Nepal in the Nineties
Subtitle: Versions of the Past, Visions of the Future (Soas Studies on South Asia)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: School of Oriental and African Studies
Published: May 16, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780195658248
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; History of specific subjects; Political structures: democracy; Revolutions & coups; Contemporary Politics - Asia; Political Science; History - General History; History: World; Nepal; Asia - General; History / Asia; History & Theory - General
First sentence: On 16 December 1960 King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva assumed emergency powers and dismissed the Nepali Congress government that had been elected with a substantial majority only eighteen months earlier.