Cultural tour
Festival tour
Animal in jungle
Animals on the side of river
People around cultural heritage
Everest Base Camp Trek
History of Nepal
At the beginning of the history Nepal was divided into many principalities and small kingdoms. Different rulers had ruled different parts of the country. Kirats ruled in the east from 300 BC, the Newars in the Kathmandu Valley, while Gurungs and Magars occupied the mid-west. The Kirats were followed by the Lichchhavis whose descendants today are said to be the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley. During this period, art thrived in Nepal and many of the beautiful woodcarvings and sculptures that are found in the country belong to this era. With the end of the Lichchhavi dynasty, Malla kings came to power in 1200 AD and they also contributed tremendously to Nepal's art and culture.
During the late 18th century, Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah, conquered Kathmandu and united Nepal into one kingdom. Identifying the threat of British Colonization in India, King Prithvi Narayan Shah sent away European missionaries from the country and then Nepal remained in isolation for more than a century.
In 19th century, Jung Bahadur Rana became first prime minister in Nepal and took absolute power from the ruling family and ran the affairs of the country for 104 years from 1846 to 1951. The monarchs of Nepal became mere figureheads, while the Ranas enjoyed all the power, wealth, pomp and ceremony. The Shah dynasty was powerless, but retained the status of a royal family. Finally King Tribhuvan escaped to India with most of his family and the people revolted, leading to the ouster of the Rana regime. In 1951, the king flew back to Nepal to a warm welcome from the citizens and introduced democracy. Since then the borders of Nepal have been open and tourism was introduced to Nepal
King Mahendra, who succeeded King Tribhuvan, abolished democracy, banned all political parties and introduced the Panchayat system and ran the autocratic Panchayat government. King Birendra ascended to the throne in 1975, succeeding his father, King Mahendra. With the pressure from inside and outside the country King Birendra established democratic government in 1990 and became a constitutional monarch and head of state.
The inhuman incident of brutal Royal Palace massacre took place in 2001 where the entire Royal family were killed leaving only the family of king’s brother, Gyanendra Shah. Gyanendra soon took over the absolute power and tried to rule the country on his own way but it did not last for long. After few years of ruling the country in 2008, people ousted the King Gyanendra from the palace and declared the country as People’s Republic. With this the Shay dynasty ended. The country is now in the process for writing new constitution to suite the Nepalese people’s requirement.