Talk:Nepal

May 18 proclamation

Look here for starters, [1]. I can see some editing has already been done but we need a unified approach to bring all Nepalese articles up to date, perhaps leaving the ones on the exact power of the King until a final decision is reached. I will start on the army pages. Horses In The Sky ^{talk contributions}

After the May 18 act shouldn't the opening be changed, Nepal is no longer an "official" Hindu kingdom - 2006 democracy movement in Nepal? TallAlex

Wrong bank note!!!

The bank note of 'one Nepalese rupee' is outdated! Doesn't someone have a recent one with King Gyanendra on it?

National symbols of Nepal

Bird - Lophophorus (Danphe), Animal - Cow, Flower - Rhododendron (Lali Gurans), Color - Crimson Red (Simrik)

National animal?

Please confirm the national animal of Nepal. Most refs say "cow":

• Shrestha, Nanda R. (2002). Nepal and Bangladesh: a global studies handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-57607-285-1. Retrieved 1 January 2012. Cow Known as gai in Nepali, it is a national animal of Nepal. ...
• Albala, Ken (25 May 2011). Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-313-37626-9. Retrieved 1 January 2012. Virtually no one eats beef (cows are the national animal of Nepal, and killing a cow used to be a capital offense).
• Rai, Bandana (2009). Gorkhas: the warrior race. Gyan Publishing House. p. 136. ISBN 978-81-7835-776-8. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

However, some say "tiger" :

• Smith, Ethan; Dauncey, Guy; Goodall, Jane (1 November 2007). Building an Ark: 101 Solutions to Animal Suffering. New Society Publishers. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-86571-566-0. Retrieved 1 January 2012. ... where they are the national animal of India, Malaysia, North Korea, South Korea, Nepal, Bangladesh and China ...

Chalukyas?

It says in the history section that Nepal was influenced by the Chalukya Empire. I find it hard to believe that the Chalukyas (originally from Karnataka and ruling over Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh) could have had any influence on Nepal. I would like to verify this statement.

information

why did the editor deleted this bolded information?

Until the Sugauli Sandhi (treaty) was signed, the territory of Nepal also included Darjeeling, and Tista to the east, Nainital to the south-west and Kumaun, Garwal and Bashahar to the west. However, today these areas are a part of India. As a result, Nepal shares no boundary with Bangladesh now and the two countries are separated by a narrow strip of land about 21 kilometres (13 mi) wide, called the Siliguri Corridor or Chicken's Neck. A huge majority of Nepalese still live there (almost 2 million). Efforts are underway to make this area a free-trade zone.

Military and foreign affairs

The standard rifle used by the Nepali Armed Forces seems trivial. It would be more useful to provide more strategic-level information. What are the main security concerns? What is the mission of the Armed Forces? Are they concentrated more towards China or India? Just my two cents! --Lacarids (talk) 16:27, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 14 September 2012

There is a spelling mistake in the last paragraph of Infrastructure / Energy. Please change "...because off high tariff..." to "...because of high tariff...". Thank you. 94.194.200.220 (talk) 18:16, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

 Done. Torreslfchero (talk) 18:27, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Margareth Thathcer has been a Prime Minister.

....oh no she hasn't....Oh yes she has....At that section that is labelled as "republic", could someone please remove the citation needed thingys. Either that Nepali bloke who is called Nepal was a PM or he was not. My actual intention was to find the reason why Nepal (the country) was called Nepal. I have no intention to know of a yak that is slacking of.

I think I will have a read about how many have been head of state of this country for the past half a century or so. --88.89.69.104 (talk) 22:16, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Same-Sex marriage in Nepal?

Nepal has no official acts, rulings, orders for same-sex marriage. However, definitions to third gender has been provided. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.244.52.165 (talk) 08:35, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Official names

Please give me a timeline of Nepal's official since 2008 after the fall of the Kingdom of Nepal. Thank. ༆ (talk) 01:37, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

History (needs to be written differently)

Until Prithvi Narayan Shah conquered the Kathmandu Valley in the 1760s, Nepa/Nepal/Newar only referred to the Kathmandu Valley. This valley forms only a portion of Nepal today. The name Nepal was then extended from the valley to refer to the entire country created by Prithvi Narayan Shah. The article's take on the history of Nepal combines these two facts which results in the history section before the 1760s only encompassing the history of this valley and not most of the rest of what is today Nepal, much of which was part of numerous empires and kingdoms, many of which had little to do with the Kathmandu Valley. This is especially true of the Medieval period section. There was really no distinction between the kingdoms of what is today's southern Nepal and the Gangetic Plain (in today's Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) so this should be clarified as well.