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Country: Nepal

Nepal bans single-use plastics in Everest region
August 22, 2019November 17, 2020

Nepal bans single-use plastics in Everest region

Nepal will make the Everest region a plastic-free zone by 2020 by banning single-use plastics. The new rule will come into effect from January 1, 2020.

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Nepal eliminates trachoma as a public health problem
May 22, 2018November 17, 2020

Nepal eliminates trachoma as a public health problem

The country becomes the first in WHO’s South-East Asia Region to defeat the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness.

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Nepal outlaws custom of exiling women during their periods
August 10, 2017November 17, 2020

Nepal outlaws custom of exiling women during their periods

The ancient Hindu tradition of Chhaupadi, whereby women are confined to animal sheds during menstruation to keep œimpurity out of the home, was banned by the supreme court in 2005.

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Nepal votes in first local elections in 20 years
July 7, 2017November 17, 2020

Nepal votes in first local elections in 20 years

The people of Nepal have voted for representatives in municipal and village councils for the first time in two decades, a landmark moment in the country’s transition to democracy.

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Nepal abolishes its monarchy and declares itself a federal republic
May 28, 2008November 11, 2020

Nepal abolishes its monarchy and declares itself a federal republic

Following the declaration of the federal republic, an election was held for the Constituent Assembly that would draft a new constitution.

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Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal become first humans to summit Mt. Everest
May 29, 1953November 11, 2020

Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal become first humans to summit Mt. Everest

Mount Everest had long been considered unclimbable by some and the ultimate climbing challenge by others.

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King Prithvi Narayan Shah founds the Kindgom of Nepal
January 16, 1768November 11, 2020

King Prithvi Narayan Shah founds the Kindgom of Nepal

Founded by King Prithvi Narayan Shah, a Gorkhali monarch of Rajput origin from medieval India,[6] it existed for 240 years until the abolition of the Nepalese monarchy in 2008.

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The Licchavi Kingdom flourishes in modern-day Nepal
December 21, 1002November 11, 2020

The Licchavi Kingdom flourishes in modern-day Nepal

Licchavi was an ancient kingdom on the Indian subcontinent, which existed in the Kathmandu Valley in modern-day Nepal from approximately 400 to 750 CE.

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The Kirati people settle in the Kathmandu valley
September 13, 1002November 4, 2020

The Kirati people settle in the Kathmandu valley

The first documented tribes in Nepal are the Kirat people, who arrived into Nepal from Tibet roughly 2000 to 2500 years ago and moved into the Kathmandu Valley and Southern parts of Nepal, before being made to retreat elsewhere by the invading Licchavais from India.

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Humans settle Kathmandu valley for the first time
January 15, 1001November 11, 2020

Humans settle Kathmandu valley for the first time

Prehistory Neolithic tools found in the Kathmandu Valley indicate that people have been living there for at least 9,000 years.

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