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Nepal
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Nepal info.....
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Nepal is a country renowned
worldwide as a nation of colour and
contrasts; a hidden Shangri-La full of culture and mountaiin adventure. Undoubtedly, Its hallmark, is the
majestic snow capped mountains of the Himalayas, which include eight
of the world’s largest peaks, including Mount
Everest. Powerful rivers rush out from the Himalayas, providing world class rafting, as
they cascade down the hills into the steamy flatlands of the Terai. Indigenous peoplesliving
in thatched huts are surrounded by picturesque green paddy fields.,The Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal,
is an adventurer’s paradise, a naturalist’s dream and an ethnographic
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light. It radiates a peace that
is matched by only a few places on this earth. It is primarily an
agricultural country with carpet making and tourism as its major
industries. At its center is the ‘City of Golden
Pagodas and Parasols’, Kathmandu, Nepal’s much loved
capital.
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Geography:
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Nepal extends about 885 km
from east to west and up to 241 km from north to south, covering
an area of 147,181 square kilometers, more than the combined area
of Switzerland
and Austria.
Situated between India and China it contains four climatic
and geographic zones: Terai; Siwaliks; Mahabharat
Lekhs ;and Pahar,
the high Himalayas.
The Terai, down-and in the south of Nepal
is part of the Gangetic plains, once
densely forested witha subtropical
climate. More than 450 birds are found here along with: Tiger,
Leopard, Buffalo,
Elephant, Gharial, andRhinoceros
The vegetation is mainly Sal trees and Elephant grass.
The inflow of immigrants from other (hilly) parts of Nepal
in the last 30 years and the simultaneous growth of the population, has greatly reduced the area of
jungle. More than 10 Million Nepali live
in the Terai. Here we can see the
movement of the great tectonic plates of the earth. The Indian
subcontinent "crashes” into the Asiatic plate, creating the
great Himalayan mountains.
Flooded every year by the snow-melt fed rivers during monsoon,
the Terai is highly fertile.
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History:
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 Nepal is a
country of ancient civilization which can be traced thousand of years
before the birth of Christ (B.C.). In its long and glorious history
Nepal
has remained always sovereign and never bowed to any foreign power.
Although Nepal
was modernized by King Prithivi Narayan Shah of present dynasty after
consolidating number of principalities and conquering the Kathmandu
Valley in
1768 A.D., there were many glorious dynasties who contributed a lot
to its sovereignty. In fact most of the monuments, Pagodas and Stupas, Monasteries which stand as an example
of our glorious past originated from the Mall dynasty i.e. from 12
to 18 century.
With the fall of Rana regime in February
1951 after a popular revolution, Nepal saw the dawn of democracy. A
democratic revolt of 1990 has restored the Multi-Party-Democratic
Country with constitutional monarchy according to the new
constitution of November 1990.
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