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• Background articles (Nepal)

  Prachanda, rebel leader, became Prime Minister of Nepal

  3 October 2008, by BHAI Janata

  On August 16, 2008, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Prachanda, was elected Prime Minister of Nepal by a thumping majority vote of the Constituent Assembly. On May 28, this Assembly, freshly elected in April, had solemnly abolished monarchy and created the Federal Republic of Nepal, making the former (…)

• Background articles (Nepal)

  Maoist Victory in Nepal – A Himalayan Surprise

  18 April 2008, by SULEHRIA Farooq

  Nepalese left stuns the world yet again. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M), US designated terrorist outfit, won a landslide victory in April 9 general elections. In a complex electoral process for 601 seats, Maoists have bagged 112 out of 240 first-past-the-post seats at the time of (…)

• Background articles (Nepal)

  Nepal – The new Himalayan republic

  January 2008, by VANAIK Achin

  Achin Vanaik sets out the complex socio-historical backdrop to the Nepalese Second Democratic Revolution of 2006 that overthrew the monarchy, the ensuing struggle for a new republic, and the tactical challenges facing the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). [The New Left Review]
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