Events of Nepal

By amaliag
  • Buddha
    Jan 12, 963

    Buddha

    Buddha was born along with Buddhism.
  • Kathmandu

    Kathmandu

    Gurkha ruler Prithvi Narayan Shah conquers Kathmandu and lays foundations for unified kingdom.
  • New Borders

    New Borders

    Nepal's current borders established by treaty at end of Anglo-Nepalese War
  • Tibetan War

    Tibetan War

    Tibetan government and invading Nepalese army fought in the Nepalese-Tibetan War in Tibet
  • World War I

    World War I

    Thousands of Nepalese citizens fought as British soldiers during World War I.
  • Mount Everest

    Mount Everest

    Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, are the first people to climb to the top of Mount Everest, the highest mountain and point on earth.
  • Communist

    Communist

    Nepals communist government is dissolved.
  • Republic

    Republic

    Nepal officially becoms a Republic.
  • Leader

    Leader

    The first Nepalese elections are held, as Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda was elected Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Nepal.
  • Earthquake

    Earthquake

    An earthquake struck Nepal, killing over 8000 people and injuring over 21,000. The earthquake mainly struck the country's capital, Kathmandu, and destroyed many cultural and historical buildings.

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