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Nepal
The Oxford Companion to British History
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Nepal, a kingdom in the Himalayas, was formed in the 18th cent. out of the expansion of the Gurkha clans of the Kathmandu valley. It is extremely diverse—embracing mountains and valleys and Indo-Aryan- and Tibetan-Burman-speaking peoples. In 1814–16 the kingdom was defeated by Lord
Hastings and brought into tributary relations with British India. Its dynasty, a sacral Hindu kingship, has survived and has only recently accepted constitutional forms of monarchy. The country is among the poorest in the world and has long been dependent on the earnings of its famous Gurkha soldiers from service in British-Indian armies.
David Anthony Washbrook
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NEPAL-INDIA: LOVE-HATE TURNS INTO GIVE-TAKE
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 1/29/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Relations between the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal and its giant neighbor, India, have always...Bhutanese refugee problem and revising the 1950 Nepal-India Treaty of Peace and Friendship...cooperation, trade and transit and sharing of Nepal's abundant water resources. Mukherjee...
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USAID/NEPAL SUPPORTS FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/30/2006; 700+ words
; ...to the health sector and the issue of HIV/AIDS in Nepal, USAID/Nepal, on has recently awarded up to $25 million to two...programs for use over the next three years. USAID/Nepal, on behalf of the American people and government...
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Nepal begins turning away Indian flood victims
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 8/28/2008; 671 words
; ...Syndication. Kathmandu, Aug. 28 -- As Nepal's Natural Disaster Mitigation Committee...how to combat the ravaging flood in south Nepal, near the border area, Nepali security...Bihar across the border began flocking to Nepal since last week after the raging Saptakoshi...
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Nepal Maoists livid with comment by ex-Indian Army officer
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 10/10/2007; 700+ words
; Kathmandu, Oct. 10 -- Nepal's Maoist guerrillas are outraged by...Indian military could be deployed in Nepal. The Indian government's denial and...only partially mollified them. "The (Nepal) government should object to the statement...
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Nepal Maoists abduct three ITC joint venture employees
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 2/4/2006; 622 words
; Kathmandu, Feb 4 -- Nepal's Maoist guerrillas have abducted three...venture in the kingdom, the blue chip Surya Nepal Private Ltd. Dambar M. Limbu, Prabhakar...heading towards Birgunj in southeastern Nepal from their office in Simra in Bara district...
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NEPAL-INDIA.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 6/29/2008; 682 words
; NEPAL-INDIA China against open Indo-Nepal border as Tibetan protests mount Shirish B Pradhan Kathmandu, June 29 (PTI) -- Nepal's inability to contain mounting pro-Dalai Lama protests has...
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NEPAL: FOOD RIOTS MAY BE ON THE HORIZON, ANALYST SAYS.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 5/8/2008; 700+ words
; By Mallika Aryal KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 8, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Maya Tamang...like us survive in this situation?" In Nepal the price of many food items have doubled...reasons cited for worldwide shortages. For Nepal, the shortages became acute when India...
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Nepal's economy is in transition.
Newspaper article from: Market Asia Pacific; 4/1/2007; 700+ words
; The World Bank says that Nepal has huge potential as it [is] wedged...growing economies. The Bank added, Nepal now faces a historic moment of great...consequences of the transition were noted by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the country's...
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Nepal's tourism sector gets boost from peace process.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 12/4/2007; 700+ words
; Nepal's tourism sector gets boost from peace...Dec 4 (PTI) Soaring tourist arrivals in Nepal has brought smiles to the faces of travel...tourist inflow continues at the current rate, Nepal may well receive over 5 lakh tourists by...
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Nepal's Coke bottler runs into labour trouble
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 9/25/2008; 600 words
; ...Syndication. Kathmandu, Sept. 25 -- After multinationals Dabur Nepal and United Telecom Ltd, it's now the turn of Bottlers Nepal, the sole bottler of Coca-Cola products in Nepal, to run into labour trouble in the Himalayan republic with production...
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Nepal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Nepal , independent nation (2005 est. pop. 27...Landlocked and isolated by the Himalayas, Nepal is bordered on the west, south, and east...capital. Land and People Geographically, Nepal comprises three major areas. The south...
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Royal Nepal Airline Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Royal Nepal Airline Corporation RNAC Building P.O. Box 401 Kanti Path, Kathmandu Nepal Telephone: 977 1 220757 Toll Free: (800) 26NEPAL...Transportation; 56172 Janitorial Services Royal Nepal Airline Corporation (RNAC) is the state airline...
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Brahman and Chhetri of Nepal
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Brahman and Chhetri of Nepal ETHNONYM: Bahun Orientation Identification...Brahmans and Chhetris are found throughout Nepal. Those living in the Terai (the low...those who inhabit the middle hills of Nepal. Here the climate of their villages depends...
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NEPAL
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
NEPAL. A country in South Asia. Languages: Nepali/Gurkhali...Gurkha soldiers for both the British and Indian armies, Nepal was never part of the British Empire. English in Nepal is unique in that it was introduced neither by colonization...
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Nepalis
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...leez ALTERNATE NAMES: Nepalese LOCATION: Nepal POPULATION: 21.5 million LANGUAGE...Christian; Jain 1 • INTRODUCTION Nepal is unique in the region of South Asia that...size to have maintained its independence. Nepal was never a British colony. The Kathmandu...
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