Events from the year 2000 in

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 mai ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

Birendra Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज वीरेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव ) (28 December 1945 – 1 June 2001) was the tenth Shah Ruler and the King of N ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

: Girija Prasad Koirala (from March 2000) and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1999 — March 2000) * Chief Justice:

Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya was a Nepalese judge who served as 13th Chief Justice of Nepal, in office from 16 December 1999 to 5 December 2002. He was appointed by the then-king of Nepal, Birendra. Upadhyaya was preceded by Mohan Prasad Sharma ...

Events

Usha Khadgi Usha Khadgi is a Nepalese model, television presenter and beauty pageant title holder. In 2000, she was titled with the seventh Miss Nepal. Biography Khadgi was born in Birgunj, Nepal to father Uttam Bahadur Khadgi and mother Urmila Khadgi ...

is crowned

Miss Nepal Miss Nepal ( ne, मिस नेपाल) is a national beauty pageant in Nepal. The winners are sent to Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss International, Miss Supranational. History Ever since the pageant started from 1994, historically the ...

. * 26 May –

National Human Rights Commission A human rights commission, also known as a human relations commission, is a body set up to investigate, promote or protect human rights. The term may refer to international, national or subnational bodies set up for this purpose, such as nationa ...

is established. * 27 July – Nepal Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes in Dadeldhura District killing 25 people.

Births

* 17 June – Supriya Maskey, Nepalese beauty queen * 2 August –

Sandeep Lamichhane Sandeep Lamichhane ( ne, सन्दीप लामिछाने, ; born 2 August 2000) is a Nepalese cricketer who captained the Nepalese national team, A right-arm leg spin bowler, Lamichhane has played for Twenty20 franchise sides acro ...

, cricketer * 12 December – Princess Purnika, Princess

Deaths

* 28 March – Gaje Ghale, Gurkha recipient of the

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...

. * 27 May –

Agansing Rai Agansing Rai (24 April 1920 – 27 May 2000) was a Nepalese Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Backgroun ...

, Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross. * August 6 –

Praveen Gurung Praveen Gurung ( ne, प्रवीण गुरुङ, 30 April 1962 –6 August 2000) was a folk music folk singer, singer and music arranger from Nepal who arranged over five hundred recordings during his career in both Nepali language, N ...

, singer

References

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