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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Neglecting history, by Punam Ghimire (kp 24/01/2008)

Misreading history, by Abhi Subedi (kp 23/01/2008)

‘Stone spouts are national property’ (kp 20/01/2008)

Fact & Fiction: Historiographic metafiction, by Arun Gupto (kp 16/12/2007)

Glorious past: Painful present, by Madan Regmi (kp 25/09/2007)

State and politics of Nepal, by Ananta Raj Poudyal (kp 19/05/2007)

240 years of Shah dynasty: a brief look, by Kiran Koirala (tg 16/05/2007) [You should try to learn the history of your country better, Mr Koirala! The exclusions and discriminations of the modern state are the fabrications of the Shah monarchy! This is the main reason behind Nepal's current crisis! The traditionalist power ambitions of Gyanendra only have given it the rest!]

Chronicling the history of Nepal (kp 29/04/2007) [on re-publishing the writings of Dilli Raman Regmi], Ancient history for modern times: A welcome re-issue of the classic, if dated, work of historian Dilli Raman Regmi, by TR Vaidya (nt 12/05/2007)

Anthem Anathema, by Bijay Kumar Rauniyar (rn 16/09/2006)

Prithbi Narayan’s message: If citizens are empowered, the nation is strong, by Bharat Basnet (nt 28/07/2006)

Glorious past and present, by Madan Regmi (kp 04/07/2006)

Writing unwritten ethno-history, a book review by Lal Rapacha (kp 26/02/2006)

South Asia, history and us, by Shiva Rijal (kp 06/01/2006)

A new look at Nepal’s history ‘Sudden and violent political change has…been a recurrent part of the country’s history’, a book review by Mark Turin (nt 07/10/2005)

Romancing with history, by D B Gurung (kp 27/07/2005)

Unity day (kp 13/01/2005)

Supreme Court and super-ego, by Abhi Subedi (kp 18/11/2004)

Was Nepal colonized?, by Arun Gupto (kp 04/04/2004)

Nepali history in London, by Bishnu Sapkota (kp 25/03/2004)

Thapa celebrities: then and now, by Kumar Bahadur Bhatta (pr 18/03/2004)

Errant India wants Nepalis to be Palestinians, by Madan Regmi (pr 22/01/2004)

Nepal's strategic balance doctrine: History and limitations, by M.R. Josse (pr 15/01/2004)

Lamjung Palace, by LB Thapa (Space Time Today, 08/12/2002)

Martyrs, Martyrdom and Martyr Lakhan Thapa (People's Review, 04/07/2002)

Martyrs, martyrdom and martyr Lakhan Thapa, by B. K. Rana (People's Review, 04/04/2002)

Jayatu Sanskritam movement: A timeless mission, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 28/02/2002)

Preserving Gurkha history (Nepali Times, 11/01/2002)

Learning from history, by M R Josse (Kathmandu Post, 18/01/2001)

Glimpse of military rule in Asia, by C.D. Bhatta (The Kathmandu Post, 18 December 1999)

Background

A chronological chart of Nepali history (in German)

Geschichte - Übersicht, an introduction into Nepal's history by Johannes Bornmann (in German)

Khukuri history

States and Regents of the World: Nepal, compiled by Bob Hilkens