In 2008, in a major development in Nepal’s politics, the Parliament voted to end Nepal’s 240-year-old Hindu monarchy.

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Thousands of supporters have greeted Nepal’s former king in capital Kathmandu and demanded his abolished monarchy be reinstated and Hinduism brought back as a state religion ...

A pro-monarchist rally was organised in Kathmandu to welcome Nepal’s former king Gyanendra Shah on March 10. And smack dab in ...