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Republic Day (Nepali: गणतन्त्र दिवस) is
a special day in the history of
 Nepal
that commemorates the inception of the Federal
Democratic Republic of Nepal on May 29, 2008. The
establishment of the republic put an end to civil strike
that lasted for years. As we all know that Nepal is a
South Asian country. It is located between the two
powerhouses of the world, Indian and China. Republic Day
in Nepal is also called Ganatantra Diwas. Every Jestha
15 Nepalese people celebrate republic day or Gantantra
Diwas for which each Nepali should be proud. On Jestha
15, 2065, the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
parliament was declared. So Nepalese have been
celebrating Republic Day every year in remembrance of
this event. To mark this day the government of Nepal
declared the day as a public holiday.[1]
Modern Nepal was created in 1768, when Prithivi Narayan
Shah conquered the Kathmandu Valley and colonized
country from a number of small independent states. In
1846, maharaja Jung Bahadur Rana founded the Rana
dynasty that ruled the country until 1951. Prime
Minister and other government positions were made
hereditary and the monarch had no real power.
Dissatisfaction with the Rana regime led to the 1951
revon which ended the Rana oligarchy. Initially Nepal
was a constitutional monarchy, but in 1960 King Mahendra
suspended the constitution and became an absolute
monarch. When his son Birendra ascended to the throne,
he carried out some democratic reforms.
In 1991, the first elected government of Nepal in 32
years was formed. However, the new government's policy
led to an economic crisis. Civil strife of the early
1990s eventually transformed into a full-scale civil
war. As a result of the war, Nepal was proclaimed a
republic on May 29, 2008. This put an end to the
240-year-old monarchy.
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Nepal’s Monarchy started in 1746 when Prithvi Narayan
Shah, the first King successfully captured the
surrounding kingdoms around Gorkha and sealed various
borders around the country. He was succeeded by his son
Pratap Singh Shah and since then the King’s birth date,
January 11th has been celebrated in Nepal as Rastriya
Ekta Diwas (Unity day). Beginning 1996 the Communist
Party of Nepal (Maoist) was formed and initiated a
revolutionary war known as the “People’s War”, which
lasted for more than a decade. Their motto is “let us
march ahead on the path of struggle towards establishing
the people's rule by wreaking the reactionary ruling
system of state”.
What started in rural parts of Nepal as small strikes
and protests eventually moved into the capital,
Kathmandu and became known as “Jana Andolan” (People’s
movement). The Jana Andolan progressed from the streets
of Kathmandu up to the creation of a new Nepali National
Anthem. The old national anthem was widely criticized by
the people of Nepal as a melody admiring the monarchy.
The new national anthem was written by the poet Pradeep
Kumar Rai who describes it as “an expression of the
feelings of the human sea that rose during Jana Andolan
II.” In 2008, in the newly elected constituent assembly
all but four members, who were part of the pro-King
Rashtriya Prajatantra Party, out of the 564 members
voted to officially create the Democratic Republic of
Nepal. Half an hour before midnight on May 28th, 2008,
the 240 year old monarchy was finally abolished and
Nepal became a Democratic Republic.
The declaration of Nepal as a republican nation was
celebrated with three days of public holiday. Thousands
marched, danced and sang in the streets of Kathmandu
setting off firecrackers. King Gyanendra was ordered to
vacate the Narayanhity Royal Palace, which is now a
national historical museum. According to a legend,
dethroning of the Shah dynasty was scripted centuries
ago. King Prithvi Narayan Shah was granted a blessing by
Lord Gorakhnath that he will rule the country till his
11th generation. Interestingly, King Gyanendra who has
now been dethroned is the 11th descendant of Prithvi.
With a civil war that left 13,000 people dead, this is
major victory for the ultra-Leftists of Nepal and is a
new beginning for one of the world’s poorest countries.
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