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1999 In Nepal
Events from the year 1999 in Nepal. Incumbents * Monarch: Birendra * Prime Minister: Girija Prasad Koirala (1998 – May 1999) and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai * Chief Justice: Mohan Prasad Sharma (1998–1999) and Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya (from December 1999) Events * May – General elections were held from 3 to 17 May. * 5 September – Necon Air Flight 128 crashes in the west of Kathmandu. * September and October − 8th South Asian Games were held in Kathmandu from 25 September to 4 October. * November – ANFA League Cup is held from 20 to 30 November. * December – Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. Births * 27 February – Lalit Rajbanshi, cricketer * 20 May – Kajal Shrestha, cricketer * 7 July – Apsari Begam, cricketer * 3 September – Malati Rishidev, shortest woman in Nepal. * 27 November – Pratima Sherpa, golfer * 5 December – Curtis Waters, Nepali Canadian musician Deaths * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, and India in the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and the largest city. The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh in the east and with the state of Haryana in the remaining directions. The NCT covers an area of . According to the 2011 census, Delhi's city proper population was over 11 million, while the NCT's population was about 16.8 million. Delhi's urban agglomeration, which includes the satellite cities of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon and Noida in an area known as the National Capital Region (NCR), has an estimated population of over 28 million, making it the largest metropolitan area in India and the second-largest in the world (after Tokyo). The topography of the medieval fort Purana Qila on the banks of the river Yamuna matches the literary description of the citadel Indraprastha in the Sanskrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Asia
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1999 By Country
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1999 In Nepal
Events from the year 1999 in Nepal. Incumbents * Monarch: Birendra * Prime Minister: Girija Prasad Koirala (1998 – May 1999) and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai * Chief Justice: Mohan Prasad Sharma (1998–1999) and Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya (from December 1999) Events * May – General elections were held from 3 to 17 May. * 5 September – Necon Air Flight 128 crashes in the west of Kathmandu. * September and October − 8th South Asian Games were held in Kathmandu from 25 September to 4 October. * November – ANFA League Cup is held from 20 to 30 November. * December – Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. Births * 27 February – Lalit Rajbanshi, cricketer * 20 May – Kajal Shrestha, cricketer * 7 July – Apsari Begam, cricketer * 3 September – Malati Rishidev, shortest woman in Nepal. * 27 November – Pratima Sherpa, golfer * 5 December – Curtis Waters, Nepali Canadian musician Deaths * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arun Thapa
Arun Thapa Magar (born January 1952– 22 July 1999) was a Nepali singer and songwriter. In 2003, according to an international poll conducted by BBC, more than half-a million people from 165 countries voted his composition ''Reetu haruma timi hariyali basant (You are the spring amongst the seasons)'', his most famous romantic song, as the seventh in the world's top 10 most popular songs of all time. Personal life Arun Thapa was born in Calcutta, India on 6 January 1952. His father was Ganju Prasad Thapa. His parents moved back to Nepal when Arun was 3 months old. He studied and grew up in Kathmandu, Nepal. He first studied in a school in Gana Bahal Tole then at JP School in Chettrapati, Kathmandu. Later he studied in Turnbull High school in Darjeeling, coming back to complete his School Leaving Certificate (SLC) from Kathmandu in 1971. He later studied at Prithvi Narayan Campus, Pokhara for an Intermediate in Arts degree but soon dropped out to pursue a career in music. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahendra Narayan Nidhi
Mahendra Narayan Nidhi (24 February 1922 – 4 May 1999) was a Nepali politician, democracy fighter, and Gandhian leader. He was the Minister of water resources and local development in the Interim government led by Krishna Prasad Bhattarai after the success of 1990 Nepalese revolution. He was one of the most influential leaders and General Secretary of Nepali Congress. He started his active political journey from Dhanusha in 1946. Nidhi was elected twice to the parliament, in 1959 and 1991. He was the first deputy speaker of Pratinidhi Sabha of Nepal. Nidhi had started Rajeshwor Nidhi Higher Secondary School during the Rana period in Nagrain, Dhanusha. Personal life Nidhi was born in 1922 in Nagarain, Dhanusha. Honors * 2018 — Rastra Gaurav Man Padavi See also * Mahendra Narayan Nidhi Awas Yojana Mahendra Narayan Nidhi Awas Yojana () is an initiative by the Nepali Government of Madhesh Province in which affordable housing will be provided to the urban poor with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Mohan Adhikari
Man Mohan Adhikari (Magi) ( ne, मन मोहन अधिकारी 9 June 1920 – 26 April 1999) was the 31st Prime Minister of Nepal from 1994 to 1995, representing the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). He is the first communist Prime Minister in Nepal and one of the first communist politician in the world to be democratically elected as a head of government. Family and early life Born in Lazimpat, Kathmandu, Nepal, he spent his childhood in Biratnagar. His family was a landowner Brahmin family of Eastern Nepal. He was sent to Varanasi to study in 1938. While studying for his B.Sc. in 1942, Adhikari took part in Quit India movement and he was arrested by the British colonial authorities and jailed along with other politicians. Life During his stay in India, Adhikari became involved in the communist movement, joining the Communist Party of India. He returned to Biratnagar and worked in chemical industry where, in March 1947, he took part in the Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepali Canadian
Nepalese Canadians or Nepali Canadians are Canadians with roots in Nepal. Migration history Nepalese are recent immigrants in Canada and their numbers are relatively small. According to the 1991 report on immigration and citizenship, only 125 people indicated Nepal as their country of birth. Aside from immigrants from Nepal itself, there are also Nepali-speaking people from neighboring countries such as India, Burma and Bhutan as well as Nepalese who lived in other countries (Fiji, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States) before immigrating to Canada. The majority of Nepalese in Canada migrated in pursuit of better economic opportunities and professional fulfillment. Some who had experienced discrimination in the countries they left were also attracted by the possibility of enjoying political and religious freedom in Canada. A small number of Nepalis arrived during the 1960s and early 1970s. From the late 1970s to the present there has been a relative increase in their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Waters
Abhinav Bastakoti (born December 20, 1999), known by his stage name Curtis Waters, is a Canadian-American musician and songwriter. He is known for his self-produced 2020 debut single " Stunnin'". He is the first Nepal-born musician to attain international success. Early life Waters was born in Kathmandu, Nepal. He moved to India at a young age, before moving to Germany at age four, and then relocating to Calgary, Alberta at age ten. Waters settled in Cary, North Carolina in 2017 at age seventeen. The moves were following his parents' educational dreams—his father now has a Ph.D. in environmental science, while his mother has two master's degrees and specializes in GIS. When he was 14, Waters returned to Nepal for three months for his Bratabanda, a complex Hindu coming-of-age ceremony. In 2014, Waters downloaded FL Studio onto his laptop and started to make beats. “Waters says, "Being from a Nepali immigrant family, my parents always want the best from me academically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratima Sherpa
Pratima Sherpa ( ne, प्रतिमा शेर्पा; born 27 November 1999) is the first ranked amateur female golfer from Nepal. She was born and raised in a maintenance shed behind the third hole of the Royal Nepal Golf Club in Kathmandu. Her parents still live on the grounds of the golf course, where her father Pasang Sherpa works as a security guard and mother Kalpana Sherpa works as a maintenance worker. Sherpa entered her first tournament at age 11 and won 33 trophies over the next six years. After being profiled by the ''Nepali Times'' in 2016, she attracted international attention and was invited to meet golf legend Tiger Woods. She subsequently moved to California to train and attend Santa Barbara City College, where she was named Women's Golfer of the Year in 2020. ''Forbes'' magazine included her in the 2020 edition of the '30 under 30' list of Asian personalities in entertainment and sports. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sherpa, Pratima Nepal Nepal (; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malati Rishidev
Malati Rishidev is the shortest woman in Nepal. She was born on September 3, 1999. She is tall and her weight is about 13.6 kg (30 pounds). She was born in Biratchowk, Morang district. See also *Khagendra Thapa Magar Khagendra Thapa Magar ( ne, खगेन्द्र थापामगर) (4 October 1992 – 17 January 2020) was a Nepali once known as the shortest man in the world, measuring . Magar, who was a primordial dwarf, won the title of shortest ma ... - the former shortest man in world from Nepal. He died in January 2020. References People with dwarfism 1999 births Living people People from Morang District {{Nepal-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
