She was made the Crown Princess and heir to Nepal's throne until her brother King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev was born when she was in her late teens.

Thus, up to the unification of the country, Nepal's recorded history is largely that of the Kathmandu Valley.

The oldest Vamshavali or chronicle, the Gopalarajavamsavali, was copied from older manuscripts during the late 14th century, is a fairly reliable basis for Nepal's ancient history.

In fact outside marsh and riparian zones, most of Nepal's native vegetation is adapted to withstand drought, although less so at higher elevations where cooler temperatures mean less water stress.

25. 4 % of Nepal's land area, or about is covered with forest according to FAO figures from 2005.

FAO estimates that around 9. 6 % of Nepal's forest cover consists of primary forest which is relatively intact.

About 12. 1 % Nepal's forest is classified as protected while about 21. 4 % is conserved according to FAO.

Nepal's current score of 19. 9 is better than in 2010 ( 20. 0 ) and much improved than its score of 27. 5 in 1990.

Currently demand for electricity is increasing at 8 %- 10 % a year whereas Nepal's option to have agreement with India will make this fulfillment against demand.

The current command and control organization of Nepal's army is fully ensured in the new constitution.

Nepal's trade balance with Argentina is in favour of Argentina.

Germany is one of the major donors for Nepal's development efforts.

Apart from trade, Germany is also important for the promotion of Nepal's tourism industry.

Fewer than 40 animals in four separate groups share resources with humans in Nepal's Langtang National Park, where only 6 % of is preferred red panda habitat.

The Unified Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoist ), a national communist party with a revolutionary background, is a follower of Maoism, although it is believed that the party has developed its own ideology, Prachanda Path, which was developed taking Nepal's political, sociological and geographical constraints into consideration.

In Zimbabwe and Nepal's Annapurna region, where underdevelopment is taking place, more than 90 percent of ecotourism revenues are expatriated to the parent countries, and less than 5 percent go into local communities.

The crimson red is Nepal's national colour, and it indicates the brave spirits of the Nepalese people.

# Kausika was one of the names of Vishvamitra who was supposed to have lived in Mithila ( presently in Nepal's Terai and India's Bihar ) where his sister river Koshi still flows turbulently as she is said to be unmarried.

For example, his observation that Nepal is a yam between two big rocks ( referring to two huge countries China and India that surround Nepal ) and that Nepal should take into consideration the strength ( military ) of her neighbors and endevour to use diplomacy and soft power in her foreign relation informed Nepal's foreign policy since.

At lower elevations it is populated by Hindu Khas people said to be ancestral to most of Nepal's Bahuns and Chhetris living further east.

The Rajkarnikar are a Newar clan, the original inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley, which is Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, its sister city, Lalitpur, Patan, and Bhaktapur.

It is one of the progenies of Nepal's prehistoric Kirat dynasty of around 100 BC.

Maruti Suzuki is India and Nepal's leading automobile manufacturer and the market leader in the car segment, both in terms of volume of vehicles sold and revenue earned.

It is located almost 300 km southwest of Nepal's capital of Kathmandu.

Pokhara University ( PU ) was established in 1996 as Nepal's fifth University.

Nepal's very first recorded, though still legendary, history began with the Devkotas, who may have arrived from the west to the Kathmandu valley.

Before Nepal's emergence as a nation in the later half of the 18th century, the designation ' Nepal ' was largely applied only to the Kathmandu Valley and its surroundings.

Prithvi Narayan Shah ( c. 1769 – 1775 ), with whom we move into the modern period of Nepal's history, was the ninth generation descendant of Dravya Shah ( 1559 – 1570 ), the founder of the ruling house of Gorkha.

Not only his social and economic views guided the country's socio-economic course for a long time, his use of the imagery, ' a yam between two boulders ' in Nepal's geopolitical context, formed the principal guideline of the country's foreign policy for future centuries.

The British launched their attack on the Nepali forces at Nalapani, the western most point of Nepal's frontier at the close of 1814.

beyond Nepal's northern border.

About 5. 1 % Nepal's forests are classified as production forest.

Nepal's 2000-2005 total deforestation rate was about 1. 4 % per year meaning it lost an average of of forest annually.

Nepal's total deforestation rate from 1990-2000 was or 2. 1 % per year.

A significantly high universal marriage rate, particularly amongst reformed Hindus drives Nepal's annual population growth rate in excess of two percent.

Nepal's legislature was bicameral consisting of a House of Representatives and a National Council.

* Bikram Sambat, the Nepali calendar

It is also the last month in the Nepalese calendar ( the Bikram Sambat ), where it commences in mid-March.

It is the first month of the Nepalese calendar ( the Bikram Sambat ) and the Bengali calendar ( Boishakh ).

( Bikram Sambat ) it was annexed to the Gorkhali kingdom of Nepal by King Prithvi Narayan Shah on his third attempt, after bribing the doorman of the city.

Vikram Samvat ( Vikram Samwat, Vikram Sambat, Bikram Samvat, Bikram Samwat, Bikram Sambat or Vikram's Era, Devanagari: व ि क ् रम सम ् वत ्, abbreviated as " V. S.

The national calendar of Nepal, Bikram Sambat ( B. S.

Falgun () ( Devanagari / Nepali: फ ा ल ् ग ु न ) is the eleventh month in the न े प ा ल ी Nepali calendar বঙ ্ গ া ব ্ দ Bangla Calendar and the Bikram Sambat.

* Chait in the Nepali Bikram Sambat calendar.