Former King Gyanendra Shah is greeted on his 71st birthday. Narayan Maharjan/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Gyanendra Shah, former king of Nepal, will celebrate his 77th birthday on July 7 ...

KATHMANDU, NepalKATHMANDU, Nepal — Hundreds of protesters demanding the restoration of the monarchy in Nepal clashed with riot police on Tuesday in Kathmandu. Supporters of the former King Gyanendra, ...

On November 23, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, calling for the restoration of the monarchy and the country’s prior position as an officially Hindu state (currently, ...

Pro-monarchist groups in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, staged a mass demonstration on Friday, demanding the reinstatement of the monarchy. Police used tear gas, batons and water canon against the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tens of thousands of ...

In Nepal, the monarchy is over after 240 years. Lawmakers there voted to turn the small Hindu Himalayan nation into a republic. That decision was made by Nepal's new constituent assembly, which is ...

KATHMANDU, NepalKATHMANDU, Nepal — Thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former royal family held a rally Wednesday demanding the restoration of monarchy in the Himalayan nation. They gathered around the ...

Gyanendra Shah, former king of Nepal, will celebrate his 77th birthday on July 7, 2024. Twenty years ago, his birthday would have been a Nepalese national holiday. Indeed, when I first traveled to ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Riot police used batons and tear gas to halt tens of thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former king who attempted to march to the center of the capital Thursday to demand the ...

A special Nepalese assembly voted Wednesday to formally abolish the country's 239-year-old monarchy and turn Nepal into a republic. King Gyanendra has remained unpopular since he seized absolute power ...

(The Conversation) — Many in Nepal are protesting to bring back the Hindu monarchy, which was dissolved in 2008. A scholar of South Asian religions explains what’s behind these protests. (The ...