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Kingdom of Nepal शाह नेपाल | |||||||||||
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1768–2008 | |||||||||||
Anthem: "Shriman Gambhir" (1962–2007) | |||||||||||
Kingdom of Nepal at its greatest extent c. 1790 under King Rana Bahadur Shah Kingdom of Nepal at its greatest extent c. 1790 under King Rana Bahadur Shah | |||||||||||
Status | Absolute monarchy (1768–1846) De facto Rana oligarchy (1846–1951) Constitutional monarchy (1951–1960; 1990–2008) Absolute monarchy (1960–1990; 2005–2006) | ||||||||||
Capital | Kathmandu | ||||||||||
Largest city | Kathmandu | ||||||||||
Official languages | |||||||||||
Religion | Major: Hinduism Minor: Buddhism Islam Christianity | ||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Nepalese | ||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
King | |||||||||||
• 1743–1775 (first) | Prithvi Narayan Shah | ||||||||||
• 2001–2008 (last) | Gyanendra Shah | ||||||||||
Mukhtiyar / Prime Minister | |||||||||||
• 1806–1837 (first Mukhtiyar) | Bhimsen Thapa | ||||||||||
• 2006–2008 (last PM before republic) | Girija Prasad Koirala | ||||||||||
• 1846–1877 (first Rana PM) | Jung Bahadur Rana | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1768 | ||||||||||
1743–1769 | |||||||||||
1814–1816 | |||||||||||
1996–2006 | |||||||||||
2008 | |||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | NP | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Nepal |