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Nepal was never colonized ..............Nepal is never colonized..................
Nepal is never colonized..........
Nepal , officially the Federal
Democratic Republic of Nepal is
a landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia. Nepal is
divided into 7 states and 75
districts and 744 local units including 4 metropolises, 13
sub-metropolises, 246 municipal councils and 481 villages. It
has a population of 26.4 million and is the 93rd
largest country by area. Bordering China in the north and India in the south,
east, and west, it is the largest sovereign Himalayan state. Nepal does
not border Bangladesh,
which is located within only 27 km (17 mi) of its southeastern tip.
Neither does it border Bhutan due
to the Indian state of Sikkim being
located in between. Nepal has a diverse
geography, including fertile plains, subalpine
forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest
mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest
point on Earth. Kathmandu is
the nation's capital and largest city. Nepal is a multiethnic nation with Nepali as the official
language.
The territory of Nepal has a recorded history since the Neolithic age. The
name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic Age, the era which
founded Hinduism, the predominant
religion of the country. In the middle of the first millennium BCE, Gautama Buddha, the founder
of Buddhism, was born in
southern Nepal. Parts of northern Nepal were intertwined with the culture of Tibet. The Kathmandu Valley in
central Nepal became known as Nepal proper because of its complex urban
civilisation. It was the seat of the prosperous Newar confederacy
known as Nepal
Mandala. The highest elevation in Nepal is Mount Everest, Earth's
highest mountain, rising 8,848 m (29,029 ft) above sea level. The
Himalayan branch of the ancient Silk Road was
dominated by the valley's
traders. The cosmopolitan region developed distinct traditional art and architecture.
By the 18th century, the Gorkha Kingdomachieved the unification
of Nepal. The Shah dynasty established
the Kingdom of
Nepal and later formed an alliance with the British Empire, under its Rana dynasty of premiers.
The country was never colonised but served as a buffer state between Imperial Chinaand Colonial
India.[15][16][17] In the 20th century, Nepal ended its isolation and
forged strong ties with regional powers. Parliamentary
democracy was introduced in 1951, but was twice suspended by
Nepalese monarchs in 1960 and 2005. The Nepalese
Civil Warresulted in the proclamation of a republic in 2008,
ending the reign of the world's last Hindu monarchy.[18]
Modern Nepal is a federal secular parliamentary republic. It has seven
states. Nepal is a developing nation, ranking 144th on the Human
Development Index (HDI) in 2016. The country struggles with the
transition from a monarchy to a republic. It also suffers from high levels of hunger and poverty.
Despite these challenges, Nepal is making steady progress, with the government
declaring its commitment to elevate the nation from least
developed country status by 2022.[19][20] Nepal also has a vast potential to generate hydropower for export.
Nepal's foreign relations expanded after the Anglo-Nepal
Treaty of 1923, which was recognised by the League of Nations. After a Soviet veto in 1949,
Nepal was admitted to the United Nations in
1955. Friendship treaties were signed with the Dominion of India in
1950 and the People's Republic of China in 1960.[21][22] Nepal hosts the permanent secretariat of the South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC), of which it is a founding member. Nepal is
also a member of the Non Aligned
Movement and the Bay of
Bengal Initiative. The military of Nepal is the fifth largest in
South Asia and is notable for its Gurkha history,
particularly during the world wars,
and has been a significant contributor to United
Nations peacekeeping operations.
