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Why national unification day and Prithvi Narayan Shah should not be celebrated My Republica
Nepal, Jan. 14 The demand for the monarchy s restoration and the desire to reinstate the importance of Prithvi Narayan Shah and national unification day is a desire to revert to an era where both caste and cultural dominance had the overt backing of the state.
On Tuesday last week, the committee formed to celebrate the 299th birth anniversary of King Prithvi Narayan Shah, the founder of Nepal , at a press conference, made a passionate appeal to one and all, emphasizing the need to celebrate Prithvi Narayan Shah s birth and the national unification day with grandiosity. This committee comprises of such personalities as the once Bollywood queen Manisha Koirala, former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Nepal Ramesh Kharel, and activist Bharat Basnet.