An armed movement to invade this country from the Terai region was organized in 1950 but never implemented because the government resigned the following year. That revolution had started with the escape of this country's King Tribhuvan to a nearby embassy. Its first elections were in 1959, but King Mahendra dismissed the government of B.P. Koiral, banned political parties, and created a four-tier system of Panchayats. Mohan Shamsher was the last in a series of Prime Ministers of this country who had reduced the king's role to that of a figurehead after the 1846 Kot Massacre. In this country, the Shah family returned to power after the hereditary, Pro-British, Gurkha-supplying dynasty of Prime Ministers under the Rana family. For 10 points, name this small Himalayan nation that was recently plagued by a Maoist insurrection begun in 1996, and which is historically ruled from Kathmandu.
An armed movement to invade this country from the Terai region was organized in 1950 but never implemented because the government resigned the following year. That revolution had started with the escape of this country's King Tribhuvan to a nearby embassy. Its first elections were in 1959, but King Mahendra dismissed the government of B.P. Koiral, banned political parties, and created a four-tier system of Panchayats. Mohan Shamsher was the last in a series of Prime Ministers of this country who had reduced the king's role to that of a figurehead after the 1846 Kot Massacre. In this country, the Shah family returned to power after the hereditary, Pro-British, Gurkha-supplying dynasty of Prime Ministers under the Rana family. For 10 points, name this small Himalayan nation that was recently plagued by a Maoist insurrection begun in 1996, and which is historically ruled from Kathmandu.
An armed movement to invade this country from the Terai region was organized in 1950 but never implemented because the government resigned the following year.
Kingdom of Nepal [accept Gorkha Kingdom before mention; do not accept "Republic of Nepal" because it wasn't a Republic in any of the clues]