Nepal’s march to democracy: The Kathmandu Post


A Nepali voter examining a ballot paper at Chautara, Nepal, on Nov 26, 2017. - AFP

KATHMANDU (The Kathmandu Post/Asia News Network): Seventy-one years ago, Nepal had its first brush with democracy when King Tribhuvan returned from India to declare the end of Ranarchy, and the start of multi-party rule.

The declaration mentioned the holding of Constituent Assembly elections, so that the people’s chosen representatives would henceforth get to write their own Constitution.

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