Frustration is growing with 'corrupt' and impoverished republic, and many pin their hopes on Gyanendra – who gave up the ...

The Mughals could never muster the strength to capture Nepal. It is not that the Mughals never thought of it, but the ...

It had been secured for him by his father, who four years earlier toppled the prolific and powerful Rana family, which had ruled Nepal for a century. The young King was filled with democratic good ...

Nearly seventeen years ago - on May 28, 2008, to be exact - Nepal abolished a 239-year-old Hindu monarchy. On Sunday, over 10 ...

Whatever you may say about King Mahendra’s efforts in quashing democracy and pushing a unitary state, he defended Nepal’s sovereignty and projected its international image right through the sensitive ...

Nepal's former king Gyanendra Shah was welcomed back to Kathmandu on Sunday by thousands of supporters who have been staging pro-monarchy demonstrations in the Himalayan republic. Shah's supporters ...