Nepalese Civil War Main article: Nepalese Civil War In February 1996, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) started a bid to replace the parliamentary monarchy with a peoples new democratic republic, through a Maoist revolutionary strategy known as the peoples war, which led to the Nepalese Civil War. Led by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai and Pushpa Kamal Dahal (also known as Prachanda), the insurgency began in five districts in Nepal: Rolpa, Rukum, Jajarkot, Gorkha, and Sindhuli. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)established a provisional peoples government at the district level in several locations. On June 1, 2001 after the assassination of royal family, including King Birendra and Queen Aishwaya . Prince Gyanendra (Birendras brother) inherited the throne, according to tradition. Meanwhile, the rebellion escalated, and in October 2002 the king temporarily deposed the government and took complete control of it. A week later he reappointed another government, but the country was still very unstable. In the face of unstable governments and a siege on the Kathmandu Valley in August 2004, popular support for the monarchy began to wane. On February 1, 2005, Gyanendra dismissed the entire government and assumed full executive powers, declaring a state of emergency to quash the revolution. Politicians were placed under house arrest, phone and internet lines were cut, and freedom of the press was severely curtailed. The kings new regime made little progress in his stated aim to suppress the insurgents. Municipal elections in February 2006 were described by the European Union as a backward step for democracy, as the major parties boycotted the election and some candidates were forced to run for office by the army.[6] In April 2006 strikes and street protests in Kathmandu forced the king to reinstate the parliament. A seven-party coalition resumed control of the government and stripped the king of most of his powers. As of 15 January 2007, Nepal was governed by an unicameral legislature under an interim constitution. On December 24, 2007, seven parties, including the former Maoist rebels and the ruling party, agreed to abolish the monarchy and declare Nepal a Federal Republic.[7] In the elections held on 10 April 2008, the Maoists secured a simple majority, with the prospect of forming a government to rule the proposed Republic of Nepal.
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