drum in Nepal.The Madal consists of a cylindrical body with a slight bulge at its center, closed on both ends .The madal has a...
  
  
• Maghe Sankranti
  Maghe sankranti
  Maghe sankranti is a Nepalese festival observed on the first of Magh in the Bikram Samwat Nepali calendar bringing an end to the ill-omened month of Poush when all religious ceremonies are forbidden. Maghe Sakranti is the Nepalese version of the Indian Makar Sankranti. On this day, the sun is...
  
  
• Majipa Lakhey
  Majipa Lakhey
  Majipa Lakhey is a special Lakhey. He is also known as the peaceful Bhairav. The dance of this lakhey takes place only in the week of full moon of Yenlaa month of Nepal Sambat. This lakhey is considered to be the protector of the children...
  
  
• National Museum of Nepal
  National Museum of Nepal
  The National Museum of Nepal was established in 1928 as an arsenal museum in the historic building which was constructed in early 19th century by General Bhimsen Thapa. The initial name of this museum was Chhauni Silkhana which literally means "the stone house of arms and ammunition".It was opened...
  
  
• Newari Music
  Newari Music
  Newa Music, also spelled Newar Music, is a traditional music developed in Nepal by the Newars. It mainly consists of percussion instruments, some wind instruments and no string instruments.- Instruments :The instruments can be categorized as:...
  
  
• Nwaran
  Nwaran
  Nwaran is a baptism ceremony celebrated in Nepal.Nwaran is celebrated in the Hindu tradition on the 11th day after a child is born. This ceromany is performed to give a birthname to a child according to his/her lunar horoscope which is usually not the name by which he/she is known...
  
  
• Pashupatinath temple
  Pashupatinath temple
  Pashupatinath Temple is one of the most significant Hindu temples of Lord Shiva in the world, located on the banks of the Bagmati River in the eastern part of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The temple served as the seat of the national deity, Lord Pashupatinath, Nepal is a secular country...
  
  
• Pasni
• Pauba
  Pauba
  Paubas are traditional paintings on cloth created basically by the Chitrakar caste and also by few members of Vajracharya caste of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. Thankas are the Tibetan version of the Paubas. The word "Paubha" is related to Sanskrit "Pata or Patra" upon which the painting is done....
  
  
• Rakshi
• Rastriya Gaan
  Rastriya Gaan
  "Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka" is the national anthem of Nepal. It was officially declared as the national anthem of Nepal on August 3, 2007, amid a ceremony held at the conference hall of National Planning Commission, inside the Singha Durbar, by the speaker of the interim parliament, Mr...
  
  
• Sa Paru
  Sa Paru
  Sā Pāru is a festival celebrated chiefly in Nepal by the Newars. The festival commemorates the death of people during the span of a year.See also: Gaijatra...
  
  
• Sarangi
  Sarangi
  The Sārangī is a bowed, short-necked string instrument of India which is originated from Rajasthani folk instruments. It plays an important role in India's Hindustani classical music tradition...
  
  
• Swayambhunath
  Swayambhunath
  Swayambhunath is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. It is also known as the Monkey Temple as there are holy monkeys living in parts of the temple in the north-west...
  
  
• Tihar

Nepalese cuisine

• Chiura
• Dal bhaat
• Nepalese cuisine
  Nepalese cuisine
  Nepalese cuisine refers to the cuisines of Nepal. The cultural and geographic diversity of Nepal provide ample space for a variety of cuisines based on ethnicity, soil and climate. Nevertheless dal-bhat-tarkari is eaten throughout the country. Dal is a soup made of lentils and spices...
  
  
• Oil cake
• Raksi
  Raksi
  Raksi or Rakshi is a traditional distilled alcoholic beverage in Tibet and Nepal. It is often made at home.Raksi is usually made from kodo millet or rice; different grains produce different flavors. It can even be made from mulberries...
  
  

Newari cuisine

• Newari Cuisine
  Newari Cuisine
  Newa cuisine is a type of cuisine developed over centuries by the Newars of Kathmandu , Nepal...
  
  
• Ailaa
• Baji
  Baji
  Baji is a type of beaten rice eaten in Nepal. The most common word for it, and the one visitors to Nepal will generally encounter, is "chiura." "Baji" is the term used by the Newar culture in the Kathmandu Valley. Rice, of course, is a staple in Nepal, as well as the rest of South Asia. The grain...
  
  
• Chataamari
  Chataamari
  Chataamari is a kind of rice crepe. It is a special dish of Newars. It is a special form of newari "roti" made by rice flour. It is used specially during 'the guthis' of newars...
  
  
• Chwelaa
• Dhau
  Dhau
  Dhau is a type of curd prepared by Newars. This is made by fermentation process of Milk in humid condition.Dhau, curd, denotes purity and is associated with masculinity, whereas duru, milk, is associated with femininity, as well as with purity...
  
  
• Jaa
• Kachilaa
  Kachilaa
  Kachilaa is a special meat delicacy of Newars, consisting of marinated raw minced water buffalo meat....
  
  
• Lakhamari
  Lakhamari
  Lakhamari is a type of sweet of Newars. It is made of flour, sugar, butter etc. It can be made in different shapes and are named differently depending upon the shapes. It is customarily given to guests of marriage ceremony in some Newar subculture...
  
  
• Sanyaa
  Sanyaa
  Sanyaa is a special type of dried fish prepared by the Newars....
  
  
• Sanyaakhunya
  Sanyaakhunya
  Sanyaakhuna is a special type of jelly like food prepared and consumed primarily by the Newars....
  
  
• Thwon
  Thwon
  Thwon is a type of alcoholic beverage. It is prepared on festivals and special occasions by the Newars. It is brewed from rice. This is a kind of Country Beer.Generally we can also called Rice beer.-Types:It is of two types-* Red* White...
  
  
• Yomari
  Yomari
  Yamari is a delicacy of Newars. It consists of an external covering of rice-flour and an inner content of sweet substances such as Chaku. The delicacy plays a very important role in Newar society...
  
  

Festivals of Nepal

• Dasain
  Dasain
  Dashain is the 15-day national festival of Nepal, It is the longest and the most auspicious festival in the Nepalese annual calendar, celebrated with great rejoice by Nepalese of all caste and creed throughout the globe. It is not only the longest festival of the country but is also the one...
  
  
• Jatra (Nepal)
  Jatra (Nepal)
  Jatra refers to the types of Newari Festivals involving street festival or carnival....
  
  
• Maghe Sankranti
  Maghe sankranti
  Maghe sankranti is a Nepalese festival observed on the first of Magh in the Bikram Samwat Nepali calendar bringing an end to the ill-omened month of Poush when all religious ceremonies are forbidden. Maghe Sakranti is the Nepalese version of the Indian Makar Sankranti. On this day, the sun is...
  
  
• Makar Sankranti
• Sa Paru
  Sa Paru
  Sā Pāru is a festival celebrated chiefly in Nepal by the Newars. The festival commemorates the death of people during the span of a year.See also: Gaijatra...
  
  
• Teej
  Teej
  Teej is a fasting festival for Hindu women. It takes place on the third day of Shukla Paksha of the Shraavana or Saawan month of Hindu calendar that normally falls from late July to early September...
  
  
• Tihar (festival)
• Uttarayana
  Uttarayana
  Uttarāyaṇa , or Uttarayana, is the six-month period between Makar Sankranti and Karka Sankranti , when the sun travels towards the north on the celestial sphere. The name Uttarayana comes from joining two different Sanskrit words "Uttara" and "ayana"...
  
  
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Languages of Nepal

• Awadhi language
  Awadhi language
  Awadhi is an Indo-Aryan language, part of the Hindi-Urdu continuum. It is spoken chiefly in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, although its speakers are also found in Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Nepal. Furthermore, the Fiji Hindi dialect spoken by Indo-Fijians is considered a variant of Awadhi,...
  
  
• Bhojpuri language
  Bhojpuri language
  Bhojpuri is a language spoken in parts of north-central and eastern India. It is spoken in the western part of state of Bihar, the northwestern part of Jharkhand, and the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh , as well as adjoining parts of the Nepal Terai. Bhojpuri is also spoken in Guyana,...
  
  
• Bahing language
  Bahing language
  Bahing is a language spoken by 2,765 people of the Bahing ethnic group in the Okhaldhunga district of Nepal. It belongs to the family of Kiranti languages, a subgroup of Tibeto-Burman....
  
  
• Kham language
  Kham language
  Kham -- narrowly defined -- is a complex of Tibeto-Burman Magaric languages spoken natively in isolated highlands of Rolpa and Rukum districts of Rapti and the westernmost part of Baglung district in Dhaulagiri Zone by western clans of the Magar tribe, called collectively Kham Magar or Northern...
  
  
• Limbu language
  Limbu language
  Limbu is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Kashmir and Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India, by the Limbu community. Virtually all Limbus are bilingual in Nepali....
  
  
• Magar language
  Magar language
  Not to be confused with the Magyar language, known in English as HungarianMagar मगर भाषा Magar bhasa is a language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim in India by Magar people. It is divided into two groups: Eastern and Western, and further dialect divisions give distinct tribal identity...
  
  
• Maithili language
  Maithili language
  Maithili language is spoken in the eastern region of India and South-eastern region of Nepal. The native speakers of Maithili reside in Bihar, Jharkhand,parts of West Bengal and South-east Nepal...
  
  
• Mundari language
  Mundari language
  The Mundari are a small ethnic group of South Sudan and one of the Nilotic peoples.The group is composed of cattle-herders and agriculturalists and are part of Karo people which also includes Bari, Pojulu, Kakwa, Kuku and Nyangwara...
  
  
• Nepali language
  Nepali language
  Nepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar...
  
  
• Newari
  Nepal Bhasa
  Nepal Bhasa is one of the major languages of Nepal, and is also spoken in India, particularly in Sikkim where it is one of the 11 official languages. Nepal Bhasa is the mother tongue of about 3% of the people in Nepal . It is spoken mainly by the Newars, who chiefly inhabit the towns of the...
  
  
• Tamang language
  Tamang language
  Tamang is a term used to collectively refer to a dialect cluster spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim. It comprises Eastern Tamang, Northwestern Tamang, Southwestern Tamang, Eastern Gorkha Tamang, and Western Tamang...
  
  
• Urdu and Arabic

Nepalese music

• Music of Nepal
  Music of Nepal
  Music of Nepal refers to the various musical genres of Nepal. With more than fifty ethnicities, the music of this country is a highly dispersed phenomenon. Although genres like pop, rock, folk, and Classical music exist, a huge number of such genres are yet to be cataloged...
  
  
• Music of Sikkim
  Music of Sikkim
  Sikkim is a state of India. It is a center for western-style music in India, and has been since the rise of bands like Orchids and Naren Rasaily's Flickers, beginning in 1968...
  
  
• Narayan Gopal
  Narayan Gopal
  Narayan Gopal Guruacharya is the most prominent and popular singer and composer in the history of Nepali music. He is popularly referred to as "Swar Samrat" in Nepali music. He is also known as "Tragedy King." He is well known as a singer as well as a composer...
  
  
• Nepali rock
  Nepali rock
  -History:The history of rock music in Nepal goes back to the 70s/80s when there were numerous acts influenced by westerners as The Beatles, the Who, the Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple etc....
  
  
• Newari Music
  Newari Music
  Newa Music, also spelled Newar Music, is a traditional music developed in Nepal by the Newars. It mainly consists of percussion instruments, some wind instruments and no string instruments.- Instruments :The instruments can be categorized as:...
  
  

Nepalese musical instruments

• Damphu
• Dhime
  Dhime
  Dhimay or Dhimaya is a double-headed cylindrical drum with a big wooden or metallic body. It a type of struck drum, technically a membranophone.-History:...
  
  
• Dholak
  Dholak
  The Dholak is a North Indian, Pakistani and Nepalese double-headed hand-drum Madal. The name dholki may also refer to a slightly different instrument that uses high-pitch tabla style syahi masala on its treble skin. This instrument is also known as Naal or Dholki....
  
  
• Jhyali
  Jhyali
  Jhyali or Jhyalis are traditional folk instruments from Nepal. They are a kind of Percussion instruments similar to cymbals. Jhyalis are used are a pair of round plates which are made from alloys. They are used in folk as well as classical music in Nepal....
  
  
• Maadal
• Sarangi
  Sarangi
  The Sārangī is a bowed, short-necked string instrument of India which is originated from Rajasthani folk instruments. It plays an important role in India's Hindustani classical music tradition...
  
  

Nepalese musicians

• Ani Choying Dolma
  Ani Choying Dolma
  Ani Choying Drolma , also known as Choying Drolma and Ani Choying , is a Buddhist nun and musician from the Nagi Gompa nunnery in Nepal...
  
  
• Jhalak Man Gandarbha
  Jhalak Man Gandarbha
  Jhalak Man Gandarbha is one of the most significant Nepali folk singers. He is popular for Gaine Geet or Gandarbha Sangeet, a popular type of folk song sung only by the Gaine or Gandarbha ethnic group of Nepal. He is the first Gaine singer to record Gaine song and is respected for bringing voice...
  
  
• Kan-Bur Pradesh

Religion in Nepal

• Religion in Nepal
  Religion in Nepal
  Nepal was the world's last constitutionally declared Hindu state. But after the movement for democracy in early 2006 and the sacking of King Gyanendra, the Nepali Parliament amended the constitution to make Nepal a secular state.- History :...
  
  
• Hinduism in Nepal
  Hinduism in Nepal
  Hinduism is the major religion of Nepal. In the 2001 census, approximately 80.6 percent of the Nepalese people identified themselves as Hindus. Buddhists constitute 10.7%. The remainder followed other religions...
  
  
• Kopan Monastery
  Kopan Monastery
  Kopan Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Boudhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. It belongs to the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition , an international network of Gelugpa dharma centers, and once served as its headquarters.The monastery was established...
  
  
• Lumbini
  Lumbini
  Lumbinī is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi district of Nepal. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, who as the Buddha Gautama founded the Buddhist tradition. The Buddha lived between roughly 563 and 483 BCE...
  
  
• Protestants in Nepal
• Roman Catholicism in Nepal
  Roman Catholicism in Nepal
  The Roman Catholic Church in Nepal is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Vatican City...
  
  

Temples in Nepal

• Changu Narayan
  Changu Narayan
  Changu Narayan is the name of the deity enshrined in the Changu Narayan Temple, located near the Changunarayan village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The temple is one of the oldest Hindu temples of the valley, and is believed to have been constructed in the 4th century. Changu Narayan is the name...
  
  
• Kumari
  Kumari
  Kumari, or Kumari Devi, is the tradition of worshipping young pre-pubescent girls as manifestations of the divine female energy or devi in Hindu religious traditions. Kumari means young unmarried girl. Kumari word is derived from Sanskrit word Kaumarya meaning "virgin". In Nepali and some Indian...
  
  
• Swayambhunath
  Swayambhunath
  Swayambhunath is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. It is also known as the Monkey Temple as there are holy monkeys living in parts of the temple in the north-west...
  
  
• Pashupatinath
  Pashupatinath temple
  Pashupatinath Temple is one of the most significant Hindu temples of Lord Shiva in the world, located on the banks of the Bagmati River in the eastern part of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The temple served as the seat of the national deity, Lord Pashupatinath, Nepal is a secular country...
  
  
• Muktinath
  Muktinath
  Muktinath is a sacred place both for Hindus and Buddhists located in Muktinath Valley at an altitude of 3,710 meters at the foot of the Thorong La mountain pass , Mustang district, Nepal...
  
  
• Guhyeshwari Temple
  Guhyeshwari Temple
  Guheswari Temple Kathmandu, NepalGuheswari temple, also spelled Guhyeshwari or Guhjeshwari temple is one of the revered holy temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. This temple is dedicated to Goddess Parvati. It is believed that Lord Shiva wandered the world carrying the body of Sati after she burned herself...
  
  
• Sobha Baghwati
  Sobha Baghwati
  Sobha Baghwati is a holy shrine devoted to the goddess Bhagawati on the bank of Bisnumati river in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is considered to be one of the most revered holy places in Kathmandu. Inside the temple, there is a statue of goddess herself....
  
  
• Swargadwari
  Swargadwari
  Swargadwari is a hilltop temple complex and pilgrimage site in Pyuthan District, Nepal commemorating the special role of cows in Hinduism. It is said to have been founded by one Guru Maharaj who spent most of his life in the vicinity herding and milking thousands of cows...
  
  
• Kasthamandap
  Kasthamandap
  Kasthamandap is a three storied temple situated in Maru tole of Kathmandu. It is one of the largest and most noted pagodas of Nepal. The pagoda enshrines a statue of Gorakhnath.This temple is built in pagoda style design...
  
  
• Janaki Mandir
  Janaki Mandir
  Janaki Mandir is a Hindu temple which is at the heart of Janakpur, Nepal. It is dedicated to goddess Sita.It is an example of 'Hindu-Rajput' architecture. This is considered as the most important model of the Rajput architecture in Nepal.-History:...
  
  
• Ankuri Mahadev
  Ankuri Mahadev
  Ankuri Mahadev temple is a Hindu temple located in Mahadeva, Saptari, Nepal. The place has Shiva Linga in the main temple, as well as Goddess Parvati and God Hanuman in other temples. The Shiva Linga has a dent of size of fist on the top. It is said that the place was a crematorium long ago and was...
  
  
• Dakshinkali Temple
  Dakshinkali Temple
  Dakshinkali Temple or Dakshin Kali Temple, located 22 km outside Kathmandu, and about 1 km outside the village of Pharping, is one of the main temples of Nepal dedicated to the goddess Kali...
  
  
• Chandannath Mandir
  Chandannath Mandir
  Chandannath Mandir is a Hindu temple in Jumla, Nepal. It is located at Khalanga Bazar Jumla.It was built during the Kalyal Dynasty. People believe that there was a person named Chandannath who brought the statue of the god Narayan and put it at the location of the temple, prompting construction...
  
  

Organisations based in Nepal

• ICIMOD
  ICIMOD
  The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development is an international independent mountain learning and knowledge centre committed to improving the sustainable livelihoods of mountain peoples in the extended Himalayan region...
  
  
• Nepal Mountaineering Association
  Nepal Mountaineering Association
  The Nepal Mountaineering Association is the national mountaineering association of Nepal. The NMA was founded in 1973 with the goals of promoting mountaineering activities in the Himalaya, providing safety awareness and mountaineering skills to Nepalese mountaineers and creating awareness of the...
  
  
• Nepal Scouts
  Nepal Scouts
  The Nepal Scouts are the national Scouting and Guiding organization of Nepal. Scouting and Guiding was founded in Nepal in 1952 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1969 and of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1984...
  
  

Non-profit organizations based in Nepal

• Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya
  Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya
  Madan Puraskār Pustakālaya is a library of books and periodicals in the Nepali language. The library is a not-for-profits and non-governmental institution that is run by a trust. In addition to archive, the library is involved in many other areas like publishing, educational training and...
  
  
• National Museum of Nepal
  National Museum of Nepal
  The National Museum of Nepal was established in 1928 as an arsenal museum in the historic building which was constructed in early 19th century by General Bhimsen Thapa. The initial name of this museum was Chhauni Silkhana which literally means "the stone house of arms and ammunition".It was opened...
  
  
• Nepal Mathematical Society
  Nepal Mathematical Society
  Nepal Mathematical Society , was founded in January, 1979 , by enthusiastic Nepalese mathematicians of that time, with the aim of enhancing the academic excellency in studying, teaching, research and applications of Mathematics...
  
  
• Nepal Physical Society
  Nepal Physical Society
  Nepal Physical Society is a professional society of the Nepalese physicists. The small society of about 500 members was established in 1982....
  
  
• Association for the protection of Children (APC-NEPAL)

Volunteer organizations in Nepal

• Volunteer Aid Nepal
• Volunteering to Learn
• Hands for Help Nepal

International organisations dedicated to Nepal

• Association of Nepalese Mathematicians in America
  Association of Nepalese Mathematicians in America
  Association of Nepalese Mathematicians in America ', is a nonprofit organization, established in May 2010 by Nepalese mathematicians, as a forum for Nepali mathematicians around the globe to share experiences and techniques that influence research and teaching of Mathematical Sciences.-History:A...
  
  
• Canada Forum for Nepal
  Canada Forum for Nepal
  Canada Forum for Nepal, also known as CFFN or CFFN.ca, is a not–for–profit organization registered with the Government of Canada. According to its official website, CFFN is an organization of Nepalese Diaspora and Friends of Nepal aspiring to see a peaceful, democratic, just, and prosperous Nepal...
  
  

Politics of Nepal

• Politics of Nepal
  Politics of Nepal
  The politics of Nepal function within a framework of a republic with a multi-party system.Currently, the position of President is occupied by Ram Baran Yadav. The position of Prime Minister is held by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai...
  
  
• National Teachers Association
  National Teachers Association
  National Teachers Association, an organization of teachers in Nepal. NTA is linked to Communist Party of Nepal ....
  
  
• 1990 People's Movement
• 2006 democracy movement in Nepal
  2006 democracy movement in Nepal
  The 2006 Democracy Movement is a name given to the political agitations against the direct and undemocratic rule of King Gyanendra of Nepal. The movement is also sometimes referred to as Jana Andolan-II , implying it being a continuation of the 1990 Jana Andolan.-Reinstitution of Parliament:In a...
  
  
• Democracy movement in Nepal
  Democracy movement in Nepal
  The Democracy movement in Nepal has been active for many years but usually applies to one of two movements.*Jana Andolan in 1990*Loktantra Andolan in 2006...
  
  
• Human rights in Nepal
  Human rights in Nepal
  Historically, civil liberties been limited, but Nepal’s government has not been regarded as among the world’s worst violators of human rights. Nevertheless, human rights violations have increased substantially since the escalation of civil conflict in 2000, and security forces engaged in...
  
  
• Jana Aandolan
• List of Hindu nationalist parties
• N.R.N.
• National Assembly of Nepal
  National Assembly of Nepal
  The National Assembly was the upper house of parliament in Nepal during the 1990 Constitution. It was composed of 60 members: 10 nominated by the king, 35 elected by the House of Representatives and the remaining 15 elected by an electoral college made up of chairs of villages and towns...
  
  
• Nepal House of Representatives
  Nepal House of Representatives
  The House of Representatives was the lower house of parliament during the 1990 Constitution in Nepal. It consisted of 205 members directly elected by the people. It had five-year terms, but it could be dissolved by the king on the advice of the prime minister before the ending of its term.On...
  
  
• Nepalese Civil War
• Parliament of Nepal
  Parliament of Nepal
  The Parliament of Nepal was dissolved by King Gyanendra in 2002, on the grounds that it was incapable of handling the Maoist rebels. The country's five main political parties have staged protests against the king, arguing that he must either call fresh elections or reinstate the elected legislature...
  
  
• Sarbochha Adalat
  Sarbochha Adalat
  -Composition:The Supreme Court is composed of the Chief Justice of Nepal, fourteen Justices and ad hoc Judges. The Chief Justice is appointed by President on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council. He/She is appointed from among the justices having minimum three years of experience of the...
  
  
• Sukraraj Shastri
  Sukraraj Shastri
  Sukraraj Shastri was a pre-eminent Nepalese intellectual and opposition leader who died as a martyr.- Political :The future statesman was born Sukraraj Joshi in Kathmandu...
  
  

Political parties in Nepal

• List of political parties in Nepal
• Bahujan Samaj Party (Nepal)
  Bahujan Samaj Party (Nepal)
  Bahujan Samaj Party, Nepal is a Nepalese political party. It is formed with inspiration of the Indian Bahujan Samaj Party. It is led by Madan Bahadur Pradhan. In the 1999 general elections it had 3 candidates. The party got 0,01% of the votes nationwide....
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
• Janamorcha Nepal
• Janata Dal (Samajbadi Prajatantrik)
  Janata Dal (Samajbadi Prajatantrik)
  Janata Dal is a political party in Nepal. The party is led by Keshar Jung Rayamjhi, a historic communist leader who turned into an ally of the royal house....
  
  
• Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha
  Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha
  The Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha is a revolutionary organisation in Nepal. It was formed in 2004 as a split from the Communist Party of Nepal around Jay Krishna Goit...
  
  
• List of Hindu nationalist parties
• List of political parties registered ahead of the 2006 Nepalese municipal election
• National People's Front
• Nepal Conservative Party
  Nepal Conservative Party
  Nepal Conservative Party is a royalist political party in Nepal. It is led by professional wrestler Bharat Bahadur Bishural . The party took part in the 2006 municipal elections, which were boycotted by most major parties....
  
  
• Nepal Goodwill Party
• Nepal Janabadi Morcha
  Nepal Janabadi Morcha
  Nepal Janabadi Morcha is a leftwing political movement in Nepal. The group was founded in 1976, and worked clandestinely during the panchayat regime, and its chairman Ram Raja Prasad Singh lived in exile in India...
  
  
• Nepal Janahit Party
  Nepal Janahit Party
  Nepal Janahit Party , a minor right-wing monarchist party in Nepal....
  
  
• Nepal Panchayat Parishad
  Nepal Panchayat Parishad
  Nepal Panchayat Parishad , a minor right-wing monarchist party in Nepal....
  
  
• Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
  Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
  Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad , a pro-monarchy political party in Nepal. The party was founded in 1951. It came second in the 1959 general elections. It later disappeared, and its leaders went either to the opposition Nepali Congress or to work in the Panchayat system.In 1990 a group...
  
  
• Nepal Samajwadi Janata Dal
  Nepal Samajwadi Janata Dal
  The Nepal Samajwadi Janata Dal is a left-wing political party in Nepal....
  
  
• Nepal Samata Party (Socialist)
  Nepal Samata Party (Socialist)
  Nepal Samata Party was a small pro-monarchy political party in Nepal. Its president was Dayananda Thapa ....
  
  
• Nepal Shivsena
  Nepal Shivsena
  Nepal Shivsena is a Hindu nationalist political party in Nepal. The party was founded in 1999. It is connected to the Shiv Sena in India. Kiran Singh Budhathoki is the president of the party....
  
  
• Nepali Congress
  Nepali Congress
  The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the polity. It again led a democratic movement in 1990, in partnership with leftist forces, to end monarchy and...
  
  
• Nepali Congress (Democratic)
  Nepali Congress (Democratic)
  Nepali Congress was a political party of Nepal, which was formed due to vertical split of Nepali Congress. Nepali Congress divided to two parties, the Nepali Congress led by former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the other led by Girija Prasad Koirala.-Merger of Nepali Congress and Nepali...
  
  
• Panchayat Prajatantra Party
  Panchayat Prajatantra Party
  Panchayat Prajatantra Party is a Nepalese political party. It is a small far-right party. On November 8, 2002 it joined the Nationalist Democratic Front together with Nepal Samata Party, Deshbhakta Prajatantrik Party, National Janamukti Party, Rastrabadi Milan Kentra and Rashtriya Prajatantra Party ....
  
  
• People's Progressive Party (Nepal)
  People's Progressive Party (Nepal)
  People's Progressive Party, a minor right-wing political party in Nepal. The party president is Jukti Jung Lamichhane....
  
  
• Prajatantrik Samajwadi Manch Nepal
  Prajatantrik Samajwadi Manch Nepal
  Prajatantrik Samajwadi Manch Nepal , is a political party in Nepal. The president of the party is Dhundi Raj Shastri and the general secretary Keshab Marhattha....
  
  
• Rashtriya Prajatanrik Ekata Panchayat Party
  Rashtriya Prajatanrik Ekata Panchayat Party
  Rashtriya Prajatanrik Ekata Panchayat Party , a minor rightist monarchist party in Nepal....
  
  
• Rashtriya Prajatantra Party
  Rashtriya Prajatantra Party
  The Rastriya Prajatantra Party is a Nepalese political party. It is a right-wing pro-monarchy party, formed out of the political elite of the erstwhile Panchayat system, formed on 1990, after reestablishment of democracy in Nepal.In 1997 RPP split after the faction led by pro-monarchy politician...
  
  
• Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist)
  Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist)
  Rashtriya Prajatantra Party was a right-wing monarchist party in Nepal. It is a splinter-group of the Rashtriya Prajatantra Party. The president of RPP was Rajeshwor Devkota....
  
  
• Rashtriya Prajatantra Party-Chand
  Rashtriya Prajatantra Party-Chand
  Rashtriya Prajatantra Party-Chand was a Nepalese political party. It was a right-wing pro-monarchy party, formed out of the political elite of the erstwhile Panchayat system....
  
  
• Samyukta Prajatantra Party
  Samyukta Prajatantra Party
  Samyukta Prajatantra Party , a minor right-wing monarchist party in Nepal....
  
  
• Seven Party Alliance
  Seven Party Alliance
  The Seven Party Alliance was a coalition of seven Nepali political parties seeking to end autocratic rule in the country. They spearheaded the Loktantra Andolan.The alliance was made up of the following parties:* Nepali Congress...
  
  
• United National People's Movement
  United National People's Movement
  United National People's Movement was a coalition of Communist Party of Nepal , Communist Party of Nepal , Nepal Marxist-Leninist Party, Proletarian Labour Organisation, Nepal Communist League and the Nand Kumar Prasai faction during the popular uprising of 1990...
  
  
• United People's Front of Nepal
  United People's Front of Nepal
  The United People's Front of Nepal, was the mass front of the Communist Party of Nepal .-Formation:SJM was founded in 1991, with Dr. Baburam Bhattarai as its chairman. Except for the CPN, the Nepal Workers Peasants Organisation and the Nepal Marxist-Leninist Party took part in the formation...
  
  

Communist parties of Nepal

• Communist Party of Nepal
  Communist Party of Nepal
  The Communist Party of Nepal was founded in Calcutta, India, on April 29, 1949. CPN was formed to struggle against the autocratic Rana regime, feudalism and imperialism. The founding general secretary was Pushpa Lal Shrestha....
  
  
• United Left Front (Nepal) (2002)
• United Left Front (Nepal) (1990)
  United Left Front (Nepal) (1990)
  United Left Front, an alliance of communist parties who opposed the authocratic regime in Nepal. ULF was formed in 1990. It conducted joint movement together with the Nepali Congress...
  
  
• All Nepal Communist Revolutionary Coordination Committee (Marxist-Leninist)
  All Nepal Communist Revolutionary Coordination Committee (Marxist-Leninist)
  All Nepal Communist Revolutionary Coordination Committee was a revolutionary communist movement formed in Nepal in 1975. ANCRCC had its roots in Jhapa District Committee of the Communist Party of Nepal as well as the Morang-based Nepal Revolutionary Organisation...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya)
  Communist Party of Nepal, also referred to as Communist Party of Nepal was a communist party in Nepal. It emerged out of a split in the original Communist Party of Nepal in 1962...
  
  
• Barre Sangarsh Samuha
  Barre Sangarsh Samuha
  Barre Sangarsh Samuha was a communist faction in Barre, Nepal. The group emerged in the early 1980s, after breaking off from the Communist Party of Nepal . It subsequently merged into the Communist Party of Nepal .-Source:...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Burma)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist-Maoist)
• Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)
  Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)
  Communist Party of Nepal is a political party in Nepal, formed on September 15, 2005 through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Democratic)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Democratic)
  Communist Party of Nepal , was a splinter group of the Communist Party of Nepal formed in 1979, in the backdrop of the popular movement that surged in that year. The party was led by Bishnu Bahadur Manandhar. CPN was clearly pro-Soviet Union.Ahead of the 1991 parliamentary election the party...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Janamukhi)
• Nepal Communist League
  Nepal Communist League
  Nepal Communist League was a communist organisation in Nepal. NCL was led by Shambhuram Shrestha. Shrestha, who had been a central secretariat member of the original Communist Party of Nepal, broke away from Man Mohan Adhikari's faction in the mid-1970s....
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Manmohan)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Manmohan)
  Communist Party of Nepal was a communist party in Nepal, led by Man Mohan Adhikari.Man Mohan, an erstwhile leader of the radical faction of the Communist Party of Nepal, had taken part in organising the 'Central Nucleus'...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)
  Communist Party of Nepal , formed through the unification of Communist Party of Nepal , led by Manmohan Adhikari, and Communist Party of Nepal , led by Sahana Pradhan, in 1987...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) (1991)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) (1991)
  Communist Party of Nepal was a Nepalese political party. It was formed on November 1, 1991 by a group of former leaders of the original Communist Party of Nepal that had been expelled from the Communist Party of Nepal...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)
  Communist Party of Nepal , was an underground political party in Nepal. It was founded 1978 by the All Nepal Communist Revolutionary Coordination Committee . The founding congress was held December 26, 1978-January 1, 1979. The first general secretary of CPN was C.P...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (1998)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (1998)
  Communist Party of Nepal , a splinter-group from the Communist Party of Nepal formed on March 5, 1998. Sahana Pradhan was the chair of the party and Bam Dev Gautam the general secretary. Within the CPN a power struggle had taken place after the death of Madan Bhandari...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)
  Communist Party of Nepal , a political party in Nepal formed by C.P. Mainali when the CPN reunified with Communist Party of Nepal...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist)
  Communist Party of Nepal , was a minor communist party in Nepal. The party was as founded in 1981 by Krishna Das Shrestha. Initially it was known as the Nepal Marxist-Leninist Party...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Masal)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Masal)
  Communist Party of Nepal , was a communist party in Nepal. CPN was formed in 1983, following a split in the Communist Party of Nepal...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (1999)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (1999)
  Communist Party of Nepal , was a communist party in Nepal led by Deena Nath Sharma. The party was formed on April 6, 1999, as a split from the Communist Party of Nepal . Sharma's group called for boycott of elections and support to armed struggle led by Communist Party of Nepal . It later merged...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal)
  Communist Party of Nepal , was an underground communist party in Nepal. CPN was formed in November 1984, following a split in the Communist Party of Nepal . The new party was founded at a congress in Gorakhpur, India...
  
  
• Mukti Morcha Samuha
  Mukti Morcha Samuha
  Mukti Morcha Samuha was an underground communist group in Nepal. MMS was formed in 1976 following a split from the Communist Party of Nepal of Pushpa Lal Shestra. MMS was led by student leader Madan Kumar Bhandari...
  
  
• Nepal Revolutionary Organisation (Marxist-Leninist)
• Nepal Samyabadi Party (Marksbadi-Leninbadi-Maobadi)
  Nepal Samyabadi Party (Marksbadi-Leninbadi-Maobadi)
  Nepal Samyabadi Party was a small communist party in Nepal, formed out of a split from the Communist Party of Nepal . The party was often called NSP or Communist Party of Nepal . The general secretary of NSP was Nanda Kumar Prasai...
  
  
• Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation (D.P. Singh)
  Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation (D.P. Singh)
  Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation was a communist group in Nepal, led by D.P. Singh. It was formed when the Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation of Hareram Sharma was divided into two ....
  
  
• Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation (Hareram Sharma)
  Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation (Hareram Sharma)
  Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation was a communist group in Nepal, led by Hareram Sharma. It was one of the two separate NWPOs that emerged out of the original NWPO...
  
  
• Proletarian Communist League
  Proletarian Communist League
  Proletarian Communist League was a communist group in Nepal. It published Sarvhara as its central organ.The group emerged around 1980, from one section of the disintegrating Ati Gopyatabadi Group. The organisation condemned the 1980 referendum as a ploy to divert the people from the potential...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Pushpa Lal)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Pushpa Lal)
  Communist Party of Nepal , a communist splinter group led by Pushpa Lal Shestra. The party emerged in 1968, as Pushpa Lal organized a separate party congress in Gorakhpur, India...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Rayamjhi)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Rayamjhi)
  Communist Party of Nepal was a small communist party in Nepal. The group was formed by Keshar Jung Rayamajhi after he was expelled from the pro-Soviet Communist Party of Nepal in September 1983, due to his pro-monarchic actions. Rayamjhi's new party held a 'Special Congress' in March 1984. The...
  
  
• Revolutionary Communist Organisation, Nepal
  Revolutionary Communist Organisation, Nepal
  Revolutionary Communist Organisation, Nepal was a communist faction in Nepal. The group operated in the Bagmati, Janakpur and Koshi zones. The group publish Vargyuddha ....
  
  
• Revolutionary Communist Organising Committee
  Revolutionary Communist Organising Committee
  Revolutionary Communist Organising Committee was a communist group in Nepal. The organ of the group was Rato Jhanda . The group was sometimes known as the Rato Jhanda group...
  
  
• Sandesh Samuha
  Sandesh Samuha
  Sandesh Samuha was a communist group in Nepal. It emerged as the Dang District Committee of the Communist Party of Nepal separated itself from its mother party....
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
  The Communist Party of Nepal , also known as CPN-UML, CPN, is one of the largest communist parties in Nepal. It was created on January 6, 1991 through the unification of the Communist Party of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (United)
  Communist Party of Nepal (United)
  Communist Party of Nepal was a political party in Nepal. In 1991, after the first general election, through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal , Communist Party of Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre)
  Communist Party of Nepal , was a communist party in Nepal. CPN was formed on November 19-20 1990, through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal , Communist Party of Nepal , Proletarian Workers Organisation and Communist Party of Nepal . Soon thereafter a group led by Dr...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal)
• Nepal Workers Peasants Party
  Nepal Workers Peasants Party
  Nepal Workers Peasants Party is a communist political party in Nepal. The party president is Narayan Man Bijukchhe alias 'Comrade Rohit'. NWPP has a strong base in the Bhaktapur area, but limited presence otherwise...
  
  

Nepalese student unions

• All Nepal National Free Students Union
  All Nepal National Free Students Union
  The All Nepal National Free Students Union is a student based organisation in Nepal. The ANNFSU was founded in 1965. The original ANNFSU was later divided along ideological lines, and there are several organisations that emerged out of it. The main ANNFSU grouping today is politically tied to the...
  
  
• All Nepal National Free Students Union (United)
  All Nepal National Free Students Union (United)
  All Nepal National free Students Union is a students organisation in Nepal. It is the students wing of the Communist Party of Nepal ....
  
  
• All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Revolutionary)
  All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Revolutionary)
  All Nepal National Independent Students Union ANNISU is the student wing of the Communist Party of Nepal .The current President of the ANNISU is Lekhnath Neupane who, in May 2006, was accused of harassing a journalist ....
  
  
• Nepal Progressive Student Federation
  Nepal Progressive Student Federation
  Nepal Progressive Student Federation is a students organisation in Nepal. It is the students wing of the Communist Party of Nepal ....
  
  
• Nepal Revolutionary Students' Union
  Nepal Revolutionary Students' Union
  Nepal Revolutionary Students Union is the student wing of the Nepal Workers Peasants Party. The president of NRSU is Rabindra Jyakhwo, and the secretary is Niraj Lawaju.from 9th national conference butwal...
  
  
• Nepal Students Council
  Nepal Students Council
  Nepal Students Council is the students wing of the Nepal Praja Parishad. In the 2006 Free Students Union elections, NSC won in Koteswar....
  
  
• Rashtriya Janashakti Student Union
  Rashtriya Janashakti Student Union
  Rastriya Janashakti Student Union is a students organisation in Nepal. It is the students wing of the Royalist Rashtriya Janashakti Party.In the 2006 Free Student Union elections RJSU contested in 8 campuses in the Kathmandu valley and 30 outside the valley....
  
  
• Nepalese Mathematics Student Association

Nepalese politicians

• Aiswarya
  Aiswarya
  Aishwarya Rajyalaxmi Devi Shah was the Queen of Nepal from 1972 to 2001. She was the wife of King Birendra and the mother of Crown Prince Dipendra, Prince Nirajan, and Princess Shruti.- Biography :...
  
  
• Amrit Bohara
  Amrit Bohara
  Amrit Kumar Bohara , born April 27, 1948, is a leader of the Communist Party of Nepal . He is a member of the Standing Committee of the party and was its acting General Secretary....
  
  
• Chandra Prakash Gajurel
  Chandra Prakash Gajurel
  Chandra Prakash Gajurel is a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Nepal . His nom-de-guerre is Comrade Gaurav.-Arrest and Campaign for Freedom:...
  
  
• Dhyan Govinda Ranjit
  Dhyan Govinda Ranjit
  Dhyan Govinda Ranjit a.k.a. Dhyan Govinda Ranjitkar is a Nepalese politician, member of Nepalese constituent assembly/Nepalese Parliament and a leader of Nepali Congress. Ranjit was elected to the Nepalese Constituent Assembly from Kathmandu constituency...
  
   (Nepali
  Nepali language
  Nepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar...
  
  /Nepal Bhasa
  Nepal Bhasa
  Nepal Bhasa is one of the major languages of Nepal, and is also spoken in India, particularly in Sikkim where it is one of the 11 official languages. Nepal Bhasa is the mother tongue of about 3% of the people in Nepal . It is spoken mainly by the Newars, who chiefly inhabit the towns of the...
  
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• Dina Nath Sharma
  Dina Nath Sharma
  Dina Nath Sharma, alias Ashok, is a Nepalese politician. In 1999 he led a revolt within the Communist Party of Nepal against the party leadership. On April 6, 1999 Sharma split from the party and constituted his own parallel Communist Party of Nepal . Sharma's party called for boycott of elections...
  
  
• Girija Prasad Koirala
  Girija Prasad Koirala
  Girija Prasad Koirala was a Nepalese politician and the President of the Nepali Congress, a major political party. He was Prime Minister of Nepal for four times, serving from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and from 2006 to 2008; he was also Acting Head of State from January 2007 to July...
  
  
• Hisila Yami
  Hisila Yami
  Hisila Yami, alias Parvati , is a Nepalese politician and architect. She is a Central Committee member of Communist Party of Nepal and a former president of the All Nepal Women's Association ....
  
  
• Khem Raj Bhatta Mayalu
  Khem Raj Bhatta Mayalu
  Khem Raj Bhatta Mayalu is a Nepalese politician and a member of the Nepali Congress party. During the panchayat regime he was the general secretary of the underground leftist group Nepal Janabadi Morcha , living in exile in Lucknow, India...
  
  
• Khum Bahadur Khadka
  Khum Bahadur Khadka
  Khum Bahadur Khadka is a former Minister of the Interior of Nepal.He is from the Nepali Congress Party, and has been the Home minister, and minister for local and urban development several times....
  
  
• Kirti Nidhi Bista
  Kirti Nidhi Bista
  Kirdi Nidhi Bista is a Nepali politician. He served as prime minister of Nepal from 1969 to 1970, 1971 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.After the coup d'etat of King Gyanendra in 2005, Kirti Nidhi Bista was appointed one of the vice-chairmen till the government collapsed in April 2006 after the people's...
  
  
• Koirala family
  Koirala family
  The Koirala family is a Nepali political family which has been dominant in the Nepali Congress and politics of Nepal since first democratic movement. Three members of the family have been Prime Minister of Nepal.- Family members:Krishna Prasad KoiralaSons:1...
  
  
• Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
  Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
  Krishna Prasad Bhattarai was a Nepalese political leader. As a leader of the Nepali Congress Party, he made his position by transitioning Nepal from an absolute monarchy to a democratic multi-party system.Bhattarai was twice the Prime Minister of Nepal, once heading the Interim Government from 19...
  
  
• Laxmi Prasad Devkota
  Laxmi Prasad Devkota
  Laxmi Prasad Devkota , was a Nepali poet.Devkota is considered to be one of the best writers in Nepal. He is best known for the poem "Muna Madan". There are several tributes to the poem Muna Madan...
  
  
• Lokendra Bahadur Chand
  Lokendra Bahadur Chand
  Lokendra Bahadur Chand was the prime minister of Nepal four times: from 1983 to 1986, briefly during April 1990, briefly during 1997, and from October 2002 until June 2003. He is a major supporter of the Nepalese monarchy...
  
  
• Madan Kumar Bhandari
  Madan Kumar Bhandari
  Madan Kumar Bhandari was a Nepali politician and communist leader.Bhandari was born in Taplejung. He studied in Varanasi, India and in 1972 was named central committee member of the Janabadi Sanskritik Morcha , a student's movement launched by Pushpa Lal Shrestha...
  
  
• Marich Man Singh Shrestha
  Marich Man Singh Shrestha
  Marich Man Singh Shrestha is a Nepalese politician. He served as prime minister of Nepal from June 15, 1986 to April 6, 1990. Prior to that he was Speaker of the National Assembly of Nepal. He is a member of the Newar community and was the first member of that ethnic group to become prime minister...
  
  
• Mohan Bikram Singh
  Mohan Bikram Singh
  Mohan Bikram Singh , often referred to as MBS, party name Gharti, is a Nepalese politician. His father was a wealthy landlord in Pyuthan District who was close to King Tribhuvan. MBS however joined the opposition Nepali Congress, and took part in the 1950–1951 uprising for democracy.MBS...
  
  
• Madhav Kumar Nepal
  Madhav Kumar Nepal
  Madhav Kumar Nepal is a Nepali politician who was Prime Minister of Nepal from May 25, 2009 until February 6, 2011. He was nominated as a PM through internal arrangements within the current ruling coaliation government of Nepal. Nepal announced his resignation as Prime Minister on June 30, 2010...
  
  
• Prachanda
  Prachanda
  Puspa Kamal Dahal ; born Chhabilal Dahal on 11 December 1954, also known as Prachanda ]]. Prachanda led CPN as it launched an insurgency on 13 February 1996. In 2008 the ensuing civil war culminated in the overthrow of the Shah dynasty in favor of a communist...
  
  
• Radha Krishna Mainali
  Radha Krishna Mainali
  Radha Krishna Mainali is a Nepalese politician. In the early 1970s he was one of the radical communists who led the Jhapa rebellion, inspired by the Naxalite movement in India.R.K. Mainali was imprisoned in 1973, and was not released until 1986...
  
  
• Sher Bahadur Deuba
  Sher Bahadur Deuba
  Sher Bahadur Deuba is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister. He is the second senior most leader of the Nepali Congress. He has twice been elected as the leader of parliamentary party of the Nepali Congress, thus enabling him to be elected twice as the Prime Minister of Nepal.He has...
  
  
• Surya Bahadur Thapa
  Surya Bahadur Thapa
  Surya Bahadur Thapa has been Prime Minister of Nepal five times, under three different kings, in a political career lasting nearly 50 years. His terms were 1963-64, 1965–69, 1979–83, 1997–98 and 2003-04....
  
  

Nepalese communists

• Man Mohan Adhikari
  Man Mohan Adhikari
  Man Mohan Adhikari was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 1994 to 1995, representing the Communist Party of Nepal . He was the first democratically-elected Communist Party member to be PM in Nepal....
  
  
• Baburam Bhattarai
  Baburam Bhattarai
  Dr. Baburam Bhattarai is a Nepalese politician who became the 35th Prime Minister of Nepal in August 2011. He is a senior Standing Committee Member and vice chairperson of Unified Communist Party of Nepal . His party started a revolutionary People's War in Nepal in 1996 that ultimately led to the...
  
  
• Madan Kumar Bhandari
  Madan Kumar Bhandari
  Madan Kumar Bhandari was a Nepali politician and communist leader.Bhandari was born in Taplejung. He studied in Varanasi, India and in 1972 was named central committee member of the Janabadi Sanskritik Morcha , a student's movement launched by Pushpa Lal Shrestha...
  
  
• Amrit Bohara
  Amrit Bohara
  Amrit Kumar Bohara , born April 27, 1948, is a leader of the Communist Party of Nepal . He is a member of the Standing Committee of the party and was its acting General Secretary....
  
  
• Chandra Prakash Gajurel
  Chandra Prakash Gajurel
  Chandra Prakash Gajurel is a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Nepal . His nom-de-guerre is Comrade Gaurav.-Arrest and Campaign for Freedom:...
  
  
• Chandra Prakash Mainali
  Chandra Prakash Mainali
  Chandra Prakash Mainali is a communist politician in Nepal. He was born to Dhanpati and Chandrakumari Mainali....
  
  
• Mohan Bikram Singh
  Mohan Bikram Singh
  Mohan Bikram Singh , often referred to as MBS, party name Gharti, is a Nepalese politician. His father was a wealthy landlord in Pyuthan District who was close to King Tribhuvan. MBS however joined the opposition Nepali Congress, and took part in the 1950–1951 uprising for democracy.MBS...
  
  
• Madhav Kumar Nepal
  Madhav Kumar Nepal
  Madhav Kumar Nepal is a Nepali politician who was Prime Minister of Nepal from May 25, 2009 until February 6, 2011. He was nominated as a PM through internal arrangements within the current ruling coaliation government of Nepal. Nepal announced his resignation as Prime Minister on June 30, 2010...
  
  
• Prachanda
  Prachanda
  Puspa Kamal Dahal ; born Chhabilal Dahal on 11 December 1954, also known as Prachanda ]]. Prachanda led CPN as it launched an insurgency on 13 February 1996. In 2008 the ensuing civil war culminated in the overthrow of the Shah dynasty in favor of a communist...
  
  
• Ruplal Bishvakarma
  Ruplal Bishvakarma
  Ruplal Bishvakarma was a Nepalese communist politician, peasant leader and Dalit activist. Ruplal hailed from a middle peasant family in the Chitwan district...
  
  
• Dina Nath Sharma
  Dina Nath Sharma
  Dina Nath Sharma, alias Ashok, is a Nepalese politician. In 1999 he led a revolt within the Communist Party of Nepal against the party leadership. On April 6, 1999 Sharma split from the party and constituted his own parallel Communist Party of Nepal . Sharma's party called for boycott of elections...
  
  
• Hisila Yami
  Hisila Yami
  Hisila Yami, alias Parvati , is a Nepalese politician and architect. She is a Central Committee member of Communist Party of Nepal and a former president of the All Nepal Women's Association ....
  
  

Science and technology in Nepal

• Nepal Academy of Science and Technology
• Institute of Engineering
  Institute of Engineering
  Institute of Engineering is one of 5 technical institutes under Tribhuvan University and is governing body for engineering and architecture education under the umbrella of TU. Established in 1972, IOE is Nepal's oldest and the widest engineering education consortium. IOE provides Diploma,...
  
  
• Amrit Science College (ASCOL)
• Nepal Engineering College
  Nepal engineering college
  Nepal Engineering College, commonly known as nec, was established in 1994 as the first private engineering college of Nepal and is the second-largest engineering college there. Its main campus is located at Changunarayan, Bhaktapur. A second campus, in which Master's Programs are run, is located...
  
  
• Kathmandu Engineering College
  Kathmandu Engineering College
  Kathmandu Engineering College is an engineering college in Kalimati, Kathmandu, Nepal, located near the Grand Hotel Kathmandu.-External links:*...
  
  
• Kantipur Engineering College
  Kantipur Engineering College
  Kantipur Engineering College is a private engineering college in Kathmandu, Nepal. Kantipur Engineering College is affiliated to Tribhuvan University, Nepal....
  
  
• Khwopa Engineering College
  Khwopa Engineering College
  Khwopa Engineering College] is situated in the city of Bhaktapur, Nepal. It was established as a community college to provide engineering education by the local government....
  
  

Nepalese society

• Belbase
  Belbase
  Belbase बेलबासे is a surname from the Middle Hills of western Nepal.The origin of the name appears to come from the village Belbas in Pyuthan District. It translates as "Place of Rest", literally staying under a Bel tree. People who moved from there to other parts of Nepal became known as Belbase...
  
  
• Demographics of Nepal
  Demographics of Nepal
  The population of Nepal is estimated at 29,391,883 people in July 2011, with a population growth rate of 1.596% and a median age of 21.6 years. Female median age is estimated at 22.5 years, and male median age at 20.7 years...
  
  
• Gurkha
  Gurkha
  Gurkha are people from Nepal who take their name from the Gorkha District. Gurkhas are best known for their history in the Indian Army's Gorkha regiments, the British Army's Brigade of Gurkhas and the Nepalese Army. Gurkha units are closely associated with the kukri, a forward-curving Nepalese knife...
  
  
• Kamaiya
  Kamaiya
  Kamaiya is a traditional system of bonded labour in southern Nepal. The people affected are also called Kamaiya or Kamaiyas.-History:Various forms of forced labour and bondsman systems existed since the 17th century. Traditionally, people without land or work could get loans from landowners...
  
  
• Kinderhilfe-Nepal
  Kinderhilfe-Nepal
  Kinderhilfe-Nepal was established in Vienna, Austria on 3 January 2006. The association's main target is to help needy children in Nepal. It has already started to financially support some children in Nepal for their education....
  
  
• Lhotshampa
  Lhotshampa
  Lhotshampa, or Lhotsampa, means "southerners" in Dzongkha, the national language of Bhutan. The term refers to the heterogeneous ethnic Nepalese population of Bhutan.-History:...
  
  
• Sukraraj Shastri
  Sukraraj Shastri
  Sukraraj Shastri was a pre-eminent Nepalese intellectual and opposition leader who died as a martyr.- Political :The future statesman was born Sukraraj Joshi in Kathmandu...
  
  

Ethnic groups in Nepal

• Badi People
  Badi People
  Badi is a Dalit, Khas community in Nepal. 'Badi' means Vadyabadak, one who plays musical instruments, in Sanskrit. Badi is also a common name used throughout the middle-east and Arab region.It is estimated that there are 40,000 to 70,000 living in Nepal...
  
  
• Bahing
  Bahing
  The Bahing are a subset of the Rai ethnic group, located widely in Solukhumbu District , in some of the villages like Bulaadi, Chisopani, Manebhanjyang, Ratmaate, Lekh Kharka of Okhaldhunga District, and in some other districts of eastern Nepal. Their language, also named Bahing, belongs to the...
  
  
• Brahman-Hill
  Brahman-Hill
  The Brahman-Hill or Khas Bahun is the colloquial Nepali term for a member of the hill or mountain Brahmin caste, the traditional caste of educators, scholars and priests in Hinduism. This ethnic group of Nepal makes up 12.5% of the country's population....
  
   or Khas Bahun
• Chepang people
• Khas Chhettri
  Chhettri
  Chhetri or Chhettri , synonymous with Kshetri and Khatri are all derivatives of Kshatriya , the warrior and ruler caste group or varna of Hinduism. Chhetris speak Khasa Nepali, the national language, and are part of the dominant Khasa culture and the wider Pahari Indo-Nepali population...
  
  
• Dhobi
  Dhobi
  The Dhobi are a caste group found in Pakistan and India who specialize in washing clothes. The word Dhobi is derived from Hindi word dhona, which means to wash. They are found throughout North India, Gujarat, Maharashtra as well as the Punjab province of Pakistan, where they are known as Gazar...
  
  
• Ethnic groups of South Asia
  Ethnic groups of South Asia
  The ethno-linguistic composition of the population of South Asia, that is the nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka is highly diverse. The majority of the population fall within two large Linguistic groups, Indo-Aryan and Dravidian.These groups are further...
  
  
• Gandarbha
  Gandarbha
  Gandarbha or Gaine is a Dalit community which belongs to the Indo-Aryan ethnic group. from central hilly region of Nepal. By tradition they make their living by singing Gandarbha Geet or Gaine Geet, a type of folk song. They use Sarangi, a type of violin as their main musical instrument...
  
  
• Gurung
  Gurung
  The Gurung people, also called Tamu, are an ethnic group that migrated from Mongolia in the 6th century to the central region of Nepal. Gurungs, like other east Asian featured peoples of Nepal such as Sherpa, Tamang, Thakali, Magar, Manaaggi, Mustaaggi, and Walunggi, are the indigenous people of...
  
  
• Hayu
  Hayu
  The Hayus are a member of the Kirant tribe speaking their own language, Wayu or Hayu. Little is known about them. They are Animist by religion. According to the 2001 Nepal census, there are 1821 Hayu in the country,of which 70.29% were Hindus and 23.61% were animists.- External links :* *...
  
  
• Jirel
  Jirel
  The Jirels of eastern Nepal are both ethnically and linguistically related to both the Sherpas and Sunuwars. Their population of 5,300 is centered on the Jiri Valley....
  
  
• Kami (caste)
  Kami (caste)
  Kami is a community from Nepal which belongs to the Indo-Aryan ethnic group. Kamis are essentially blacksmiths who are scattered in almost all hilly districts of Nepal. They are the makers of famous Kukri knives which are used by the Gurkha Army...
  
  
• Kham Magar
  Kham Magar
  Kham Magar and Northern Magar are descriptive terms invented by academic linguists and anthropologists for a nationality in the Middle Hills of mid-western Nepal inhabiting highlands extending through eastern Rukum and northern Salyan, Rolpa and Pyuthan Districts in Rapti Zone as well as adjacent...
  
  
• Khas
  Khas
  Originally the Khas / Khasas or Khasiyas are the mountain dwellers living in the southern shadow of the Himalayan range from Kashmir to Bhutan, but mostly in Nepal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, North Bengal, Sikkim and Bhutan,...
  
  / Khasiyas or Khasas
• Kirant
  Kirant
  Kirat or Kirati are indigenous ethnic groups of the Himalayas extending eastward from Nepal into India, Burma and beyond. They migrated to their present locations via Assam, Burma, Tibet and Yunnan in ancient times...
  
  
• Kiratas
• Kusunda
  Kusunda
  The Kusunda or Ban Raja , known to themselves as the Mihaq or Myahq The Kusunda or Ban Raja ("people of the forest"), known to themselves as the Mihaq or Myahq The Kusunda or Ban Raja ("people of the forest"), known to themselves as the Mihaq or Myahq (The Kusunda or Ban Raja ("people of the...
  
  
• Lepcha people
  Lepcha people
  The Lepcha or Róng people , also called Róngkup , Mútuncí Róngkup Rumkup , and Rongpa , are the aboriginal people of Sikkim, who number between 30,000 and 50,000...
  
  
• Limbu people
  Limbu people
  The Yakthung or Limbu tribes and clans belong to the Kirati nation or to the Kirat confederation.They are indigenous to the hill and mountainous regions of east Nepal between the Arun and Mechi rivers to as far as Southern Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim....
  
  
• Magar people
• Newar
  Newar
  The Newa , Newār or Newāl) are the indigenous people and the creators of the historical civilization of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. The valley and surrounding territory have been known from ancient times as Nepal Mandala, its limits ever changing through history.Newas have lived in the Kathmandu...
  
  
• Rai (ethnic group)
  Rai (ethnic group)
  The Rai are one of Nepal's most ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic groups. They were Raya meaning king. Once someone was recognized as a ruler then Hindus awarded the title Raja, Rai, Raya, Malla etc. When the king Pritivi Narayan Shah couldn't defeat Kirant king , he somehow took them in...
  
  
• Ranjitkar
  Ranjitkar
  Ranjitkar is one of the castes of Newar. The Newari caste system is divided according to profession...
  
  
• Sherpa people
  Sherpa people
  The Sherpa are an ethnic group from the most mountainous region of Nepal, high in the Himalayas. Sherpas migrated from the Kham region in eastern Tibet to Nepal within the last 300–400 years.The initial mountainous migration from Tibet was a search for beyul...
  
  
• Tamang
  Tamang
  The Tamangs are the ancient and original inhabitants of the mountains and plains of the Himalayan regions of Nepal and India. Their ancient capital being Yambu - modern day Kathmandu. They have their own distinct culture, language and religion. Their ancestral domain is popularly known as...
  
  
• Thakali
  Thakali
  The Thakali are ethnolinguistic group originated from the Thak Khola region of the Mustang District in the Dhaulagiri zone of Nepal. Thakali, like Mutanggi their ancestors, culture and traditions are traced back to ancient himalayan region...
  
  
• Thami
  Thami
  The Thami are an indigenous tribe of hills east of Kathmandu, Nepal's capital. They mainly live in Dolakha district in East-Central Nepal. They are locally known as Thangmi. Their language is Kirant. According to the 2001 Nepal Census there are a total of 22,999 Thami of which 55.74% were...
  
  
• Tharu people
• Yadav
• Yakkha
  Yakkha
  Yakkha is an indigenous ethnic group of Nepal . It is one of the progenies of Nepal's prehistoric Kirat dynasty of around 100 BC.-Etymology:...
  
  

More about Nepal/Nepali:

• Araniko
  Araniko
  Araniko or Anige was one of the key figures in the arts of Nepal, Tibet, and Yuan China, and the artistic exchanges in these areas. He was born in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, during the reign of Jaya Bhim Dev Malla...
  
  
• Athale
• Bagmati
  Bagmati
  The Bagmati River is a river of Nepal and India. It flows through the Kathmandu valley and is the river separating Kathmandu from Lalitpur. It is considered a holy river both by Hindus and Buddhists...
  
  
• Bagmati Zone
  Bagmati Zone
  Bagmati Zone Bagmati is divided into eight districts:- See also :*Zones of Nepal*Regions of Nepal*Districts of Nepal...
  
  
• Bahal
• Bahra
  Bahra
  "Barha pikayegu" in Newar Language literally means "to make menstruation come out". This custom in Newars is done after Ihi and before a teenager reaches puberty. The custom is carried out before she gets her first menstruation. This custom entails a confinement period of 12 days and nights...
  
  
• Bajrayogini Temple
  Bajrayogini Temple
  Bajrayogini Temple is a famous Tantrik temple of Kathmandu valley. It is also well known as Bodhisattva's temple....
  
  
• Banepa
  Banepa
  Banepa is a Municipality town located 26 km east of Kathmandu, Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 12537 and had 1956 households in it. The main attraction of Banepa is the temple of Chandeshwori, located approximately 1 km northeast of the town along the...
  
  
• Bansuri
  Bansuri
  The bansuri is a transverse alto flute of Bangladesh, India and Nepal made from a single hollow shaft of bamboo with six or seven finger holes. An ancient musical instrument associated with cowherds and the pastoral tradition, it is intimately linked to the love story of Krishna and Radha, and is...
  
  
• Barha
  Barha
  Barha is Sanskrit for a peacock's tail;Barha may also refer to Sayyids of Barha a prominent noble family and military clan in mughal era....
  
  
• Basu Pasa
• Bhairava
  Bhairava
  Bhairava , sometimes known as Bhairo or Bhairon or Bhairadya or Bheruji , Kaala Bhairavar or Vairavar , is the fierce manifestation of Lord Shiva associated with annihilation...
  
  
• Bhaktapur
  Bhaktapur
  Bhaktapur , also Bhadgaon or Khwopa is an ancient Newar town in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. It is located in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone...
  
  
• Bhatgaon
• Bhimfedi
  Bhimfedi
  Bhimfedi , is a village development committee located in Makwanpur District of Narayani Zone of Nepal. This VDC is known for its bajar .-Etymology:...
  
  
• Bhujimol
  Bhujimol
  Bhujimol is the name of the most ancient form of the Nepal script. It is used to write Nepal Bhasa.-Etymology:The word "Bhujimol" comes from Nepalbhasa words "bhuji" meaning housefly and "mol" a word written at the end of scripts ....
  
  
• Bhusyaa
• Chaitya
  Chaitya
  A chaitya is a Buddhist or Jain shrine including a stupa. In modern texts on Indian architecture, the term chaitya-griha is often used to denote assembly or prayer hall that houses a stupa.-History:...
  
  
• Changu Narayan
  Changu Narayan
  Changu Narayan is the name of the deity enshrined in the Changu Narayan Temple, located near the Changunarayan village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The temple is one of the oldest Hindu temples of the valley, and is believed to have been constructed in the 4th century. Changu Narayan is the name...
  
  
• Charumati
• Chitrakar
  Chitrakar
  The Chitrakars belong to the Newah or Newar lingual community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. Traditionally, they are painters and mask-makers. In Nepal Bhasa, the mother tongue of the Newars, this caste is called "Puun". When the Newar culture became Sanskritized, the last name Chitrakar was...
  
  
• Chittadhar Hridaya
  Chittadhar Hridaya
  Chittadhar Hridaya was a Nepalese poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest literary figures from Nepal in the 20th century. The title of Kavi Keshari was conferred on him by King Mahendra of Nepal in 1956...
  
  
• Culture of Nepal
  Culture of Nepal
  The rich cultural heritage of Nepal, has evolved over centuries. This multi-dimensional cultural heritage encompasses within itself the cultural diversities of various ethnic, tribal, and social groups inhabiting different altitudes, and it manifests in various forms: music and dance; art and...
  
  
• Dhime
  Dhime
  Dhimay or Dhimaya is a double-headed cylindrical drum with a big wooden or metallic body. It a type of struck drum, technically a membranophone.-History:...
  
  
• Dhooswan Sayami
  Dhooswan Sayami
  Dhooswan Sayami is a famous writer in Nepal Bhasa. He also writes in Hindi and Nepali. He is well known for his contribution to the field of prose fiction. He is considered to be one of the best novel writers of the language....
  
  
• Dipankara
  Dipankara
  Dīpankara one of the Buddhas of the past, said to have lived on Earth one hundred thousand years.Theoretically, the number of Buddhas having existed is enormous and they are...
  
  
• Durga Lal Shrestha
  Durga Lal Shrestha
  Durga Lal Shrestha is a famous poet of Nepal Bhasa and Nepali. Some people brand him as Progressive literateur or People's literateur...
  
  
• Ehee
• Gai Jatra
• Goon la
  Goon la
  Goon lā is a month of Nepalese calendar Nepal Sambat. The month roughly corresponds to August of Gregorian Calendar. The month is marked by musical pilgrimage made by Newars...
  
  
• Guthi
  Guthi
  Guthi is a social organization that used to maintain the social order of Newar society. Presently, most of the guthis are defunct and are vestigeal representation of what once was the most powerful social organization of the Newars....
  
  
• Hari Bansha Acharya
  Hari Bansha Acharya
  Hari Bangsa Acharya is a Nepalese actor and a comedian. He is one of the most successful and respected comedians in the Nepalese entertainment industry. He is well known for his method acting. He is one of the comedy duo, "MaHa Jodi", the other one being Madan Krishna Shrestha. He also performs...
  
  
• Iihipaa
  Iihipaa
  Iihipaa denotes Newari rituals of marriage. Various rituals and social ceremonies that are performed for Newar marriages. The rituals differ according to caste....
  
  
• Indra Jatra
• Jaa Nakigu
• Janabahaadya
• Jankwa
  Jankwa
  Jankwa is a Newar ritual to commemorate the young, elderly and infants in the community.-Types of Jankwa:There are two types of jankwa* Macha jankwa, celebrated once*Jyah Jankwa which can be celebrated up to 5 times...
  
  
• Jatra (Nepal)
  Jatra (Nepal)
  Jatra refers to the types of Newari Festivals involving street festival or carnival....
  
  
• Jayaprakash Malla
  Jayaprakash Malla
  Jaya Prakash Malla was the last king of Yen or Kantipur which corresponds to present day Kathmandu. He ruled from 1736 to 1746, and then from 1750 until his death in 1768....
  
  
• Joshi
  Joshi
  Joshi is a family name common in India and Nepal. Whereas the Joshi's of India are of Brahmin origin, the Joshi's of Nepal are either Newars or Khas-Brahmin...
  
  
• Kal Bhairab
  Kal Bhairab, Nepal
  Kal Bhairab is a village development committee in Dailekh District in the Bheri Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3787 people living in 713 individual households.-External links:*...
  
  
• Kalidas Shrestha
  Kalidas Shrestha
  Kalidas Shrestha is a Nepalese artist, sculptor, social activist, and is the founding chairman of Kamala Memorial Community Service Center. He also founded Nepal Fine Arts College and was his first campus chief. He also serves as an honorable member of Nepal Academy...
  
  
• Kasthamandap
  Kasthamandap
  Kasthamandap is a three storied temple situated in Maru tole of Kathmandu. It is one of the largest and most noted pagodas of Nepal. The pagoda enshrines a statue of Gorakhnath.This temple is built in pagoda style design...
  
  
• Kathmandu
• Kathmandu Valley
  Kathmandu Valley
  The Kathmandu Valley , located in Nepal, lies at the crossroads of ancient civilizations of Asia, and has at least 130 important monuments, including several places of pilgrimage for the Hindus and the Buddhists. There are seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites within this valley.-Etymology:The city of...
  
  
• Kathmandu Valley/old stub
• Ketaa Pujaa
  Ketaa Pujaa
  Ketaa Pujaa is a ritual of Newar boys in which they are required to shave their head....
  
  
• Kirtipur
  Kirtipur
  Kirtipur is an ancient city in Nepal. It is located in Kathmandu District of Bagmati Zone 5 km south-west of the Kathmandu. It is one of the five municipalities of the Kathmandu Valley.-Etymology:...
  
  
• Kumar
  Kumar
  Kumār OR Kunwar is a title, a given name or a family name native to India.In many Indian languages, Kumar literally means prince or a young/unmarried male....
  
  
• Kumari, Nepal
  Kumari, Nepal
  Kumari is a village development committee in Nuwakot District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6458 people living in 1132 individual households.-External links:*...
  
  
• Lakhey
  Lakhey
  Lakhey is a famous character in Newar culture[]. It is a demon character popularized by its drunken dance accompanied by "pulukishi".Lakhey is a saviour of children....
  
  
• Lalitpur District, Nepal
  Lalitpur District, Nepal
  Lalitpur District of 337,785. It is one of the three districts in the Kathmandu Valley, along with Kathmandu and Bhaktapur.Lalitpur District has many schools, colleges and hotels. Adarsha Vidya Mandir, St. Xavier's School, St...
  
  
• List of bodhisattvas
• List of prominent writers in Nepal Bhasa
• MaHa
  MaHa
  MaHa is the acronym of the comedy duo of Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya of Nepal in Devanagari script. The duo represents the pinnacle of comedy in Nepal. Their style is focussed on creating awareness through laughter. They have also been involved in creating social activities and...
  
  
• Madan Krishna Shrestha
  Madan Krishna Shrestha
  Madan Krishna Shrestha is a Nepalese comedian. Together with Hari Bansha Acharya they form MaHa which has been called "probably the most popular comic duo in Nepal".-Family:...
  
  
• Majipa Lakhey
  Majipa Lakhey
  Majipa Lakhey is a special Lakhey. He is also known as the peaceful Bhairav. The dance of this lakhey takes place only in the week of full moon of Yenlaa month of Nepal Sambat. This lakhey is considered to be the protector of the children...
  
  
• Malla (Nepal)
  Malla (Nepal)
  The Malla Dynasty was a ruling dynasty of Nepal from the 12th to the 18th century. Malla kings of Nepal visited Lumbini in the 11th and 12th century. It was during their reign the people living in and around the Kathmandu Valley began to be called as "Newars" . The Mallas were the ruling clan of...
  
  
• Manjusri
  Manjusri
  Mañjuśrī is a bodhisattva associated with transcendent wisdom in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In Esoteric Buddhism he is also taken as a meditational deity. The Sanskrit name Mañjuśrī can be translated as "Gentle Glory"...
  
  
• Nagbahal
  Nagbahal
  Nagbahal is located at the heart of the city of Lalitpur in Kathmandu Valley, in Nepal. Around 5000 people live in the Nagbahal community, mainly from Newar ethnic groups...
  
  
• Nepal
  Nepal
  Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
  
  
• Nepal Bhasa
  Nepal Bhasa
  Nepal Bhasa is one of the major languages of Nepal, and is also spoken in India, particularly in Sikkim where it is one of the 11 official languages. Nepal Bhasa is the mother tongue of about 3% of the people in Nepal . It is spoken mainly by the Newars, who chiefly inhabit the towns of the...
  
  
• Nepal Bhasa literature
  Nepal Bhasa literature
  - History :Nepal Bhasa has a long history as regards literature. It has the fourth-oldest literature of the Sino-Tibetan languages .Here is a list of literary figures of the language....
  
  
• Nepal Sambat
  Nepal Sambat
  Nepal Sambat is the national lunar calendar of Nepal. It was used throughout Medieval Nepal, and into early modern Nepal, until Chandra Sumsher decided to remove it in BS 1960. It was started in 880 AD during the reign of King Raghav Dev to commemorate the payment of all the debts of Nepalese...
  
  
• Nepalese cuisine
  Nepalese cuisine
  Nepalese cuisine refers to the cuisines of Nepal. The cultural and geographic diversity of Nepal provide ample space for a variety of cuisines based on ethnicity, soil and climate. Nevertheless dal-bhat-tarkari is eaten throughout the country. Dal is a soup made of lentils and spices...
  
  
• Nepali language
  Nepali language
  Nepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar...
  
  
• Newar Buddhism
  Newar Buddhism
  Newar Buddhism is the form of Mahayana-Vajrayana Buddhism practiced by the Newar ethnic community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. It has developed unique socio-religious elements, which include a non-monastic Buddhist society based on a caste system and patrilinial descent...
  
  
• Newar Caste
  Newar Caste
  The Newar caste system is the system by which Newars, the indigenous people of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley, are divided into groups on the basis of their occupations.- Distinguishing features :...
  
  
• Newar Dance
  Newar Dance
  Newari Dance consists of the whole array of dances that are traditionally performed by Newars.- Classification :The Newar dances can be classified as* Traditional Masked dances#Lakhey dance#Astamatrika dance#Navadurga dance...
  
  
• Newari Architecture
  Newari Architecture
  Newa architecture is an indigenous style of architecture used by the Newari people in the Kathmandu valley in Nepal. It is a style used in buildings ranging from stupas and chaitya monastery buildings to courtyard structures and distinctive houses. The style is marked by striking brick work and a...
  
  
• Newari Festival
  Newari Festival
  Newari Festival refers to the festivals that are celebrated by the Newars. Newars are well known for their lavish festivals. The word Jatra is used for carnivals.- List of festivals :Based on Nepalese calendar, Nepal Sambat, the different festivals are:...
  
  
• Newari Music
  Newari Music
  Newa Music, also spelled Newar Music, is a traditional music developed in Nepal by the Newars. It mainly consists of percussion instruments, some wind instruments and no string instruments.- Instruments :The instruments can be categorized as:...
  
  
• Nuwakot, Bagmati
• Nuwakot, Rapti
  Nuwakot, Rapti
  Nuwakot is a village development committee in Rukum District in the Rapti Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4071....
  
  
• Pagoda
  Pagoda
  A pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and other parts of Asia. Some pagodas are used as Taoist houses of worship. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most commonly Buddhist,...
  
  
• Panauti
  Panauti
  Panauti is a historical city in Nepal. It is 32 km SE from the capital Kathmandu. It was a small state given by King Bhupatindra Malla as dowry to his sister.-Origin:...
  
  
• Pashupatinath temple
  Pashupatinath temple
  Pashupatinath Temple is one of the most significant Hindu temples of Lord Shiva in the world, located on the banks of the Bagmati River in the eastern part of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The temple served as the seat of the national deity, Lord Pashupatinath, Nepal is a secular country...
  
  
• Patan, Nepal
• Pauba
  Pauba
  Paubas are traditional paintings on cloth created basically by the Chitrakar caste and also by few members of Vajracharya caste of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. Thankas are the Tibetan version of the Paubas. The word "Paubha" is related to Sanskrit "Pata or Patra" upon which the painting is done....
  
  
• Portal:Newar
• Portal:Newar/Categories
• Prachalit script
• Pradhan
  Pradhan
  Pradhan is a high, generally ministerial, title of Sanskrit origin in cultures of Hindu tradition, mainly in and around the Indian subcontinent. Pradhan literally means "Prime"...
  
  
• Puun (see Chitrakar
  Chitrakar
  The Chitrakars belong to the Newah or Newar lingual community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. Traditionally, they are painters and mask-makers. In Nepal Bhasa, the mother tongue of the Newars, this caste is called "Puun". When the Newar culture became Sanskritized, the last name Chitrakar was...
  
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• Rajamati
  Rajamati
  Rajamati is the second big screen film to be made in Nepal Bhasa. The first Nepal Bhasa movie is Silu, released in 1987....
  
  
• Rajkarnikar
  Rajkarnikar
  The Rajkarnikar are a Newar clan, the original inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley, which is Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, its sister city, Lalitpur, Patan, and Bhaktapur. The Rajkarnikar clan are also called halwais or palma halwais. The traditional Rajkarnikar occupation is making candy and sweet...
  
  
• Ranjana script
  Ranjana script
  The Rañjanā script is an abugida writing system which developed in the 11th century. It is primarily used for writing Nepal Bhasa but is also used in monasteries of India, Tibet, coastline China, Mongolia, and Japan. It is usually written from left to right but the Kutakshar form is written from...
  
  
• Ranjitkar
  Ranjitkar
  Ranjitkar is one of the castes of Newar. The Newari caste system is divided according to profession...
  
  
• Sa Paru
  Sa Paru
  Sā Pāru is a festival celebrated chiefly in Nepal by the Newars. The festival commemorates the death of people during the span of a year.See also: Gaijatra...
  
  
• Sankhadhar Sakhwa
  Sankhadhar Sakhwa
  Sankhadhar Sakhwa is a Nepalese philanthropist. He cleared the debts of all the people in Nepal. A new era was initiated from the date in which he cleared the debts. This new era is called Nepal Sambat...
  
  
• Sukraraj Shastri
  Sukraraj Shastri
  Sukraraj Shastri was a pre-eminent Nepalese intellectual and opposition leader who died as a martyr.- Political :The future statesman was born Sukraraj Joshi in Kathmandu...
  
  
• Siddhicharan Shrestha
  Siddhicharan Shrestha
  Siddhicharan Shrestha is one of the most prominent writers of Nepal. He wrote in Nepal Bhasa and Nepali.His poem 'Okhaldhunga' is considered one of the masterpiece...
  
  
• Siddhidas Mahaju
  Siddhidas Mahaju
  Siddhidas Mahaju is one of the greatest writers in Nepal Bhasa literature. He is considered as the greatest poet in the language. He translated Ramayana to Nepal Bhasa. He is one of the four main people involved in Nepal Bhasa renaissance.-Influences:He influenced every single poet and writer...
  
  
• Sikhara
  Sikhara
  Śikhara, a Sanskrit word translating literally to "mountain peak", refers to the rising tower in the Hindu temple architecture of North India. Sikhara over the sanctum sanctorum where the presiding deity is enshrined is the most prominent and visible part of a Hindu temple of North India.In south...
  
  
• Stupa
  Stupa
  A stupa is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the remains of Buddha, used by Buddhists as a place of worship....
  
  
• Swayambhu Purana
  Swayambhu Purana
  Swayambhu Purana is a Buddhist scripture about the origin and development of Kathmandu valley. Swayambhu Purana gives detail of all the Buddhas who came to Kathmandu...
  
  
• Swayambhunath
  Swayambhunath
  Swayambhunath is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. It is also known as the Monkey Temple as there are holy monkeys living in parts of the temple in the north-west...
  
  
• Tamrakar
  Tamrakar
  Tamrakar is a caste from the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The name Tamrakar is derived from the Sanskrit words "tamra", meaning copper, and "aakar", meaning shape or to give shape....
  
  
• Tara (Buddhism)
  Tara (Buddhism)
  Tara or Ārya Tārā, also known as Jetsun Dolma in Tibetan Buddhism, is a female Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism who appears as a female Buddha in Vajrayana Buddhism. She is known as the "mother of liberation", and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements...
  
  
• Tuladhar
  Tuladhar
  Tuladhar is a caste from the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The name Tuladhar is derived from the Sanskrit words tula and dhar , thus meaning scale-bearer or in general, merchant. Tuladhars belong to the Uray group which includes Kansakar, Tamrakar, Sthapit, Bania, Sindurakar,...
  
  
• Vajrayana
  Vajrayana
  Vajrayāna Buddhism is also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Mantrayāna, Secret Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism and the Diamond Vehicle...
  
  
• Vihara
  Vihara
  Vihara is the Sanskrit and Pali term for a Buddhist monastery. It originally meant "a secluded place in which to walk", and referred to "dwellings" or "refuges" used by wandering monks during the rainy season....
  
  
• Yanya Punhi

Dalit

• Dalit Nationalism
  Dalit Nationalism
  The politics of Dalit Nationalism has been brought into full play only in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where the Bahujan Samaj Party, representing the Dalit community, has consistently polled 20 percent of the vote in the elections in the last two decades, and even shared power with one...
  
  
• 2006 Dalit protests in Maharashtra
  2006 Dalit protests in Maharashtra
  In November and December 2006, the desecration of an Ambedkar statue in Kanpur triggered off violent protests by Dalits in Maharashtra, India.-Background:...
  
  
• Adi Dravida
  Adi Dravida
  Adi Dravidar is term used by the state of Tamil Nadu in India to denote Dalits. It means Original natives or indigenous people of Dravida land . The term was coined by Tamil social activist Periyar Ramasami who worked against casteism and division among the people based on castes...
  
  
• Bahujan Samaj Party
  Bahujan Samaj Party
  The Bahujan Samaj Party is a centrist national political party in India with socialist leanings. It was formed to chiefly represent Bahujans , referring to people from the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes as well as Buddhists. The party claims to be inspired by the...
  
  
• Bahujan Samaj Party (Nepal)
  Bahujan Samaj Party (Nepal)
  Bahujan Samaj Party, Nepal is a Nepalese political party. It is formed with inspiration of the Indian Bahujan Samaj Party. It is led by Madan Bahadur Pradhan. In the 1999 general elections it had 3 candidates. The party got 0,01% of the votes nationwide....
  
  
• Balmiki
  Balmiki
  Balmiki is Dalit communities in the Indian state of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana and also in Pakistan and was historically restricted to three occupations: cleaning latrines, sweeping, and scavenging . They prefer to be known as Bhangi...
  
  
• Bhangi
  Bhangi
  Bhangi is an Indian caste or jāti traditionally treated as untouchable, and was historically restricted to three occupations: cleaning latrines, sweeping, and scavenging . They prefer to be known as Balmiki...
  
  
• Chamar
  Chamar
  Chamar |tanner]]"; from the Sanskrit Charmakara) is a prominent occupational caste in India, Pakistan and Nepal. Chamar is a Dalit sub-caste mainly found in the northern states, such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi and in Nepal at least north to the Himalayas...
  
  
• Chandala
  Chandala
  Chandala is a Sanskrit word for someone who deals with disposal of corpses, and is a Hindu lower caste, formerly considered untouchables. Currently it is a term used specifically in Indo-Aryan speaking regions of India. Sandala has become a swear word in the colloquial usage of the Tamil language...
  
  
• Dalit
  Dalit
  Dalit is a designation for a group of people traditionally regarded as Untouchable. Dalits are a mixed population, consisting of numerous castes from all over South Asia; they speak a variety of languages and practice a multitude of religions...
  
  
• Dalit Bahujan Shramik Union
  Dalit Bahujan Shramik Union
  The Dalit Bahujan Shramik Union is a Dalit-Bahujan civil rights organization locally coordinated from Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, South India.-Origins:The name "Dalit" refers to a group of people traditionally regarded as low caste...
  
  
• Dalit Buddhist movement
• Dalit Freedom Network
  Dalit Freedom Network
  Dalit Freedom Network is an evangelical Christian organization whose official mission is to "empower the Dalits in their quest for social freedom and human dignity by networking human, financial, and informational resources." Founded by Dr. Joseph D'souza, who heads the "All India Christian...
  
  
• Dalitstan
  Dalitstan
  Dalitstan.org was a Dalit advocacy website run advocating for a Dalit homeland and the breakup of India into several separate nations. According to its website, "The Dalitstan Organization is a Human Rights Organization working for the Upliftment of Dalits, the Black Untouchables of India...
  
  
• Dhobi
  Dhobi
  The Dhobi are a caste group found in Pakistan and India who specialize in washing clothes. The word Dhobi is derived from Hindi word dhona, which means to wash. They are found throughout North India, Gujarat, Maharashtra as well as the Punjab province of Pakistan, where they are known as Gazar...
  
  
• Domba
  Domba
  The Domba or Dom are an ethnic or social group, or groups, scattered across India. They are usually segregated from the mainstream community as outcastes.The Domba are sometimes also called "Chandala". Both terms also came to be used in the sense of "outcaste" in general...
  
  
• Hari (outcaste)
• Holeya
• Kherlanji Massacre
  Kherlanji massacre
  The Kherlanji massacre refers to the 2006 lynching-style murders of a Dalit family by members of the politically dominant, but backward Kunbi caste. The killings took place in a small village in India named Khairlanji, located in the Bhandara district of the state of Maharashtra...
  
  
• Kinnaraya
  Kinnaraya
  Kinnaraya or Kinnarayo also Kinnara are a social group or caste amongst the Sinhalese of Sri Lanka. Like the Burakumin of Japan and Paraiyar of the neighboring Tamil ethnic group in Sri Lanka as well as Tamil Nadu state in South India they were segregated from the mainstream society yet played a...
  
  
• List of Scheduled Tribes in India
• List of lower-caste Indian warriors
• Madiga
  Madiga
  Madiga is a social group or caste group of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharastra etc. found almost in all Indian states with different names. The people belonging to this community are most oppressed and exploited in the society. The term Madiga is derived from Sanskrit word Maha-Adiga which can be...
  
  
• Mahar
  Mahar
  Mahar is an important social group within the Indian state of Maharashtra and surrounding states. A grouping of related endogamous castes, the Mahar are the largest scheduled caste group in Maharashtra, in which they comprise ten percent of the population .On...
  
  
• Mala (caste)
  Mala (caste)
  Mala or Malla is a social group or caste mostly from Andhra Pradesh state of India. Mala or Malla is derived from the Sanskrit word "Malla" which means wrestler. They are one of the dominant Dalit castes of Andhra the other being Madigas.They constitute around 8.5% of the total state population...
  
  
• Nalavar
  Nalavar
  Nalavar also Nalava is a Sri Lankan Tamil caste of traditional agriculturalists and toddy tapers. But today they are found in all aspects of the society. They are part of a new amalgamation of castes in Jaffna peninsula called as Panchamar or Fives...
  
  
• Pallar
  Pallar
  The Pallar are a caste from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. They are mostly agriculturalists in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka and amongst the Tamil diaspora...
  
  
• Paraiyar
  Paraiyar
  Paraiyar, Parayar, and Sambavar, anglicised by Europeans as Pariah are a social group found in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and in Sri Lanka . In the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, though they have been enumerated under three different caste names, they have generally been referred to as...
  
  
• Pulayar
  Pulayar
  The Pulayar , also Pulayar, Pulaya, or Pulayas or Holeya or Cheramar, are one of the main social groups found in Kerala, Karnataka and in historical Tamil Nadu or Tamilakam.- Traditions :...
  
  
• Kanshi Ram
  Kanshi Ram
  Kanshi Ram was an Indian politician. He founded the Bahujan Samaj Party , a political party with the stated goal of serving the traditionally lower castes of Indian society . He transferred the BSP's leadership to Mayawati...
  
  
• Rodiya
  Rodiya
  Rodi or Rodiya are one of the widely reported untouchable social group or caste amongst the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka. Their status was very similar to all the Untouchable castes of India with segregated communities, ritualized begging, eating off the refuse of upper castes and refusal for the...
  
  
• Sakkiliar
  Sakkiliar
  Arunthathiyar are one of the most marginalized social groups or castes from Tamil Nadu and Arunthathiyar are one of the most marginalized [[social groups]] or castes from [[Tamil Nadu]] and...
  
  
• Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
  Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
  The Scheduled Castes and Tribes Act, 1989 was enacted by the Parliament of India, in order to prevent atrocities against Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes...
  
  
• Scheduled Castes and Tribes
  Scheduled Castes and Tribes
  The Scheduled Castes , also known as the Dalit, and the Scheduled Tribes are two groupings of historically disadvantaged people that are given express recognition in the Constitution of India...
  
  
• Shudra
  Shudra
  Shudra is the fourth Varna, as prescribed in the Purusha Sukta of the Rig veda, which constitutes society into four varnas or Chaturvarna. The other three varnas are Brahmans - priests, Kshatriya - those with governing functions, Vaishya - agriculturalists, cattle rearers and traders...
  
  

Nepalese football clubs

• Brigade Boys Club
  Brigade Boys Club
  Brigade Boys Club is a Nepalese football club from Lalitpur, which plays in the town of Katmandu. They play in the Nepalese first division, the Nepal A- Division League.-External links:*...
  
  
• Mahendra Police Club
  Mahendra Police Club
  Nepal Police Club formerly known as Mahendra Police Club is departmental police football club of Nepal. They currently play in the top division of the country.-History:...
  
  
• Friends Club
  Friends Club
  Friends Club is a Nepali football club, which plays in the town of Kathmandu.They are situated in Kupandole Lalitpur. This club is known for nurturing young talent of Nepalese Football.Friends Club has produced more than 200 national football players till date...
  
  
• Manang Marsyangdi Club
  Manang Marsyangdi Club
  Manang Marshyangdi Club is a Nepali professional football club based in Swayambhu, Kathmandu, known as MMC is one of the most popular sports club in Nepal, which plays in the town of Katmandu. They play in the Nepalese first division, the Nepal A- Division League.The club is one of the most...
  
  
• New Road Team
  New Road Team
  New Road Team is a Nepalese sports club, most widely known for its soccer achievements. The club is located in Kathmandu. They play in the Nepalese first division, the Nepal A- Division League soccer. Besides soccer, the club is involved in cricket, billiard etc.-History:N.R.T. was established in...
  
  
• Ranipokhari Corner Team
  Ranipokhari Corner Team
  Ranipokhari Corner Team is a Nepalese football club from Ranipokhari, which plays in the town of Katmandu. They play in the Nepalese first division, the Nepal A- Division League...
  
  
• Sankata Boys Sports Club
  Sankata Boys Sports Club
  Sankata Boys Sports Club is a Nepali football club, which plays in the town of Katmandu...
  
  
• Three Star Club
  Three Star Club
  Three Star Club is a Nepali football club based in Patan, Lalitpur. They play in the Nepalese first division, the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League...
  
  

Nepal at the Olympics

• Nepal at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  Nepal competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.- Athletics :Marathon* Bahadur Bhupendra - did not finish* Bahadur Thapa Ganga - did not finish- Boxing :Flyweight...
  
  
• Nepal at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's Marathon:* Jit Bahadur — 2:57:58.8 * Bhakta Bahadur — did not finish -References:*...
  
  
• Nepal at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's Marathon* Baikuntha Manandhar* Final — 2:30:07 -References:*...
  
  
• Nepal at the 1980 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1980 Summer Olympics
  Nepal competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.-Athletics:Men's 100 metres* Raghuraj Onta* Heat — 11.61 Men's 10,000 metres*Narbahadur Dahal* Heat — 31:19.8...
  
  
• Nepal at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Nepal competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.-Athletics:Men's 400 metres*Pushpa Raj Ojha* Heat — 52.12 Men's Marathon* Baikuntha Manandhar — 2:22:52...
  
  
• Nepal at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  Nepal competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Bidhan Lama, won a bronze medal in taekwondo which was then an exhibition sport.-Athletics:Men's 10.000 metres* Haribahadur Rokaya*# Heat – 30:48.16...
  
  
• Nepal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's Marathon* Hari Rokaya → 70th place -References:*...
  
  
• Nepal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Nepal competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Athletics:Men's Marathon* Tika Bogati → 74th place Women's Marathon* Bimala Rana Magar → 62nd place -References:*...
  
  
• Nepal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's 5000 m*Gyan Bahadur Bohara*# Round 1 - 14:34.15 34th placeWomen's 100 m*Devi Maya Paneru*# Round 1 - 12.74 -Swimming:Men's 50 m freestyle*Chitra Bahadur Gurung...
  
  
• Nepal at the 2002 Winter Olympics
  Nepal at the 2002 Winter Olympics
  Nepal competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.- Cross-country skiing:MenSprintPursuit-References:**...
  
  
• Nepal at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Though both Nepali athletes failed to advance beyond their opening heats, Bhandari set a new national record in the Men's 5000 metres, and Koju set a personal best in the Women's 1500 metres.Men's 5000 metres:* Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari...
  
  
• Nepal at the 2006 Winter Olympics
  Nepal at the 2006 Winter Olympics
  Nepal sent one athlete to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.- Cross-country skiing :Distance-References:*...
  
  

Tourism in Nepal

• Lukla
  Lukla
  Lukla is a town in the Khumbu area of the Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. Situated at , it is a popular place for visitors to the Himalayas near Mount Everest to arrive...
  
  
• Namche Bazaar
  Namche Bazaar
  Namche Bazaar is a village and Village Development Committee in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. It is located within the Khumbu area at , populating the sides of a hill...
  
  
• Thamel
  Thamel
  Thamel is a popular tourist destination in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is a full Wi-fi zone in Nepal. Thamel has been the centre of the tourist industry in Kathmandu for over four decades starting from the hippie movement when many artists came to Nepal and spent weeks in Thamel...
  
  

Airlines of Nepal

• Agni Air
  Agni Air
  Agni Air Pvt. Ltd. is an airline based in Nepal which started operations in March 2006. It has its headquarters in Kathmandu.-History:Agni Air started operations on 16 March 2006 on the Lukla and Tumlingtar sectors with a Dornier 228 and started flying to Biratnagar the next day.-Destinations:The...
  
  
• Base Air
  Base Air
  Base Air is an airline based in Nepal. It uses small aircraft and operates mountain flights to STOL airports in the northeast region of Nepal.- History :...
  
  
• Buddha Air
  Buddha Air
  Buddha Air Pvt. Ltd‎ is an airline based in Jawalakhel, Lalitpur District, Nepal, near Patan. It operates domestic services within Nepal, serving mainly large towns and cities in Nepal, linking Kathmandu with nine destinations. Its main base is Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu...
  
  
• Flying Dragon Airlines
  Flying Dragon Airlines
  Flying Dragon Airlines is an airline based in the Nepalgunj Airport in Nepalgunj, Nepal.- History :The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has granted Flying Dragon Airlines an air operators certificate and the airline is required to be based in Nepalgunj.Chinese aviation company, Feilong Aviation,...
  
  
• Gorkha Airlines
  Gorkha Airlines
  Gorkha Airlines is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It operates scheduled and charter flights to domestic destinations, as well as daily mountain flights in the Himalayas. Its main base is Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu.- History :...
  
  
• Impro Airways
  Impro Airways
  - History :The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal granted Impro Airways an Air Operators Certificate in 2006 permitting it to operate domestic charter services to remote sectors with three passenger and cargo-versioned MI-17 MTV helicopters....
  
  
• Mero Air
  Mero Air
  -History:The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has granted Mero Air an air operators certificate permitting it to operate services to 13 domestic destinations.-Destinations:* Lukla* Phaplu* Jumla* Simikot* Dolpa* Bhairahawa* Simara* Nepalgunj...
  
  
• Nepal Airlines
• Shree Airlines
  Shree Airlines
  Shree Airlines is an airline based in Nepal, operating mainly chartered helicopter services.-History:The airline was incorporated in the 1990s and was originally called Air Ananya, named after his granddaughter- Ananya Mittal, but when the cargo airline was certified as a passenger airline, Banwari...
  
  
• Sita Air
  Sita Air
  Sita Air is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal; it operates domestic flights. The airline's main base is Tribhuvan International Airport with hubs at Pokhara Airport and Nepalgunj Airport.- History :...
  
  
• Yeti Airlines
  Yeti Airlines
  Yeti Airlines Domestic Pvt. Ltd. is an airline based in Nepal. The airline was established in May 1998 and received its Air Operators Certificate on 17 August 1998. Yeti Airlines is the parent company of Tara Air. Together the two airlines form the largest domestic flight operator in Nepal...
  
  

Defunct airlines of Nepal

• Air Ananya
  Air Ananya
  - History :After a helicopter was burnt at Jiri by Maoists and there were a couple of accidents and helicopters hit by bullets, Banwari Lal Mittal, now Chairman and CEO of Shree Airlines, consulted an astrologer who suggested changing the name of the airline. Thus Air Ananya became Shree Airlines...
  
  
• Air Nepal International
  Air Nepal International
  Air Nepal International was an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal, operating international services to Kuala Lumpur, Doha, Dubai and Bangkok. It ceased operations in March 2006.-History:The airline started services on July 24, 2005...
  
  
• Asian Airlines
  Asian Airlines
  -Incidents and accidents :In 2002 a helicopter belonging to Asian Airlines vanished while heading for the Lukla region with 10 members of a French mountaineering expedition. A two week long aerial search for the missing aircraft failed to locate it....
  
  
• Cosmic Air
  Cosmic Air
  Cosmic Air was an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It operated scheduled domestic and international services out of Kathmandu Airport, aiming at foreign tourists...
  
  
• Everest Air
  Everest Air
  - History :Tha airline was originally formed as Nepal Air Charter Services. It was formed in 1992 and was made defunct in 1998.- Services :Everest operated scheduled flights with Dornier aircraft to Bhairawa, Bharatpur, Biratnagar, Jomsom, Jumla, Lamidanda, Pokhara, Ramechap and Rumjatar...
  
  
• Karnali Air
  Karnali Air
  Karnali Air was an airline based in Nepal and operated helicopter services. It merged with Necon Air in 2001. Necon Air became defunct in 2003.- History :...
  
  
• Mountain Air (Nepal)
  Mountain Air (Nepal)
  - History :Mountain Air was established in April 2000. In November 2002 the Raytheon took back possession of two aircraft from Mountain Air because the airline defaulted on the aircraft-leasing arrangements.- Services :...
  
  
• Necon Air
  Necon Air
  Necon Air was an airline based in Nepal. The airline was Nepal's first private airline company and was established on September 14 1992 with Hawker Siddeley HS 748 AVRO. Plans were announced to add two medium size Boeing or Airbus aircraft by September 2002...
  
  
• Shangri-La Air
  Shangri-La Air
  Shangri-La Air was an airline based in Nepal. It merged with Necon Air in 2001. Necon Air became defunct in 2003.- History :The airline was established in 1999. In 2001 it was, along with Karnali Air, part of an ‘operational merge’ with Necon Air....
  
  
• Skyline Airways
  Skyline Airways
  Skyline Airways was an airline based in Kathmandu in Nepal. It provided scheduled services to rural destinations in Nepal and charter flights.- Services :Destinations included Lukla, Phaplu, Pokhara, Jomsom, Bharatpur, Rumjatar and Simara....
  
  

Aviation in Nepal

Nepal stubs

• 1990 People's Movement
• Adarsha Vidya Mandir
  Adarsha Vidya Mandir
  - Overview :A.V.M. higher Secondary School is one of the oldest and largest schools located in Manbhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal with over 5,000 students. Established in 2022B.S. by a pioneer of education in Nepal, the late Mr. Satya Narayan Bahadur Shrestha, this school is one of the top-leading schools...
  
  
• Ailaa
• Aiswarya
  Aiswarya
  Aishwarya Rajyalaxmi Devi Shah was the Queen of Nepal from 1972 to 2001. She was the wife of King Birendra and the mother of Crown Prince Dipendra, Prince Nirajan, and Princess Shruti.- Biography :...
  
  
• All Nepal National Free Students Union (United)
  All Nepal National Free Students Union (United)
  All Nepal National free Students Union is a students organisation in Nepal. It is the students wing of the Communist Party of Nepal ....
  
  
• All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Revolutionary)
  All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Revolutionary)
  All Nepal National Independent Students Union ANNISU is the student wing of the Communist Party of Nepal .The current President of the ANNISU is Lekhnath Neupane who, in May 2006, was accused of harassing a journalist ....
  
  
• All Nepal Trade Union Congress
  All Nepal Trade Union Congress
  The All Nepal Trade Union Congress was formed in 1946 and was the first trade union to ever exist in Nepal. The union was formed by a mixture of communists and socialists, the latter group leaving in 1950 to form the Nepal Workers Union , however they received little support...
  
  
• Amar Singh Thapa
  Amar Singh Thapa
  Amar Singh Thapa, also known as "Living lion of Nepal", was the General of the Nepalese forces of western front in the Anglo–Nepalese War. He is regarded as one of the National heroes of Nepal....
  
  
• Amrit Bohara
  Amrit Bohara
  Amrit Kumar Bohara , born April 27, 1948, is a leader of the Communist Party of Nepal . He is a member of the Standing Committee of the party and was its acting General Secretary....
  
  
• Amshuverma
  Amshuverma
  King Amshuverma Thakura was the Licchavi king of Nepal in the sixth century AD of the Thakuri dynasty. He was learned, bold and farsighted Thakuri emperor of Lichhavi period, he was also a lover of art, architecture and literature. He built Kailash Bhawan. He was a brave king, fought many battles...
  
  
• Armed Police Force Nepal
  Armed Police Force Nepal
  - History :The Armed Police Force of Nepal is a paramilitary force with the basic roles of catalyst in maintaining law and order and containing insurgency cracking down terrorist activities. Its foundation is similar to the paramilitary force. Service is voluntary and the minimum age for...
  
  
• Arun River (Nepal)
  Arun River (Nepal)
  The Arun River is a trans-boundary river and is part of the Kosi or Sapt Koshi river system in Nepal. It originates in Tibet Autonomous Region of People's Republic of China where it is called Bum-chu.-Name:...
  
  
• Babu Chhiri
• Bahra
  Bahra
  "Barha pikayegu" in Newar Language literally means "to make menstruation come out". This custom in Newars is done after Ihi and before a teenager reaches puberty. The custom is carried out before she gets her first menstruation. This custom entails a confinement period of 12 days and nights...
  
  
• Bahujan Samaj Party (Nepal)
  Bahujan Samaj Party (Nepal)
  Bahujan Samaj Party, Nepal is a Nepalese political party. It is formed with inspiration of the Indian Bahujan Samaj Party. It is led by Madan Bahadur Pradhan. In the 1999 general elections it had 3 candidates. The party got 0,01% of the votes nationwide....
  
  
• Bajrayogini Temple
  Bajrayogini Temple
  Bajrayogini Temple is a famous Tantrik temple of Kathmandu valley. It is also well known as Bodhisattva's temple....
  
  
• Barha
  Barha
  Barha is Sanskrit for a peacock's tail;Barha may also refer to Sayyids of Barha a prominent noble family and military clan in mughal era....
  
  
• Bel bibaha
• Belbase
  Belbase
  Belbase बेलबासे is a surname from the Middle Hills of western Nepal.The origin of the name appears to come from the village Belbas in Pyuthan District. It translates as "Place of Rest", literally staying under a Bel tree. People who moved from there to other parts of Nepal became known as Belbase...
  
  
• Bhairahawa
• Bhakti Thapa
  Bhakti Thapa
  Bhakti Thapa is a National hero of Nepal.He was a patriot involved in the Anglo-Nepalese War. His most important contribution in the war was at the western front of Deothal...
  
  
• Bhanubhakta Acharya
  Bhanubhakta Acharya
  Aadikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya was a Nepali poet who translated the Ramayana from Sanskrit to Nepali. He was born in 1814 in Chundi Ramgha in the district of Tanahu, and was educated at home by his grandfather, Shri Krishna Acharya...
  
  
• Bhimfedi
  Bhimfedi
  Bhimfedi , is a village development committee located in Makwanpur District of Narayani Zone of Nepal. This VDC is known for its bajar .-Etymology:...
  
  
• Bhimsen Thapa
  Bhimsen Thapa
  Bhimsen Thapa was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 1806 to 1837. After his initial rise to become the prime minister of Nepal during the reign of Rana Bahadur, the successive minority of Girvan Yuddha Shah and Rajendra Bikram Shah, along with the support from Maharani Tripurasundari helped him to...
  
  
• Bhupalis
  Bhupalis
  Bhupalis are Bhutanese of Nepali origin living as refugees in Jhapa, Nepal without solution to their problem till date.The term is used by the Indian officials in and around the Indo-Bhutan and Indo-Nepal regions. People who once lived in southern Bhutan are now a major chunk of them living in...
  
  
• Brahman-Hill
  Brahman-Hill
  The Brahman-Hill or Khas Bahun is the colloquial Nepali term for a member of the hill or mountain Brahmin caste, the traditional caste of educators, scholars and priests in Hinduism. This ethnic group of Nepal makes up 12.5% of the country's population....
  
  
• Bratabandha
• Brazesh
• Budhanilkantha School
  Budhanilkantha School
  Budhanilkantha School, often referred to as BNKS, is a public boarding school in Nepal. It was founded by King Birendra in 1972.It located in Narayansthan, eight kilometres north of Kathmandu on the beautiful foothills of Shivapuri mountain...
  
  
• Chabahil
  Chabahil
  Chabahil, one of the most important historical place in Kathmandu, Nepal is famous for its Licchavi stupa, called the Charumati Vihara. The stupa is considered by many historians to be the oldest Buddhist Stupa in Kathmandu Valley. According to the inscriptions found in the stupa, the stupa was...
  
  
• Chandra Kumari
• Charumati
• Chhettri
  Chhettri
  Chhetri or Chhettri , synonymous with Kshetri and Khatri are all derivatives of Kshatriya , the warrior and ruler caste group or varna of Hinduism. Chhetris speak Khasa Nepali, the national language, and are part of the dominant Khasa culture and the wider Pahari Indo-Nepali population...
  
  
• Chittadhar Hridaya
  Chittadhar Hridaya
  Chittadhar Hridaya was a Nepalese poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest literary figures from Nepal in the 20th century. The title of Kavi Keshari was conferred on him by King Mahendra of Nepal in 1956...
  
  
• Chwelaa
• Coat of arms of Nepal
  Coat of arms of Nepal
  The coat of arms of Nepal was changed during the reconciliation period following the Nepalese Civil War. On 30 December 2006, a new coat of arms was introduced...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Burma)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Democratic)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Democratic)
  Communist Party of Nepal , was a splinter group of the Communist Party of Nepal formed in 1979, in the backdrop of the popular movement that surged in that year. The party was led by Bishnu Bahadur Manandhar. CPN was clearly pro-Soviet Union.Ahead of the 1991 parliamentary election the party...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)
  Communist Party of Nepal , formed through the unification of Communist Party of Nepal , led by Manmohan Adhikari, and Communist Party of Nepal , led by Sahana Pradhan, in 1987...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)
  Communist Party of Nepal , was an underground political party in Nepal. It was founded 1978 by the All Nepal Communist Revolutionary Coordination Committee . The founding congress was held December 26, 1978-January 1, 1979. The first general secretary of CPN was C.P...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)
  Communist Party of Nepal , a political party in Nepal formed by C.P. Mainali when the CPN reunified with Communist Party of Nepal...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist)
  Communist Party of Nepal , was a minor communist party in Nepal. The party was as founded in 1981 by Krishna Das Shrestha. Initially it was known as the Nepal Marxist-Leninist Party...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Rayamjhi)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Rayamjhi)
  Communist Party of Nepal was a small communist party in Nepal. The group was formed by Keshar Jung Rayamajhi after he was expelled from the pro-Soviet Communist Party of Nepal in September 1983, due to his pro-monarchic actions. Rayamjhi's new party held a 'Special Congress' in March 1984. The...
  
  
• Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre)
  Communist Party of Nepal , was a communist party in Nepal. CPN was formed on November 19-20 1990, through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal , Communist Party of Nepal , Proletarian Workers Organisation and Communist Party of Nepal . Soon thereafter a group led by Dr...
  
  
• Damphu
• Dasain
  Dasain
  Dashain is the 15-day national festival of Nepal, It is the longest and the most auspicious festival in the Nepalese annual calendar, celebrated with great rejoice by Nepalese of all caste and creed throughout the globe. It is not only the longest festival of the country but is also the one...
  
  
• Democracy movement in Nepal
  Democracy movement in Nepal
  The Democracy movement in Nepal has been active for many years but usually applies to one of two movements.*Jana Andolan in 1990*Loktantra Andolan in 2006...
  
  
• Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions
  Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions
  Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions was a central trade union organization in Nepal. DECONT is politically tied to the Nepali Congress . The president of DECONT was Rajendra Bahadur Raut....
  
  
• Devyani Rana
  Devyani Rana
  Devyani Rana was the prospective fiancée of the Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal. She is the daughter of Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana and Usharaje Scindia, of the Gwalior royal family...
  
  
• Dhau
  Dhau
  Dhau is a type of curd prepared by Newars. This is made by fermentation process of Milk in humid condition.Dhau, curd, denotes purity and is associated with masculinity, whereas duru, milk, is associated with femininity, as well as with purity...
  
  
• Dhime
  Dhime
  Dhimay or Dhimaya is a double-headed cylindrical drum with a big wooden or metallic body. It a type of struck drum, technically a membranophone.-History:...
  
  
• Dhunge Dhara
  Dhunge Dhara
  A Dhunge Dhara is a traditional stone water tap found extensively in Nepal. They were commission by various rulers of Ancient and Medieval Nepal. Dhunge Dharas were made both for public and private use, and consist of intricately carved stone water ways through which water flows uninterrupted from...
  
  
• Dhyan Govinda Ranjit
  Dhyan Govinda Ranjit
  Dhyan Govinda Ranjit a.k.a. Dhyan Govinda Ranjitkar is a Nepalese politician, member of Nepalese constituent assembly/Nepalese Parliament and a leader of Nepali Congress. Ranjit was elected to the Nepalese Constituent Assembly from Kathmandu constituency...
  
  
• Dolpo
  Dolpo
  Dolpo is a high-altitude culturally Tibetan region in the upper part of the Dolpa District of western Nepal, bordered in the north by the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Part of the region lies in Shey Phoksundo National Park...
  
  
• Durbar High School
  Durbar High School
  Durbar High School which translates to Palace High School, opened in 1892 is the oldest modern school in Nepal. Located in Ranipokhari, Kathmandu, it originally taught only members of the ruling family, but was opened to private citizens in 1902....
  
  
• Ehee
• Flag of Nepal
  Flag of Nepal
  The national flag of Nepal is the world's only national flag that is non-quadrilateral in shape. The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennons, the vexillological word for a pennant. Its crimson red is the colour of the rhododendron, the country's national flower. Red is also the sign...
  
  
• Gandarbha
  Gandarbha
  Gandarbha or Gaine is a Dalit community which belongs to the Indo-Aryan ethnic group. from central hilly region of Nepal. By tradition they make their living by singing Gandarbha Geet or Gaine Geet, a type of folk song. They use Sarangi, a type of violin as their main musical instrument...
  
  
• Ganesh Man Singh
  Ganesh Man Singh
  Ganesh Man Singh was the commander of Nepalese democratic movement of 1990 AD. He was the first Asian to receive United Nations Human Rights Award. He is one of the most revered politicians of Nepal...
  
  
• Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva
  Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva
  Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal , also called Girvanyuddha Bikrama Shah, was the King of Nepal from 1799 to 1816....
  
  
• Goon la
  Goon la
  Goon lā is a month of Nepalese calendar Nepal Sambat. The month roughly corresponds to August of Gregorian Calendar. The month is marked by musical pilgrimage made by Newars...
  
  
• Govind Prasad Lohani
  Govind Prasad Lohani
  Govind Prasad Lohani is the former Royal Nepalese Ambassador to Pakistan, Iran and Turkey. He is well regarded in Nepal as a senior economist and political advisor. He is a son of famous Nepali poet Deepkeshwar Sharma. He has written more than 20 books relating to communism,civilization and economics...
  
  
• Hayu
  Hayu
  The Hayus are a member of the Kirant tribe speaking their own language, Wayu or Hayu. Little is known about them. They are Animist by religion. According to the 2001 Nepal census, there are 1821 Hayu in the country,of which 70.29% were Hindus and 23.61% were animists.- External links :* *...
  
  
• Himal Khabarpatrika
  Himal Khabarpatrika
  Himal Khabarpatrika was a Nepali-language fortnightly news magazine published in Nepal by Himal Media . It was one of the few news magazine in the northern half of the subcontinent which uses the liberal values of journalism to reach out to a vernacular audience...
  
  
• Himalayan Bank Limited
  Himalayan Bank Limited
  Himalayan Bank Limited is one of the largest and reputed private sector banks of Nepal. The Bank was incorporated in 1992 by a few eminent individuals of Nepal in partnership with the Employees Provident Fund and Habib Bank Limited, Pakistan. The Bank commenced its operations in January 1993...
  
  
• Himalayan Times
  Himalayan Times
  The Himalayan Times is an English-language newspaper distributed in Nepal. The Himalayan times has been a recent entry into the Nepalese newspaper market but it has already gained grounds due to high standard of journalism and its broad appeal to the masses. International Media Network Nepal Pvt....
  
  
• Himalmedia
  Himalmedia
  Himalmedia is a periodical publisher in Nepal. Himalmedia publishes three periodicals: Himal Khabarpatrika, a biweekly newsmagazine, Nepali Times, a weekly newspaper, and Wave, a magazine aimed at teenagers.- Child Publications :* * *...
  
  
• Iihipaa
  Iihipaa
  Iihipaa denotes Newari rituals of marriage. Various rituals and social ceremonies that are performed for Newar marriages. The rituals differ according to caste....
  
  
• Image Channel
  Image Channel
  The Image Channel is a privately owned television channel in Nepal. It is owned by Image Group of Companies which also run FM station and located in Lazimpat, Kathmandu. It produces every kind of programs news, talkshows, entertainment shows, teleserials etc....
  
  
• Independent Transport Workers Association of Nepal
  Independent Transport Workers Association of Nepal
  The Independent Transport Workers Association of Nepal was a Nepalese trade union formed in 1979. The union existed as a separate entity until 1989 when it helped form the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions....
  
  
• Institute of Engineering
  Institute of Engineering
  Institute of Engineering is one of 5 technical institutes under Tribhuvan University and is governing body for engineering and architecture education under the umbrella of TU. Established in 1972, IOE is Nepal's oldest and the widest engineering education consortium. IOE provides Diploma,...
  
  
• Jaa Nakigu
• Janamorcha Nepal
• Janata Dal (Samajbadi Prajatantrik)
  Janata Dal (Samajbadi Prajatantrik)
  Janata Dal is a political party in Nepal. The party is led by Keshar Jung Rayamjhi, a historic communist leader who turned into an ally of the royal house....
  
  
• Jankwa
  Jankwa
  Jankwa is a Newar ritual to commemorate the young, elderly and infants in the community.-Types of Jankwa:There are two types of jankwa* Macha jankwa, celebrated once*Jyah Jankwa which can be celebrated up to 5 times...
  
  
• Jatra (Nepal)
  Jatra (Nepal)
  Jatra refers to the types of Newari Festivals involving street festival or carnival....
  
  
• Jayaprakash Malla
  Jayaprakash Malla
  Jaya Prakash Malla was the last king of Yen or Kantipur which corresponds to present day Kathmandu. He ruled from 1736 to 1746, and then from 1750 until his death in 1768....
  
  
• Jhyali
  Jhyali
  Jhyali or Jhyalis are traditional folk instruments from Nepal. They are a kind of Percussion instruments similar to cymbals. Jhyalis are used are a pair of round plates which are made from alloys. They are used in folk as well as classical music in Nepal....
  
  
• Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery
• Kal Bhairab
  Kal Bhairab, Nepal
  Kal Bhairab is a village development committee in Dailekh District in the Bheri Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3787 people living in 713 individual households.-External links:*...
  
  
• Kamai
  Kamai
  Kamais are a Himalayan people who are Aryan in origin. The Kamais resemble the Damais closely in physical features and are found in Sikkim and Kalimpong in India. They are mostly Hindus and their traditional occupations were as smiths, namely goldsmiths and blacksmiths. They are believed to be the...
  
  
• Kami (caste)
  Kami (caste)
  Kami is a community from Nepal which belongs to the Indo-Aryan ethnic group. Kamis are essentially blacksmiths who are scattered in almost all hilly districts of Nepal. They are the makers of famous Kukri knives which are used by the Gurkha Army...
  
  
• Kantipur
  Kantipur
  Kantipur TV is a television network of Kantipur Publication of Nepal. This Publication House has a number of other notable publications such as The Katmandu Post, and kantipur daily....
  
  
• Kantipur English High School
  Kantipur English High School
  Kantipur English High School is a English medium secondary level school in Kathmandu, Nepal with permanent registration under the Ministry of Education of HMG Nepal. The drive towards excellence in education is one that has caught the imagination of every community...
  
  
• Kantipur Television
  Kantipur Television
  Kantipur Television is a privately owned television channel in Nepal. It is run by Kantipur Publications, which has multiple print publications such as Saptahik, Kantipur Daily Newspaper, Kathmandu Post, etc. and Kantipur FM is also a sister organization...
  
  
• Kathmandu College of Management
  Kathmandu College of Management
  Kathmandu College of Management, popularly known as KCM, is a college of higher education located in Gwarko, Lalitpur, Nepal. It is affiliated to Kathmandu University and is considered one of the premier management schools in Nepal. The parent university itself was established in 1990 after...
  
  
• Ketaa Pujaa
  Ketaa Pujaa
  Ketaa Pujaa is a ritual of Newar boys in which they are required to shave their head....
  
  
• Khum Bahadur Khadka
  Khum Bahadur Khadka
  Khum Bahadur Khadka is a former Minister of the Interior of Nepal.He is from the Nepali Congress Party, and has been the Home minister, and minister for local and urban development several times....
  
  
• Kirant
  Kirant
  Kirat or Kirati are indigenous ethnic groups of the Himalayas extending eastward from Nepal into India, Burma and beyond. They migrated to their present locations via Assam, Burma, Tibet and Yunnan in ancient times...
  
  
• Kiratas
• Kirti Nidhi Bista
  Kirti Nidhi Bista
  Kirdi Nidhi Bista is a Nepali politician. He served as prime minister of Nepal from 1969 to 1970, 1971 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.After the coup d'etat of King Gyanendra in 2005, Kirti Nidhi Bista was appointed one of the vice-chairmen till the government collapsed in April 2006 after the people's...
  
  
• Krishna Bheer
  Krishna Bheer
  Krishna Bheer is a cliff located in Dhading District by the side of Prithivi Highway. It is the most landslide prone part of the highway. The steep elevation of the cliff compounded with the loose mud constituent of the cliff creates the vulnarability of landslide in Monsoons...
  
  
• Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
  Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
  Krishna Prasad Bhattarai was a Nepalese political leader. As a leader of the Nepali Congress Party, he made his position by transitioning Nepal from an absolute monarchy to a democratic multi-party system.Bhattarai was twice the Prime Minister of Nepal, once heading the Interim Government from 19...
  
  
• LGBT rights in Nepal
  LGBT rights in Nepal
  The Nepalese government, following the monarchy that ended in 2007, legalised homosexuality in 2007 along with the introduction of several new law sets. Based on the ruling of the Supreme Court of Nepal in late 2008, the government is looking into legalising same-sex marriage...
  
   (Gay rights)
• List of newspapers in Nepal
• Livang
  Livang
  Liwang is a district headquarter and village development committee of Rolpa District in the Rapti Zone of south-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1381....
  
  
• Lokendra Bahadur Chand
  Lokendra Bahadur Chand
  Lokendra Bahadur Chand was the prime minister of Nepal four times: from 1983 to 1986, briefly during April 1990, briefly during 1997, and from October 2002 until June 2003. He is a major supporter of the Nepalese monarchy...
  
  
• MaHa
  MaHa
  MaHa is the acronym of the comedy duo of Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya of Nepal in Devanagari script. The duo represents the pinnacle of comedy in Nepal. Their style is focussed on creating awareness through laughter. They have also been involved in creating social activities and...
  
  
• Maadal
• Madan Kumar Bhandari
  Madan Kumar Bhandari
  Madan Kumar Bhandari was a Nepali politician and communist leader.Bhandari was born in Taplejung. He studied in Varanasi, India and in 1972 was named central committee member of the Janabadi Sanskritik Morcha , a student's movement launched by Pushpa Lal Shrestha...
  
  
• Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya
  Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya
  Madan Puraskār Pustakālaya is a library of books and periodicals in the Nepali language. The library is a not-for-profits and non-governmental institution that is run by a trust. In addition to archive, the library is involved in many other areas like publishing, educational training and...
  
  
• Maghe Sankranti
  Maghe sankranti
  Maghe sankranti is a Nepalese festival observed on the first of Magh in the Bikram Samwat Nepali calendar bringing an end to the ill-omened month of Poush when all religious ceremonies are forbidden. Maghe Sakranti is the Nepalese version of the Indian Makar Sankranti. On this day, the sun is...
  
  
• Mahendra Sanskrit University
• Mahendranagar, Janakpur
  Mahendranagar, Janakpur
  Mahendranagar is a village development committee in Dhanusa District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 10,209 persons living in 1916 individual households.-External links:*...
  
  
• Mahendranagar, Kosi
  Mahendranagar, Kosi
  Mahendranagar is a village development committee in Sunsari District in the Kosi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. Situated nearby the Koshi River the village is a developing rapidly and is soon to be a municipality. Most of the residents,as it is common in Nepal, depend on agriculture...
  
  
• Malla (Nepal)
  Malla (Nepal)
  The Malla Dynasty was a ruling dynasty of Nepal from the 12th to the 18th century. Malla kings of Nepal visited Lumbini in the 11th and 12th century. It was during their reign the people living in and around the Kathmandu Valley began to be called as "Newars" . The Mallas were the ruling clan of...
  
  
• Man Mohan Adhikari
  Man Mohan Adhikari
  Man Mohan Adhikari was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 1994 to 1995, representing the Communist Party of Nepal . He was the first democratically-elected Communist Party member to be PM in Nepal....
  
  
• Manipal College of Medical Sciences
  Manipal College of Medical Sciences
  Manipal College of Medical Sciences is the first private medical school in Nepal. Established in 1994 and located in Pokhara, the school is affiliated with Kathmandu University...
  
  
• Marich Man Singh Shrestha
  Marich Man Singh Shrestha
  Marich Man Singh Shrestha is a Nepalese politician. He served as prime minister of Nepal from June 15, 1986 to April 6, 1990. Prior to that he was Speaker of the National Assembly of Nepal. He is a member of the Newar community and was the first member of that ethnic group to become prime minister...
  
  
• Martyrs Soccer League
• Media of Nepal
  Media of Nepal
  -Radio:Historically, radio has been the most prevalent form of mass communication in Nepal. Government-owned Radio Nepal has been the sole domestic radio provider since 1951, and by 1995 it was broadcasting in short-wave, medium-wave, and FM frequencies...
  
  
• Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
  Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
  Field-Marshal Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, GCB, GCIE, GBE was the prime minister and foreign minister of Nepal from 30 April 1948 until 12 November 1951....
  
  
• N.R.N.
• NTV 2 Metro
  NTV 2 Metro
  NTV PLUS is a television channel in Nepal. It is a city channel owned by the Government of Nepal. Other main TV channels in Nepal include Nepal Television the national television channel, and two private channels Kantipur Television and Image Channel....
  
  
• Nabil Bank
  Nabil Bank
  Nabil Bank Limited is one of the commercial banks of Nepal. The bank, founded in 1984 has branches all across the nation with its head-office in Kathmandu.Nabil Bank Limited, the first foreign joint venture bank of Nepal, started operations in July 1984...
  
  
• Narayan Gopal
  Narayan Gopal
  Narayan Gopal Guruacharya is the most prominent and popular singer and composer in the history of Nepali music. He is popularly referred to as "Swar Samrat" in Nepali music. He is also known as "Tragedy King." He is well known as a singer as well as a composer...
  
  
• National Assembly of Nepal
  National Assembly of Nepal
  The National Assembly was the upper house of parliament in Nepal during the 1990 Constitution. It was composed of 60 members: 10 nominated by the king, 35 elected by the House of Representatives and the remaining 15 elected by an electoral college made up of chairs of villages and towns...
  
  
• National Museum of Nepal
  National Museum of Nepal
  The National Museum of Nepal was established in 1928 as an arsenal museum in the historic building which was constructed in early 19th century by General Bhimsen Thapa. The initial name of this museum was Chhauni Silkhana which literally means "the stone house of arms and ammunition".It was opened...
  
  
• National People's Front
• National Teachers Association
  National Teachers Association
  National Teachers Association, an organization of teachers in Nepal. NTA is linked to Communist Party of Nepal ....
  
  
• Nepal 1
  Nepal 1
  Nepal 1 is the first Nepali language Satellite Channel from India. Nepal 1 is primarily targeted towards homes of the Nepalese community in North Bengal, Sikkim and North Eastern States in India, the whole of Nepal, Myanmar, and Malaysia, right up to Hong Kong....
  
  
• Nepal Bank Limited
  Nepal Bank Limited
  Nepal Bank Limited is the First commercial bank of Nepal. It was established 1937 which marked the beginning of an era of formal banking in Nepal.-History:...
  
  
• Nepal Communist League
  Nepal Communist League
  Nepal Communist League was a communist organisation in Nepal. NCL was led by Shambhuram Shrestha. Shrestha, who had been a central secretariat member of the original Communist Party of Nepal, broke away from Man Mohan Adhikari's faction in the mid-1970s....
  
  
• Nepal Goodwill Party
• Nepal House of Representatives
  Nepal House of Representatives
  The House of Representatives was the lower house of parliament during the 1990 Constitution in Nepal. It consisted of 205 members directly elected by the people. It had five-year terms, but it could be dissolved by the king on the advice of the prime minister before the ending of its term.On...
  
  
• Nepal Independent Hotel Workers Union
  Nepal Independent Hotel Workers Union
  The Nepal Independent Hotel Workers Union was a Nepalese trade union formed in 1981. The union existed as a separate entity until 1989 when it helped form the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions....
  
  
• Nepal Independent Workers Union
  Nepal Independent Workers Union
  The Nepal Independent Workers Union was a Nepalese trade union formed in 1979 as the labour wing of Communist Party of Nepal . It was created following a General Strike in Balaju Industrial District, Kathmandu existed as a separate entity until 1989 when it helped form the General Federation of...
  
  
• Nepal Investment Bank Limited
  Nepal Investment Bank Limited
  Nepal Investment Bank Limited is one of the leading commercial banks of Nepal.Previously known as Nepal Indosuez Bank Ltd., the bank was established in 1986 as a joint venture between Nepalese and Credit Agricole Indosuez....
  
  
• Nepal Janahit Party
  Nepal Janahit Party
  Nepal Janahit Party , a minor right-wing monarchist party in Nepal....
  
  
• Nepal Panchayat Parishad
  Nepal Panchayat Parishad
  Nepal Panchayat Parishad , a minor right-wing monarchist party in Nepal....
  
  
• Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
  Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
  Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad , a pro-monarchy political party in Nepal. The party was founded in 1951. It came second in the 1959 general elections. It later disappeared, and its leaders went either to the opposition Nepali Congress or to work in the Panchayat system.In 1990 a group...
  
  
• Nepal Rastra Bank
  Nepal Rastra Bank
  The Nepal Rastra Bank , established in 1956, is the central bank of Nepal. It has seven offices, located at Biratnagar, Janakpur, Birgunj, Pokhara, Siddharthanagar, Nepalgunj, and Dhangadhi....
  
  
• Nepal Samajwadi Janata Dal
  Nepal Samajwadi Janata Dal
  The Nepal Samajwadi Janata Dal is a left-wing political party in Nepal....
  
  
• Nepal Samata Party (Socialist)
  Nepal Samata Party (Socialist)
  Nepal Samata Party was a small pro-monarchy political party in Nepal. Its president was Dayananda Thapa ....
  
  
• Nepal Sambat
  Nepal Sambat
  Nepal Sambat is the national lunar calendar of Nepal. It was used throughout Medieval Nepal, and into early modern Nepal, until Chandra Sumsher decided to remove it in BS 1960. It was started in 880 AD during the reign of King Raghav Dev to commemorate the payment of all the debts of Nepalese...
  
  
• Nepal Shivsena
  Nepal Shivsena
  Nepal Shivsena is a Hindu nationalist political party in Nepal. The party was founded in 1999. It is connected to the Shiv Sena in India. Kiran Singh Budhathoki is the president of the party....
  
  
• Nepal Stock Exchange
  Nepal Stock Exchange
  The Nepal Stock Exchange Limited popularly called NEPSE is the only Stock Exchange of Nepal. It is located in SinghaDurbar Plaza, Kathmandu Nepal...
  
  
• Nepal Television
  Nepal Television
  Nepal Television is the oldest and most watched television channel in Nepal.Nepal Television was for many years the only television channel native to Nepal, but several others have begun operation in recent years....
  
  
• Nepal Workers Peasants Party
  Nepal Workers Peasants Party
  Nepal Workers Peasants Party is a communist political party in Nepal. The party president is Narayan Man Bijukchhe alias 'Comrade Rohit'. NWPP has a strong base in the Bhaktapur area, but limited presence otherwise...
  
  
• Nepal at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  Nepal competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.- Athletics :Marathon* Bahadur Bhupendra - did not finish* Bahadur Thapa Ganga - did not finish- Boxing :Flyweight...
  
  
• Nepal at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's Marathon:* Jit Bahadur — 2:57:58.8 * Bhakta Bahadur — did not finish -References:*...
  
  
• Nepal at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's Marathon* Baikuntha Manandhar* Final — 2:30:07 -References:*...
  
  
• Nepal at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Nepal competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.-Athletics:Men's 400 metres*Pushpa Raj Ojha* Heat — 52.12 Men's Marathon* Baikuntha Manandhar — 2:22:52...
  
  
• Nepal at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  Nepal competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Bidhan Lama, won a bronze medal in taekwondo which was then an exhibition sport.-Athletics:Men's 10.000 metres* Haribahadur Rokaya*# Heat – 30:48.16...
  
  
• Nepal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's Marathon* Hari Rokaya → 70th place -References:*...
  
  
• Nepal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Nepal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Nepal competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Athletics:Men's Marathon* Tika Bogati → 74th place Women's Marathon* Bimala Rana Magar → 62nd place -References:*...
  
  
• Nepal at the 2002 Winter Olympics
  Nepal at the 2002 Winter Olympics
  Nepal competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.- Cross-country skiing:MenSprintPursuit-References:**...
  
  
• Nepal engineering college
  Nepal engineering college
  Nepal Engineering College, commonly known as nec, was established in 1994 as the first private engineering college of Nepal and is the second-largest engineering college there. Its main campus is located at Changunarayan, Bhaktapur. A second campus, in which Master's Programs are run, is located...
  
  
• Nepalese Army
• Nepalese Army Air Service
  Nepalese Army Air Service
  Nepal has no separate Air Force but flies several aircraft within Nepalese Army Service, also known as the Nepal Army Air Wing. It was formed in 1960s, but finally became an air force unit in 1979. It is now again a part of the Army and has very limited combat capabilities. The main objective of...
  
  
• Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, 2007
• Nepalese Police Force
  Nepalese Police Force
  The Nepalese Police Force is the national police of Nepal. It is independent of the Nepalese Army. Although once brought under the Army in the name of "Unified Command", it is taken as a force separate from the Army....
  
  
• Nepali Times
  Nepali Times
  Nepali Times is a leading English-language weekly newspaper that provides in-depth reporting and expert commentaries on Nepali politics, business, culture, travel and society in 16 pages every week. It has a loyal readership among Nepalis who are leaders in their fields...
  
  
• Netrabahadur Thapa
  Netrabahadur Thapa
  Netrabahadur Thapa VC was a Nepalese recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
  
  
• New Road of Kathmandu
  New Road of Kathmandu
  New Road is the financial hub, busiest high street of Nepal. It refers to a four lane street in the center of Kathmandu, as well as the surrounding neighborhood. It is one of the busiest marketplaces in the city...
  
  
• Nirajan
  Nirajan
  Prince Nirajan Bir Bikram Shah Dev, was a Prince of Nepal, younger brother of Crown Prince/King Dipendra, who was responsible for the Nepalese royal massacre, in which Nirajan and other royals were killed at a dinner in 2001. Nirajan was next in line to the throne after Dipendra.-References:...
  
  
• Nwaran
  Nwaran
  Nwaran is a baptism ceremony celebrated in Nepal.Nwaran is celebrated in the Hindu tradition on the 11th day after a child is born. This ceromany is performed to give a birthname to a child according to his/her lunar horoscope which is usually not the name by which he/she is known...
  
  
• Parliament of Nepal
  Parliament of Nepal
  The Parliament of Nepal was dissolved by King Gyanendra in 2002, on the grounds that it was incapable of handling the Maoist rebels. The country's five main political parties have staged protests against the king, arguing that he must either call fresh elections or reinstate the elected legislature...
  
  
• Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
  Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
  Pasang Lhamu Sherpa was the first Nepali woman to climb the summit of Mount Everest.She was born into a mountaineering family and was involved in climbing from her teens....
  
  
• Pasni
• Pokhara Airport
  Pokhara Airport
  Pokhara Airport , is a regional airport serving Pokhara in Nepal. The airport was established July 4, 1958 and is operated by the government . It offers regular connections to Kathmandu, Jomsom and seasonal connections to Manang...
  
  
• Pokharel
  Pokharel
  Pokharel is a fairly common surname in Nepal. It is believed to be derived from the word "pokhari" which means lake. The name essentially means lake dweller...
  
  
• Prachanda Path
  Prachanda Path
  Marxism–Leninism–Maoism–Prachanda Path refers to the ideological line of the Communist Party of Nepal , also known as the CPN. It is considered a development of Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and named after the leader of the CPN, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, commonly known as Prachanda. Prachanda Path was...
  
  
• Pradhan Senadhipati
  Pradhan Senadhipati
  Pradhan Senadhipati is a supreme military rank of the Nepal military intended to be held solely by the King of Nepal. The rank outranks the Field Marshal rank of Pradhan Senapati and is considered to be a rank held by the Commander in Chief of Nepal...
  
  
• Pradhan Senapati
  Pradhan Senapati
  Pradhan Senapati, literally meaning "Chief General" but usually translated as "Chief of the Army Staff", is the title of the professional head of the Nepalese Army...
  
  
• Pratap Singh Shah
• Prime College
  Prime College
  Prime College is an IT, management, and science college, situated in Nayabazar Kathmandu, Nepal. Since its founding in 2001, the college has established itself in the education arena of Nepal...
  
  
• Princess Shruti of Nepal
  Princess Shruti of Nepal
  Princess Shruti was the daughter of King Birendra and Queen Aiswarya, and sister of Crown Prince Dipendra and Prince Nirajan. Princess Shruti studied at Kanti Ishwori Sishu Vidhyalaya in Nepal, St. Mary's school in Nepal, and later at Mayo Girls College in Ajmer, India...
  
  
• Prithivi Highway
  Prithivi Highway
  The Prithvi Highway is a long highway connecting Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and Pokhara, a tourist city in the western part of Nepal.-History:...
  
  
• Purbanchal University
  Purbanchal University
  Purbanchal University is a technical university situated in Biratnagar, the economic center of Nepal. It was established in 1993 by the Government of Nepal. It is located in the expansive premise of over 545 hectares...
  
  
• Pushkar Shah
  Pushkar Shah
  Pushkar Shah is a Nepalese peace and democracy activist and adventurer with a goal of riding around the world on a bicycle on a 390,000 kilometre trek that would take 11 years. For his 100th country, went to Egypt. He has traveled 140 countries so far. He started his journey on November 29, 1998.Mr...
  
  
• Pushpa Lal Shrestha
  Pushpa Lal Shrestha
  Pushpa Lal Shrestha was the founding general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal as well as the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal ....
  
  
• Radio Sagarmatha
  Radio Sagarmatha
  Radio Sagarmatha is one of the most popular FM radio stations of the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. The meaning of Sagarmatha is Mount Everest, which is the highest mountain in the world. It airs its programs in FM 102.4 MHz...
  
  
• Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari
  Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari
  Rahendra Bahadur Bhandari is a Nepalese athlete and soldier who has won 2 silver medals in 9th Asian Games and 2 gold medals in 10th Asian Games....
  
  
• Rakshi
• Rana Bahadur Shah
  Rana Bahadur Shah
  Rana Bahadur Shah, King of Nepal was the third King of greater Nepal. He succeeded to the throne in 1777 on the death of his father, Pratap Singh Shah. He ruled under the regencies of his mother, Queen Rajendra Laxmi and then of his uncle, Bahadur Shah...
  
  
• Rana dynasty
  Rana dynasty
  The Rana dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1953, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making Prime Minister and other government positions hereditary...
  
  
• Rashtriya Prajatanrik Ekata Panchayat Party
  Rashtriya Prajatanrik Ekata Panchayat Party
  Rashtriya Prajatanrik Ekata Panchayat Party , a minor rightist monarchist party in Nepal....
  
  
• Rashtriya Prajatantra Party
  Rashtriya Prajatantra Party
  The Rastriya Prajatantra Party is a Nepalese political party. It is a right-wing pro-monarchy party, formed out of the political elite of the erstwhile Panchayat system, formed on 1990, after reestablishment of democracy in Nepal.In 1997 RPP split after the faction led by pro-monarchy politician...
  
  
• Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist)
  Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist)
  Rashtriya Prajatantra Party was a right-wing monarchist party in Nepal. It is a splinter-group of the Rashtriya Prajatantra Party. The president of RPP was Rajeshwor Devkota....
  
  
• Rastriya Banijya Bank
  Rastriya Banijya Bank
  Rastriya Banijya Bank is fully government owned, and the largest commercial bank in Nepal. RBB was established on January 23, 1966 under the RBB Act...
  
  
• Sa Paru
  Sa Paru
  Sā Pāru is a festival celebrated chiefly in Nepal by the Newars. The festival commemorates the death of people during the span of a year.See also: Gaijatra...
  
  
• Samrat Upadhyay
  Samrat Upadhyay
  Samrat Upadhyay is a Nepalese writer who writes in English. Upadhyay is a professor of creative writing as well as Director of Graduate Studies at Indiana University. He is the first Nepali-born fiction writer writing in English to be published in the West. He was born and raised in Kathmandu,...
  
  
• Samyukta Prajatantra Party
  Samyukta Prajatantra Party
  Samyukta Prajatantra Party , a minor right-wing monarchist party in Nepal....
  
  
• Sarbochha Adalat
  Sarbochha Adalat
  -Composition:The Supreme Court is composed of the Chief Justice of Nepal, fourteen Justices and ad hoc Judges. The Chief Justice is appointed by President on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council. He/She is appointed from among the justices having minimum three years of experience of the...
  
  
• Shah dynasty
  Shah dynasty
  The Shah dynasty was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Nepal.-The Rajput Lineage :The former royal family of Nepal claims descent from the Parmar Rajput dynasty of the Narsinghgarh state in Malwa . The famous kings of the Malwa region were Raja Bhrathari, Samrat Vikramaditya, and Raja Bhoj....
  
  
• Shambu Tamang
  Shambu Tamang
  Shambu Tamang is a Sherpa from Nepal and once held the record as the youngest person to successfully ascend Mount Everest, reaching the summit on May 5, 1973. Records differ on his actual age at the time of the successful climb; although most records claim he was 16 years of age, it is currently...
  
  
• Siddartha University
  Siddartha University
  Siddhartha University is the first and the only Buddhist university in Nepal.-External links:*...
  
  
• Siddharthanagar
  Siddharthanagar
  This article is on the Nepali town. For the district in Uttar Pradesh, see Siddharthnagar District.Siddharthanagar is a municipality near the Indian border on the Outer Terai plains of Nepal, west of Kathmandu Nepal's capital...
  
  
• Siddhicharan Shrestha
  Siddhicharan Shrestha
  Siddhicharan Shrestha is one of the most prominent writers of Nepal. He wrote in Nepal Bhasa and Nepali.His poem 'Okhaldhunga' is considered one of the masterpiece...
  
  
• Singha Durbar
  Singha Durbar
  The Singha Durbar in Kathmandu is the official seat of government of Nepal.Originally built by the Rana dynasty and it was known as the largest palace of Nepal as the private residence ot the hereditary Prime Minister of Nepal, the Singha Durbar now houses both chambers of the Parliament of Nepal...
  
  
• Sukraraj Shastri
  Sukraraj Shastri
  Sukraraj Shastri was a pre-eminent Nepalese intellectual and opposition leader who died as a martyr.- Political :The future statesman was born Sukraraj Joshi in Kathmandu...
  
  
• Sunwar
  Sunwar
  Sunuwar or Sunwar are one of the indigenous peoples of Nepal and some areas in India. The tribe is influenced by Hinduism. They speak the Sunuwar language...
  
  
• Surya Bahadur Thapa
  Surya Bahadur Thapa
  Surya Bahadur Thapa has been Prime Minister of Nepal five times, under three different kings, in a political career lasting nearly 50 years. His terms were 1963-64, 1965–69, 1979–83, 1997–98 and 2003-04....
  
  
• Swayambhunath
  Swayambhunath
  Swayambhunath is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. It is also known as the Monkey Temple as there are holy monkeys living in parts of the temple in the north-west...
  
  
• Tamrakar
  Tamrakar
  Tamrakar is a caste from the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The name Tamrakar is derived from the Sanskrit words "tamra", meaning copper, and "aakar", meaning shape or to give shape....
  
  
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• Thwon
  Thwon
  Thwon is a type of alcoholic beverage. It is prepared on festivals and special occasions by the Newars. It is brewed from rice. This is a kind of Country Beer.Generally we can also called Rice beer.-Types:It is of two types-* Red* White...
  
  
• Tihar (festival)
• Tourism in Nepal
  Tourism in Nepal
  Tourism is the largest industry in Nepal, and the largest source of foreign exchange and revenue. Possessing 8 of the 10 highest mountains in the world, Nepal is a hotspot destination for mountaineers, rock climbers and people seeking adventures...
  
  
• Trekking Workers Association of Nepal
  Trekking Workers Association of Nepal
  The Union of Trekking Travels Rafting Workers Nepal is a Nepali trade union founded in 1994. The organisation was originally constituted as the Trekking Workers Association of Nepal in 1984, a structure adopted as trade unions were illegal during the rule of the absolute monarchy...
  
  

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