* Laxmi Prasad Devkota, a Nepali poet.

The Urdu programme was hosted by Abid Ali Baig, who is a poet and writer, who had been working in the broadcasting industry for 30 years in Pakistan ; whereas the Nepali one was hosted by Pushpa Kumar Rai, who had worked in the former British Forces Broadcasting Service for almost 20 years and he is familiar to many Nepalese ears in Hong Kong.

It is the birthplace of famous poet Gopal Singh ' Nepali '.

Famous hindi poet Gopal Singh Nepali who was a great national poet, also wrote award winning film songs was from Bettiah.

The contribution of trio-laureates Lekhnath Poudyal, Laxmi Prasad Devkota Muna Madan, and Balkrishna Sama took Nepali to the level of other world languages.

* 2011 – Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Indian politician and former Nepali Prime Minister ( b. 1924 )

Former Prime Minister and Influential Leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai has expressed his support for Nepali Congress ( Democratic ).

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, just before the convention, announced himself no longer a member of the Nepali Congress and refused to take part in the current general convention claiming the party had adopted " fake republicanism.

November 16, 1951: Matrika Prasad Koirala then President of Nepali Congress, nominated by H. M. the King as the Prime Minister-the first commoner Prime Minister under the democratic set up.

July 25, 1952: Matrika Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister expelled by Nepali Congress from Party membership as he was found violating the party principles and acting against the Constitution of 1951.

May 30, 1991: Formation of elected Nepali Congress government under the Prime Ministership of Girija Prasad Koirala, the then General Secretary.

In the election held to select the Parliamentary Leader for Nepali Congress following the resignation of Girija Prasad Koirala in 2001, he defeated Sushil Koirala by a huge margin.

This victory established him as a powerful leader, especially because his rival was supported by Girija Prasad Koirala, the president of Nepali Congress.

After dispute between Girija Prasad Koirala, President of Nepali Congress and Sher Bahadur Deuba, then Prime Minister, over continuation of Emergency Situation in Nepal, Nepali Congress underwent vertical split into Nepali Congress led by Koirala and Nepali Congress ( Democratic ) led by Deuba.

Girija Prasad Koirala ( ; 1925 – 20 March 2010 ) was a former Nepalese Prime Minister, politician and the President of the Nepali Congress, a major political party.

His father, Krishna Prasad Koirala, was a Nepali living in exile.

Sinha married her co-star from Nepali films, Chidambar Prasad Lohani in 1968.

Nepali Congress divided to two parties, the Nepali Congress ( Democratic ) led by former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the other led by Girija Prasad Koirala.

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai ( Nepali: क ृ ष ् णप ् रस ा द भट ् टर ा ई ) ( 13 December 19244 March 2011 ) was a Nepalese political leader.

Until recently, both factions of the Nepali Congress, the Nepali Congress led by Girija Prasad Koirala and the Nepali Congress ( Democratic ) led by Sher Bahadur Deuba claimed Bhattarai on their side though his sympathy was more with Deuba from the beginning.

* 2006 – 243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra.

* Backward Society Education, a Nepali non-governmental organization.

Devanāgarī is the main script used to write Standard Hindi, Marathi, and Nepali.

There also exists a small Nepali population, large numbers of Arabs, Filipinos and an economic elite of Sinhalese from Sri Lanka.

It may resemble some forms of Muslim blades like the Jambiya, or the Pakistani / Nepali Khukuri, having aspects of both with the up-swept tip and protruding belly.

The national language of Nepal is Nepali, which is also the most-spoken language of Nepal.

* According to Nepali scholar Rishikesh Shaha, the ancient chronicles report that a sage ( muni ) named Ne became the protector ( pāla ) of this land and the founder of its first ruling dynasty.

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

The Nepali army evacuated the areas west of the Mahakali river and ultimately the treaty of Sugauli was signed with the British in 1816.

This meant that the one-time rulers of the Nepali mid-hills became the ruled upon.

The Treaty of Sugauli was signed in 1816, ceding large parts of the Nepali territories of Terrai, ( nearly one third of the country ), to the British, in exchange for Nepalese autonomy.

This is culturally close to northern India with the people speaking Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Tharu, and Maithili along with Nepali.

Situated south of the Mountain Region, the Hill Region ( Pahar in Nepali ) is mostly between altitude.

The words " Nepali " and " Nepalis " are gaining widespread popularity in English usage as opposed to Nepalese, which is an Anglicized version.

Nepali or Nepalese are descendants of migrants from parts of Kashmir, earlier Greater Nepal, Tibet, India, and parts of Burma and Yunnan, along with native tribal populations.

Nepali society is multilingual, multireligious and multiethnic.

In the first free and fair elections in Nepal in 1991, the Nepali Congress was victorious.

The 1994 election defeat of the Nepali Congress Party by the Communist Party of Nepal ( Unified Marxist-Leninist ) ( CPN ( UML )) made Nepal the first communist-led monarchy in Asia, with Man Mohan Adhikary prime minister.

In mid-1994, parliament was dissolved due to dissension within the Nepali Congress Party.

As of the May 1999 general elections, the Nepali Congress Party once again headed a majority government.

There have been three Nepali Congress Party Prime Ministers since the 1999 elections: K. P.

The final distribution of seats in Parliament gave the Nepali Congress 113 ; the CPN ( UML ) 69 ; the RPP 11 ; the RJM 5 ; the NSP 5 ; the Workers and Peasants Party 1 ; and the United People's Front 1.

Nepali Congress Party has divided to Nepali Congress Party led by G. P. Koirala and Nepali Congress ( Democratic ) led by Sher Bahadur Deuba.