Answer:
(i)
Nepal movement took place in April 2006.
(ii) The movement was aimed at restoring democracy.
(iii) Nepalese King Birendra had accepted the
constitutional monarchy.
(iv) He was killed in a mysterious massacre of the royal
family in 2001.
(v) King Gyanendra, the new king of Nepal, was not
prepared to accept democratic rule.
(vi) In February 2005, the King dismissed the then Prime
Minister and dissolved the popularly elected parliament.
(vii) The movement of April 2006 was aimed at regaining
popular control over the government from the King.
(viii) All the major political parties in the parliament
formed a Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and called for a four-day strike in
Kathmandu.
(ix) This strike turned into an indefinite strike in which
Maoist insurgents and various other organisations joined hands.
(x) The number of protesters reached between three to five lakhs.
(xi) They stuck to their demands for
restoration of parliament.
(xii) On 24th April, the King was forced to concede to their demands. The
SPA chose Girija Prasad Koirala as the new Prime Minister of the interim government.
This struggle came to be known as Nepal's second movement
for democracy.
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