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  2. Employees Provident Fund (Nepal) - Wikipedia

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    The same year the present Karmachari Sanchaya Kosh (KSK), or Employees Provident Fund (EPF) in English, was established under the act as an autonomous provident fund organization. After the establishment of EPF, the erstwhile Sainik Drabya Kosh, Nijamati Provident Fund and Provident Fund Department were merged into the EPF.

  3. Nepalese Civil War - Wikipedia

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    9 November 2004 (24 Kartik 2061 BS, Tuesday): 36 people were injured when suspected Maoist rebels exploded a powerful bomb at an under-construction government office complex, the Karmachari Sanchaya Kosh Office Complex in the heart of Nepalese capital Kathmandu Tuesday. In the offensive: DSP Hem Raj Regmi was shot dead by Maoists, 11 November 2004.

  4. Koshi Province - Wikipedia

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    Koshi Province ( Nepali: कोशी प्रदेश) is the autonomous easternmost province adopted on 20 September 2015 by Constitution of Nepal. The province is rich in natural resources, tourist attractions, recreational activities, and natural beauty. [7] The province covers an area of 25,905 km 2 (10,002 sq mi), about 17.5% of the ...

  5. Pashupatinath Temple - Wikipedia

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    The Pashupatinath Temple ( Nepali: पशुपतिनाथ मन्दिर) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Pashupati, a form of Shiva. It is located in Kathmandu, Nepal near the Bagmati River. The temple was classified as a World Heritage Site in 1979. This "extensive Hindu temple precinct" is a "sprawling collection of temples, ashrams ...

  6. Nepalese customary units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The kos (kosh, krosh, koss) is a very ancient measure of distance, measuring about 2.25 miles or 3.7 km. 1 angul = approx. 0.75 inch; 4 angul = 1 dharnugrah (bow grip) = 3 in; 8 angul = 1 dhanurmushti (fist with thumb raised) = 6 in; 12 angul = 1 vitastaa = 9 in; 2 vitastaa = 18 in; 1 haath = 1.5 ft. 1 dand or dhanush (bow) = 4 haath = 6 ft

  7. List of monarchs of Nepal - Wikipedia

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    List of monarchs of Nepal. From left to right, top to bottom: (a) Prithvi Narayan Shah, who began the unification process of the present-day country of Nepal; (b) Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah, during whose reign the British attacked Nepal and forced him to sign the Treaty of Sugauli, which defined the present-day borders; (c) Tribhuvan, who ended ...

  8. Panchayat (Nepal) - Wikipedia

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    Nepal portal. v. t. e. Panchayat ( Nepali: पञ्चायत) was a political system in Nepal from 1961 to 1990. It banned political parties and placed all governmental power, including power over the Council of Ministers and Federal Parliament, under the sole authority of the king; this made the country a de facto absolute monarchy. [1]

  9. House of Representatives (Nepal) - Wikipedia

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    History Parliament of Kingdom of Nepal, 1959–1962. The 1959 constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, proclaimed on 12 February 1959, first mentions the Pratinidhi Sabha first as follows: "There shall be a Parliament which shall consist of His Majesty and two Houses, to be known respectively as the Senate and the House of Representatives (Pratinidhi Sabha)" (Article No. 18, Constitution of the ...