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HISTORY. From 1846 to 1951 Nepal was virtually ruled by the Rana family, a member of which always held the office of prime minister, the succession being determined by special rules. The last Rana prime minister (and, until 18 Feb. 1951, Supreme C.-in-C.) was HH Maharaja Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, who resigned in Nov. 1951. The 15 feudal chieftanships were integrated into the kingdom on 10 April 1961.
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Statistical Information. A Department of Statistics was set up in Kathmandu in 1950.
Baral, L. S., Political Development in Nepal. London, 1980
Bezruchka, S., A Guide to Trekking in Nepal. Leicester, 1981
Whelpton, J., Nepal. [Bibliography] Oxford and Santa Barbara, 1990
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Hunter, B. (1991). Nepal. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271203_117
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