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NepalTable A. Nepal: Chronology of Important Events
Period
Description
ca. 563 B.C.
The Buddha born in Lumbini, in Tarai Region of Nepal
268-31 B.C.
Ashoka establishes empire in north India
ca. A.D. 353-73
Samudragupta establishes empire in north India
400-750
Licchavi kingdom in power in Kathmandu Valley
750-1200
"Transitional" kingdom in power in Kathmandu Valley
1100-1484
Khasa Malla kings rule in western Nepal
1200-16
Arimalla, first monarch of the Malla Dynasty, rules in
Kathmandu Valley
1312
Khasa king Ripumalla leads raid in Kathmandu Valley
1345-46
Sultan Shams ud-din Ilyas of Bengal leads raid in Kathmandu
Valley
1382-95
Jayasthitimalla rules as king of united Malla kingdom in
Kathmandu Valley
1428-82
Yakshamalla reigns--height of united Malla kingdom
1484
Malla kingdom divided; three kingdoms of Kathmandu, Bhadgaon,
and Patan expand
1526
Mughal Empire established in north India
1559
Gorkha kingdom established
1606-33
Ram Shah of Gorkha reigns; Gorkha kingdom experiences first
expansion. 1728 Chinese influence established in Tibet
1743
Prithvi Narayan Shah ascends to throne of Gorkha
1764
British East India Company gains control of Bengal
1768-90
Gorkha conquers Kathmandu and Patan, Bhadgaon, eastern Nepal,
and western Nepal
1775
Prithvi Narayan Shah dies, first king of united Nepal
1791-92
Nepal defeated in war with China
1806
Bhimsen Thapa becomes prime minister
1809
Nepalese troops lay seige to Kangra, farthest extent of Gorkha
empire
1814-16
Anglo-Nepalese War waged; Nepal defeated
1837
Bhimsen Thapa falls, beginning unstable period in court
politics
1846
Kot Massacre takes place; Jang Bahadur becomes prime minister
1855-56
War waged with China
1856
Royal decree gives absolute power to prime minister and his
family
1857-58
Sepoy Rebellion waged against British in north India; Nepal
aids British
1858
Jang Bahadur receives title of Rana
1877
Jang Bahadur Rana dies
1885
Ranoddip Singh Rana assassinated; Bir Shamser Rana becomes
prime minister
1901
Dev Shamsher Rana forced to abdicate; Chandra Shamsher Rana
becomes prime minister
1914-18
Thousands of Nepalese citizens fight as soldiers for British
in World War I
1923
Treaty of Friendship with Britain confirms independence of
Nepal and special relationship with British Empire
1935
Praja Parishad established, first political party in Nepal
1939-45
Tens of thousands of Nepalese citizens fight as soldiers for
British in World War II
1947
Nepali National Congress established through merger of former
All-India Nepali National Congress with Nepalese Society of
Banaras and Gorkha Congress of Calcutta
1948
Prime Minister Padma Shamsher Rana announces first
constitution of Nepal, then resigns; his replacement, Mohan
Shamsher Rana, represses opposition
1950
Nepali National Congress absorbs Nepal Democratic Congress and
becomes Nepali Congress Party; civil war breaks out
1950-51
Ranas fall; King Tribhuvan regains control over army and
administration; interim constitution enacted
1952
King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ascends throne
1955
Nepal admitted to United Nations
1956
First Five-Year Plan of economic development initiated
1959
King Mahendra enacts new constitution; first general elections
in Nepal bring to power Nepali Congress Party with B.P.
Koirala as prime minister
1960
King Mahendra dismisses the democratic government and
imprisons B.P. Koirala and other leaders
1962
War waged between India and China; new constitution sets up
panchayat system
1963
First elections held to National Panchayat
1972
King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ascends throne
1980
National Referendum supports panchayat system
1982
B.P. Koirala, Nepali Congress Party leader, dies
1986
Second elections held to National Panchayat
1989
Failure to renegotiate trade and transit treaties with India
disrupts economy
1990
New constitution promulgated as result of agitations and
successes of Movement for the Restoration of Democracy
1991
Elections held to Parliament; first session of first
multiparty Parliament held in thirty-two years
Data as of September 1991
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