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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
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Nepal
Index
Kathmandu Valley
The death of Mathbar Singh set the stage for one of the
crucial
sequences of events in modern Nepalese history--the
destruction of
the old aristocracy and the establishment of a
dictatorship of the
prime minister. These events provided the long period of
stability
the country needed but at the cost of political and
economic
development.
Data as of September 1991
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