Nearly seventeen years ago - on May 28, 2008, to be exact - Nepal abolished a 239-year-old Hindu monarchy, with Gyanendra Shah as king, and brought the curtain down on a decade-long civil war that ...

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Does Nepal want monarchy back? Nepal’s deposed king got a royal welcome in Kathmandu on Sunday with thousands of supporters flocking to the airport, according to several media reports. Gyanendra, 77, ...

Thousands welcome former King Gyanendra Shah in Kathmandu, sparking renewed calls for the restoration of Nepal`s monarchy. Protests highlight dissatisfaction with the current political system.

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Thousands of supporters greeted Nepal’s former king in capital Kathmandu on Sunday and demanded his abolished monarchy be reinstated and Hinduism brought back as a state religion. An estimated ...

An estimated 10,000 supporters of Gyanendra Shah blocked the main entrance to Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport as he arrived from a tour of western Nepal. Thousands of supporters gathered ...

Thousands of Nepalis have rallied in Kathmandu, demanding the reinstatement of former king Gyanendra Shah and the restoration of Hinduism as the state religion. Frustration with political ...

Thousands of supporters gathered in Kathmandu to demand the reinstatement of Nepal's monarchy and return of Hinduism as the state religion. Frustration with the republic and political instability has ...

Thousands of people welcomed former king Gyanendra to Kathmandu amid a rise in calls to reinstate Hindu monarchy in Nepal. The Himalayan kingdom is seeing bike rallies and surge in online posts ...