History Of Nepal

History

Nepal the one of the land-locked country known all over the world. Nepal is well said as a country of great beauty & visual varieties with the altitude of 70m above the sea level. the capital city Kathmandu was a great lake in the middle with the great beautiful lotus flowers. one of the Buddhist named Manjushri smote the lake with the great magical sward and drained it. after that the history of the Nepal began with the kirati from eastern part. Malla ruled the golden era in the Kathmandu valley. they established the many more status and the historical places. during the rule of the malls king the kingdom of the Nepal Kathmandu valley was divided into the three kingdom named Kantipur, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur. different of the kings ruled the three kingdom Kantipur, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur.

Brief discussion about the different Period

Kirat Period

The kirat ruled the nepal about the 1000 year by the different kings. we are known that in this period 28 kings. Among these king the best known was the King Yalamber. In this period the Gautama Buddha came to the Kathmandu valley and spend the time in the Patan. This period ruled from the 800 B.C. to the 300 A.D.

Lichhivi and the Thakuri Period.

It is said that the Lichhavi Period was the first documented period in the history of Nepal. they came from India as they lost the political period in India. they attack the kKrat last king named Gasti and defeated him. . The Lichhavi were the epigraphical records. The Lichhavi gave the Nepal the first introduction of the copper coins( numismatic) in the history of the Nepal. The Amsuverma ruled the first from the Thakuri dynasty. He married the Lichhavi king Shiva Deva daughter. Amsuverma made the Shiva Deva more impressed and became the fact ruler. he was more true to the people and ruled the malla period much better. the malls period ruled from the 300 A.D. to 1200 A.D.

Malla Period

The malls period in known as the glorious era in the history of Nepal. Although the malls were so active in all the others areas but they were came to the Kathmandu valley until 1200 A.D. the malls developed the trade and commerce , industry , religion and culture . Thought the malls were the Hindus festivities following the Brahman rituals by they were the tolerant to the Buddhism.

The most powerful kings of this period and their works are briefly described as below:

Jayasthiti Malla

He was the great and the famous king that he classify the whole structure of the Nepalese society. He was the first king who introduced a system of measuring the land and the houses. Also he was the economic reformer. He built the different temples and a supporter of art and literature. He ruled the dynasty from 1354 to 1395.

Pratap Malla

Pratap malla was the king of the Kantipur ( Kathmandu). He was also the person who autority in religion, music and the art of welfare. As king Pratap malls was the influence of the religion he reconstructed the Buddhist monument of Swayambhunath. During his period he also built the Krishna Mandir, the monument of Taleju, Rani Pokhari and Gujeswari temple.

Jaya Prakash Malla

Jaya Prakash Malla was the last king of Kantipur. As he was more brave and confident, he was unlucky too. He tried a lots to sace the Kathmandu Valley from a Gurkhas attack. He called the fighters from the East India Company but was not listen to him.

Ranjit Malla

Ranjit Malla was the last King of Bhaktapur. As a lover of rare and precious things, he added many courtyards to his palace. And to improve economic conditions in his Kingdom, he imported silver exporting it as coins.

Shah Period

During the middle of the 18th century, there were about 50 states in Nepal. At that time the situation of the country is more dangerous that all the people are fighting with the each other in order to expand the territory. At the same time Prithivi Narayan Shah who came from Gurkha believes in unifying the country can only the solution to get relief from the danger from the hands of British India. So he started in unifying the small states. during the unifying in preparation he died and his son Bahadur Shah succeeded. After all that the Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa, was suffered from the humiliation from the defeat and was arrested and locked. After the Bhimsen Thapa suicide the World War II, many changes were taking place. Colonies were gained.

A "liberal" Rana Prime minister proposed the new constitution in Nepal known as Panchayat. With the support of the Indian Congress Party, opponents of the Rana rule - including some prominent Rana's - joined the Nepali Congress Party under the leadership of B.P. Koirala. The rightful sovereign of Nepal, King Tribhuvan, still powerless in his palace, was heralded as the embodiment of the democratic aspirations of the people.In November 1950, the King fled to India under the pretense of going hunting. The "freedom fighters" of Nepal fought the Rana's, setting up bases in the Tarai. As their was no decisive victor, India presided over a compromise. The King returned from India and soon thereafter, the Rana's went to live in India.The period between the 1951 to 1959 passed with the uncertainty and king Mahendra declared the parliament election in 1959. with the majority of the seats the Nepali Congress won the new parliament and after the two years, Nepali Congress started the Panchayat System. The five local man panchayat were send as the representatives to each district with the few real powers. Under the Panchayat Democracy no any political parties were allowed to enter, state money was misused, no any economic development taken place. After the death of the King Mahendra in 1972 and King Birendra throne but the people are highly violence with the Panchayat and the Multi-Patry Democracy. After the change in the government interior Nepali Congress leader Krishna Prashad Bhattrai formed with the new tasks holding the general election for parliament. In the today's century, the Nepali Congress and United Marxists are the two new main parties of the government. However now the country is ruled in the leadership of Madhav Kumar Nepal.