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245			_aNationalism and ethnicity in Nepal/
260			_aNepal: _bVajra Books, _c2016
300			_a623 p.; _c23 cm.
520			_aFor nearly 240 years (1768-2006) either the Shah dynasty or their Rana Prime Ministers ruled Nepal in the name of Hinduism; in more recent times Shah kings claimed also to embody national unity in their own person. Since the nineteenth century Nepal has experienced the autocracy of the Ranas, a first experiment with parliamentarianism, guided partyless democracy led by the king, multi-party constitutional monarchy (including an elected minority communist government for nine months, 1994-5), royal reaction (2004-6) finally reversed by massive street protests, a ten-year 'People's War' launched by the Maoists in 1996, followed by a peace process and elections to a Constituent Assembly in April 2008 in which the Maoists emerged as the largest single party with almost 30% of the vote. In all this, national and ethnic questions have been of crucial importance.
700	1	0	_a Gellner, David N. _eEditor _974832
700	1	0	_a Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna _eEditor _990708
700	1	0	_a Whelpton, John _eEditor _95956
887			_28 _aPapia Akter
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