This book is a collection of thirteen articles on politics in Nepal during the 1st two decades of the Panchayat System written by the political historian and literary. The 1st part of the part of the book begins with an article on the 1959 Constitution of Nepal and is followed by an overview of the political experiments of the 1950s. The next three chapters analyze King Mahendras coup of 1960 and the ensuring new order and the shifting loyalties of the non Nepali Congress leaders. The 1st elections under the Panchayat System and the so called class organizations are the subjects of two middle chapters. The author also describes discusses the work of Panchayats opponents during the 1960s and analyzes the changes undergone by the Panchayat System until the mid 1970s. This book is an important contribution to the recent political history of Nepal and should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand how Nepal came to be ruled by autocratic monarchs under the Panchayat.
NEPAL UNDER THE RANAS
Adrian Sever
ASIA PUBLISHING HOUSE LIMITED
High Religion A Cultural And Political History Of Sherpa Buddhism
SHERRY B. ORTNER
MOTILAL BANARSIDASS PUBLISHERS PVT. LTD.
Mustang A Lost Tibetan Kingdom
MICHEL PEISSEL
BOOK FAITH INDIA
HIMALAYAN HOUSEHOLDS TAMANG DEMOGRAPHY
THOMAS E. FRICKE
Along the Kali Gandaki The Ancient Salt Route in Western Nepal
RAI RATAN KUMAR
Building bridges to the Third World
TONI HAGEN
Thirty Years in Pokhara
Dorothy Mierow
PILGRIMS BOOK HOUSE KATHMANDU
HEROES AND BUILDERS OF NEPAL
Rishikesh Shaha
Picturesque Nepal
Percy Brown
PILGRIMS BOOK PVT. LTD. DELHI
A Short History of Nepal From Ancient to Modern Times
SHREERAM PRASAD UPADHYAYA
NIRALA PUBLICATIONS DELHI
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