Articles

• How Mundhum is shaping political consciousness among the Kirat people : The Mundhum provides a basis for forming political perspectives among the Kirat people, by Abhi Subedi (kp 12/04/2026)

• Was there a ‘Nepal factor’ behind the India-China war of 1962?, by Nabin Aryal (nn 12/04/2026)

• From Royal Coup to People’s Movement I: A timeline of Nepal’s democratic struggle, by Binod Dhakal (nn 09/04/2026)

• Nepal’s diplomatic journey: A chronological timeline, by Binod Dhakal (nn 08/04/2026)

• 2082 BS: A year when the players of power changed dramatically, by Gopal Dahal (nn 08/04/2026)

• When King Mahendra proposed closing the Nepal–India border : After India imposed an economic blockade for nearly 17 months, King Mahendra proposed to Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi that the Nepal–India border be sealed, by Nabin Aryal (nn 06/04/20226)

• Everything You Need to Know about Nepal’s Tax Settlement Scandal (nn 02/04/2026)

• 1987 gold smuggling scandal: Nepali aircraft stranded 17 hours on Indian soil ht: Without jurisdiction, Indian Customs seized an RNAC Boeing 727 carrying British Gorkha passengers during its Hong Kong–Kathmandu refueling halt, by Nabin Aryal (nn 29/03/2026)

• Ancient Kapilvastu was a planned fortified city, but tourism neglect keeps it in the shadows, by Manoj Paudel (kp 05/03/2026)

• The fall of the mighty: Analyzing Nepal’s election result shocks since 1959-2022  (nn 27/02/2026)

• Revisiting Nepal’s first election in 1959: Ballots, betrayals, and a Supreme Court battle, by Nabin Aryal (nn 21/02/2026)

• Nepal’s Long Tryst With Democracy, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 20/02/2026)

• Falgun 7: Reminder And Responsibility, by Namrata Sharma (rn 18/02/2026)

• International Labor Migration: Beyond the State Apparatus : Rethinking Migration in a Globalized Political Economy, by Asmita Chapagain (kh 17/02/2026)

• Patan or Khopasi: Araniko's birthplace debate, by Binu Shrestha (rn 02/01/2026)

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Political parties before 1960

Governments 1950-1960

Elections 1959

Panchayat system (1961-1990)

Governments during Panchayat system

Jana Andolan I (1990)

Governments 1990-2002

Maps

Nepal at time of unification (18th century)

Greater Nepal (early 19th century)

Nepal after 1860

Territorial dispute Kalapani

Early phase of Maoist insurgency (late 1990s)

Links

Daily updated link collection (Nepal Research)

Pictures

Historical pictures

Texte

Zeittafel zur nepalischen Geschichte (bis Oktober 2014)

Das Königtum in der modernen nepalischen Geschichte: Ein Beitrag zum Verständnis hinduistischer Politik in Nepal, by K.-H. Krämer, Sankt Augustin: VGH Wissenschaftsverlag 1981

Nepal - der lange Weg zur Demokratie, by K.-H. Krämer, Unkel, Bad Honnef: Horlemann 1991

Die Nepali-Sprache und die Entwicklung des nepalischen Nationalismus, by K.-H. Krämer, In Südasien 17,7-8:39-44 (1997)

Presentations

History until 1950

History 1951-1990

History 1990-2002

Maoist insurgency (1995-2006)

Royal Putsch (2002-2006)

State restructuring (after 2006)

Videos

Nepal - Heiliges Land im Himalaya (1964)

Kathmandu - Nepal 2000 (a talk on the history of the Nepal valley) (06:11)

Nepal - Lo Manthang, auf dem Dach der Welt (2019) (26:15)

Newar, Goldschmiede des Kathmandutals (11:19)

Die Ranas in Nepal - eine Herrscherfamilie, die Großes wollte (13:04)

Need to remember (revisiting the Maoist war) (02:15)