Fury at the country’s politicians had led earlier this year to a failed royalist uprising, which may have been an unheeded warning of the popular discontent that exploded on the streets this month.
Turmoil in Nepal
Fury at the country’s politicians had led earlier this year to a failed royalist uprising, which may have been an unheeded warning of the popular discontent that exploded on the streets this month.
A statue of Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital. He was king of Nepal from 1955 until his death in 1972.Credit...Atul Loke for The New York Times
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