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Democracy in Nepal

Prior to 2006, Nepal was being headed by King Gyanendra. In April of the same year, the Seven Party Alliance (a pro-democracy movement) called for a demonstration at seven different points in Kathmandu (the Nepali capital). The demonstration (over one million strong) demanded an end to autocratic monarchic rule. This forced King Gyanendra to address the people in a national broadcast, saying power would be returned to them. Nepal was declared a democratic republic.