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Article: NEPAL'S FATE NOW AT RISK.(EDITORIAL)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- June 5, 2001
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Byline: Shailesh Ghimire
In one round of gunfire, the hopes and dreams of Nepal have been shattered.
In what appeared to be a tragic family feud, nine members of the country's royalty, including the king and queen, lay dead. The popular monarch of the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal was both loved and revered by his people. The nation of Nepal is shocked beyond belief and reeling from a tragedy so unimaginable that most people are still in denial.
The Shah dynasty of Nepal came into existence in the mid-1500s, when Dravya Shah conquered the tribal kingdom of Gorkha. Roughly 200 years later, in 1769, after conquering much of what is now Nepal, ...