For centuries the government had been run by a number of interrelated aristocratic families. Despite the limitations of a royal ban on political parties and other impediments, political parties did exist and operated clandestinely. To escape harassment or imprisonment, many political leaders went to India, where they also received logistical and other support. read more.....

Political Parties

Main Political Parties

Political Party	Leaders
Nepal Communist Party-United Marxist Leninist (NCP-UML)	Madhav Nepal
Nepali Congress (NC)	K P Bhattarai G P Koirala
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) [National Democratic Party - NDP]	Surya B Thapa
Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP)	Gajendra Narayan Singh
Rastriya Jana Morcha
Nepal Workers & Peasants Party (NWPP)	N M Bijukchhe (Rohit)
Samyukta Janmorcha Nepal

 

LIST OF POLITICAL PARTIES

Party

Nepali Congress

Communist Party of Nepal (UML)

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa)

Nepal Sadbhavana Party

Rastriya Jana Morcha

Samyukta Janmorcha Nepal

Nepal Workers and Peasants Party

Communist Party of Nepal (ML)

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)

Independent

Rastriya Janamukti Party

Nepal Janta Dal

Janamukti Party Nepal

Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)

Nepal Dalit Shramik Morcha

Hariyali Nepal Party

Nepali Janta Party Rastriya Sambriddhibad

Communist Party of Nepal (United)

Rastriya Janata Parishad

Jana Congress

Shiva Sena Nepal

Nepal Socialist Party

Bahujan Samaj Party Nepal

Nepal Praja Parishad

Samyukta Prajatantra Party Nepal

Nepal Samyabadi Party (MLM)

Save the Nation Movement

Pragati Upayogoto, Nepal

Nepal Janabhavana Party

Rastrabadi Janata Party

Social Democratic Party

Samajbadi Garib Party

Nepal Janahit Party

Nepal Suraksha Party

Nepal Rastrabadi Dal

Mechi-Mahakali Jana Samanwaya Dal

Political Leaders

• Dr Dilli Raman Regmi - Nepalese Freedom Fighter, Historian and Philanthropist
  
• BP Koirala - A talk about BP Koirala by Kanak Mani Dixt, Pratyoush Onta and Barbara Adams
  
• King Gyanendra Shah
  
• B.P. Koirala - Biography of Late B.P. Koirala, leader of Nepali Congress and first Democratically elected Primeminister of Nepal
  
• Chandra Sumsher - Rana Primeminister who established Nepal's first college: Tri-Chandra College
  
• King Birendra - A revered Monarch of Nepal
  
• King Mahendra - King who established Panchayat system from 1960. Panchayat was the political system for 30 years in Nepal.
  
• King Tribhuvan - King Tribhuwan lead the first democratic movement in Nepal on 1950s to remove Ranas from the power.
  
• Madan Bhandari - Late Madan Bhandari was the General Serectary of Communist Party of Nepal(UML)
  
• Manmohan Adhikari - Biography of Former Primeminister and Leader of Communist Party of Nepal(UML)
  
• Nepal Home Page: The Kings of Nepal - Information on Kings of Nepal
  
• Nepal Home Page: The Prime Ministers of Nepal - Information on the PMs of Nepal
  
• Pushpa Lal - Pushpa Lal was the founder General Serectary of Communist Pary of Nepal
  
• Tanka Prasad Acharya - Leader of Praja Parisad, first political party in Nepal
  
• Ganesh Man Singh - Biography in Nepali of Late Ganesh Man Singh, Supreme Leader of Nepali Congress
  Obituary published in The Economist, September 27, 1997

 

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