The Kingdom of Nepal, also known as the Gorkhali Kingdom, was a landlocked state in South Asia, controlling the territory of Nepal. It was founded in 1768 by Prithvi Narayan Shah, a Gorkha king, who succeeded in unifying the three existing smaller kingdoms of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur into a single state.
The monarchy was abolished in 2008, seven years after the Nepalese royal massacre, as a culmination of a pro-democracy movemement against ...
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The Kingdom of Nepal, also known as the Gorkhali Kingdom, was a landlocked state in South Asia, controlling the territory of Nepal. It was founded in 1768 by Prithvi Narayan Shah, a Gorkha king, who succeeded in unifying the three existing smaller kingdoms of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur into a single state.
The monarchy was abolished in 2008, seven years after the Nepalese royal massacre, as a culmination of a pro-democracy movemement against the final monarch, Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev. In place of the monarchy, Nepal adopted an interim republican constitution and the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal was established. At the point of the Kingdom of Nepal's disestablishment, it was the world's only country to have Hinduism as its state religion; the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is an officially secular state.
After decades of rivalry between the medieval kingdoms, modern Nepal was created in the latter half of the 18th century, when Prithvi Narayan Shah, the ruler of...
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