Nepal From Monarchy to Democracy
Contents: Preface. 1. Nepal Monarchy. 2. Environment. 3. Social organisation. 4. Divya Upadesh. 5. Military tribes of Nepal. 6. Races of Nepal. 7. Historical perspective. 8. Monarch in transition. 9. International relations. 10. Nepal India Relations. 11. Treaties. 12. Treaty of Segowlee between Nepal and East India Company, 2 December 1815. 13. Treaty between Tibet and Nepal, 1856. 14. Text of the Treaty of 1923 between Nepal, and Great Britain. 15. Treaty between British and Nepal, November 1, 1860. 16. Memorandum of Agreement among the United Kingdom, India and Nepal Re: Gurkha Soldiers, Kathmandu, November 9, 1947. 17. Indo-Nepal Treaty of Transit. 18. Treaty between Nepal and India concerning the integrated development of the Mahakali River including Sarada Barrage, Tanakpur Barrage and Pancheshwar Project. 19. Transition to democracy: modern views. 20. Nepal: Anti-monarchy struggle at a crossroads. 21. Nepal: From absolute monarchy to "Democracy" and Back--the need for inclusive democracy. 22. Democracy, not monarchy is the need of Nepalese People. 23. Monarchy and Democracy at top of the world. 24. Nepal\'s new democracy. 25. Nepal.
From the Preface: "History in Nepal is moving very quickly. Many outsiders considered Nepal monarchy ancient and unchanging. There is a new constitution and a new national anthem. The Nepalese are making themselves into citizens of a democratic nation rather than subject of a king. Whether Nepal needs a king at all, is being debated. Citizenship rights have been conferred on millions of formerly disenfranchise Nepalese.
The fundamentals of Nepali life are being reviewed. Nepali population of 29 million is fast moving from monarchy to democracy.
Aim of this book is to make available to our readers material on this remarkable transition of the people of Nepal, from monarchy to democracy. In doing so efforts have been made to select relevant and best material on the subject so as to enable the readers to make their own considered opinion on the subject."
