Historical country records

Nepal historical timeline

Nepal

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
643	Licchavi (Suryavamsa) dynasty restored; usually called Malla dynasty after reign of Jayasthitirajamalladeva (1382-95)	Leaders
1484	joint rulers divide the state into three kingdoms, named after their capitals Bhaktapura (Bhatgaon), Banikapura	Leaders
1546	additional division creates kingdom of Lalitapura	Leaders
16..	Banikapura annexed by Bhaktapura	Leaders
25 Sep 1768	the last ruler of Gorkha unifies the Kingdom of Nepal under the Shah (Saha) dynasty	Leaders
1816 - 21 Dec 1923	de facto British protectorate	Leaders
15 Jan 2007	State of Nepal	Leaders
28 May 2008	republic	Leaders

Bhaktapura (Bhatgaon)

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
1696 - 1722	Sri Jayabhupatindramalla	Kings¹
1722 - 13 Nov 1769	Jyaranajitamalla	Kings¹

Kantipura (Kathmandu)

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
1687 - 1700	Jayabhupalendramalla = Jayamahipatindramalla	Kings¹
1700 - 1722	Jayabhaskaramalla = Jayamahendrasimhamalla	Kings¹
1722 - 1734	Jayajagajjayamalla	Kings¹
1735 - 1746	Jayaprakasamalla (1st time)	Kings¹
1746 - 1752	Jayajyotiprakasamalla	Kings¹
1752 - 25 Sep 1768	Jayaprakasamalla (2nd time)	Kings¹

Lalitapura (Lalitapatan)

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
1684 - 1705	Jayayoganarendramalla	Kings¹
1705 - 1706	Jayalokaprakasamalla	Kings¹
1706 - 1709	Jayendramalla	Kings¹
1709	Jayamahendramalla (1st time)	Kings¹
1709	Jayaviranarasimhamalla	Kings¹
1709 - 1714	Jayamahendramalla (2nd time)	Kings¹
1715 - 1717	Jayariddhinarasimhamalla	Kings¹
1717 - 1722	Jayabhaskaramalla = Jayamahendrasimhamalla	Kings¹
1722 - 1729	Jayayogaprakasamalla	Kings¹
1729 - 1745	Sri Jayavishnumalla	Kings¹
1745 - 1758	Jayarajyaprakasamalla	Kings¹
1758 - 1760	Jayavisvajitmalla	Kings¹
1760 - 1762	Jayaprakasamalla (1st time)	Kings¹
1762 - 1763	Jayaranajitmalla	Kings¹
1763	Jayaprakasamalla (2nd time)	Kings¹
1764 - 1765	Dalamardana Saha	Kings¹
1765 - Oct 1768	Jayatejanarayanasimhamalla	Kings¹

Gorkha

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
1669 - 1716	Prithvipati Saha	Saha dynasty
1716 - 1742	Narabhpati Saha	Saha dynasty
1742 - 25 Sep 1768	Prithvinarayana Saha	Saha dynasty

Nepal

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
25 Sep 1768 - 11 Jan 1775	Prithivi Narayan Shah Deva	Shah (Saha) dynasty
11 Jan 1775 - 17 Nov 1777	Sinha Pratap Shah Deva	Shah (Saha) dynasty
17 Nov 1777 - 23 Mar 1799	Rana Bahadur Shah Deva	Shah (Saha) dynasty
17 Nov 1777 - 31 Aug 1778	Rajendra Lakshmi (f) (1st time)	Shah (Saha) dynasty
2 Sep 1778 - 20 Jun 1779	Bahadur Shah (1st time) (regent)	Shah (Saha) dynasty
20 Jun 1779 - 13 Jul 1785	Rajendra Lakshmi (f) (2nd time)	Shah (Saha) dynasty
13 Jul 1785 - 6 Jun 1794	Bahadur Shah (2nd time) (regent)	Shah (Saha) dynasty
23 Mar 1799 - 20 Nov 1816	Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva	Shah (Saha) dynasty
23 Mar 1799 - Apr 1800	Rajeshwari Devi (f) (1st time)	Shah (Saha) dynasty
Apr 1800 - 1802	Subarna Prabha Devi (f) (regent)	Shah (Saha) dynasty
1802 - 1804	Rajeshwari Devi (f) (2nd time)	Shah (Saha) dynasty
1804 - 25 Apr 1806	Rana Bahadur Shah Deva (regent)	Shah (Saha) dynasty
25 Apr 1806 - 6 Apr 1832	Lalit Tripura Sundari (f)	Shah (Saha) dynasty
20 Nov 1816 - 12 May 1847	Rajendra Bikram Shah Deva	Shah (Saha) dynasty
5 Jan 1843 - Nov 1846	Rajya Lakshmi Devi (f) (regent)	Shah (Saha) dynasty
12 May 1847 - 17 May 1881	Surendra Bikram Shah Deva	Shah (Saha) dynasty
17 May 1881 - 11 Dec 1911	Prithivi Bir Bikram Shah Deva	Shah (Saha) dynasty
11 Dec 1911 - 7 Nov 1950	Tribhuvana Bir Bikram Shah Deva	Shah (Saha) dynasty
7 Nov 1950 - 7 Jan 1951	Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva	Shah (Saha) dynasty
7 Jan 1951 - 13 Mar 1955	Tribhuvana Bir Bikram Shah Deva	Shah (Saha) dynasty
14 Mar 1955 - 31 Jan 1972	Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva	Shah (Saha) dynasty
31 Jan 1972 - 1 Jun 2001	Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva	Shah (Saha) dynasty
1 Jun 2001 - 4 Jun 2001	Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva	Shah (Saha) dynasty
4 Jun 2001 - 28 May 2008	Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva suspended from 15 Jan 2007)	Shah (Saha) dynasty
15 Jan 2007 -	Girija Prasad Koirala	Shah (Saha) dynasty
1799 - 1804	Damodar Pande	Prime ministers
1804 - 25 Apr 1806	Rana Bahadur Shah Deva	Prime ministers
1806 - 1837	Bhimsen Thapa	Prime ministers
1837	Rana Jang Pande (1st time)	Prime ministers
1837 - 1838	Ranga Nath Poudyal (1st time)	Prime ministers
1838 - 1839	Puskar Shah	Prime ministers
1839 - 1840	Rana Jang Pande (2nd time)	Prime ministers
1840	Ranga Nath Poudyal (2nd time)	Prime ministers
1840 - 1843	Fateh Jang Chautaria (1st time)	Prime ministers
28 Nov 1843 - 17 May 1845	Madhabar Singh Thapa	Prime ministers
Sep 1845 - 14 Sep 1846	Fateh Jang Chautaria (2nd time)	Prime ministers
15 Sep 1846 - 1 Aug 1856	Jang Bahadur Kunwar (from 5 May 1848, Jang Bahadur Rana)	Prime ministers
1 Aug 1856 - 25 May 1857	Bam Bahadur Kunwar Rana	Prime ministers
25 May 1857 - 28 Jun 1857	Krishna Bahadur Kunwar Rana	Prime ministers
28 Jun 1857 - 25 Feb 1877	Jang Bahadur Rana (2nd time)	Prime ministers
27 Feb 1877 - 22 Nov 1885	Ranaudip Singh	Prime ministers
22 Nov 1885 - 5 Mar 1901	Bir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Prime ministers
5 Mar 1901 - 27 Jun 1901	Deva Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Prime ministers
27 Jun 1901 - 26 Nov 1929	Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Prime ministers
Nov 1929 - 1 Sep 1932	Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Prime ministers
1 Sep 1932 - 29 Nov 1945	Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Prime ministers
29 Nov 1945 - 30 Apr 1948	Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Prime ministers
30 Apr 1948 - 12 Nov 1951	Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Prime ministers
16 Nov 1951 - 14 Aug 1952	Matrika Prasad Koirala (1st time)	Prime ministers
15 Jun 1953 - 14 Apr 1955	Matrika Prasad Koirala (2nd time)	Prime ministers
27 Jan 1956 - 26 Jul 1957	Tanka Prasad Acharya	Prime ministers
26 Jul 1957 - 15 Nov 1957	Kunwar Indrajit Singh	Prime ministers
15 May 1958 - 27 May 1959	Subarna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Prime ministers
27 May 1959 - 15 Dec 1960	Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala	Prime ministers
26 Dec 1960 - 23 Dec 1963	Tulsi Giri (1st time)	Prime ministers
23 Dec 1963 - 26 Feb 1964	Surya Bahadur Thapa (1st time)	Prime ministers
26 Feb 1964 - 26 Jan 1965	Tulsi Giri (2nd time)	Prime ministers
26 Jan 1965 - 7 Apr 1969	Surya Bahadur Thapa (2nd time)	Prime ministers
7 Apr 1969 - 13 Apr 1970	Kirti Nidhi Bista (1st time)	Prime ministers
13 Apr 1970 - 14 Apr 1971	Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari	Prime ministers
14 Apr 1971 - 16 Jul 1973	Kirti Nidhi Bista (2nd time)	Prime ministers
16 Jul 1973 - 1 Dec 1975	Nagendra Prasad Rijal (1st time)	Prime ministers
1 Dec 1975 - 12 Sep 1977	Tulsi Giri (3rd time)	Prime ministers
12 Sep 1977 - 30 May 1979	Kirti Nidhi Bista (3rd time)	Prime ministers
30 May 1979 - 12 Jul 1983	Surya Bahadur Thapa (3rd time)	Prime ministers
12 Jul 1983 - 21 Mar 1986	Lokendra Bahadur Chand (1st time)	Prime ministers
21 Mar 1986 - 15 Jun 1986	Nagendra Prasad Rijal (2nd time)	Prime ministers
15 Jun 1986 - 6 Apr 1990	Marich Man Singh Shrestha	Prime ministers
6 Apr 1990 - 19 Apr 1990	Lokendra Bahadur Chand (2nd time)	Prime ministers
19 Apr 1990 - 26 May 1991	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai	Prime ministers
26 May 1991 - 30 Nov 1994	Girija Prasad Koirala (1st time)	Prime ministers
30 Nov 1994 - 12 Sep 1995	Man Mohan Adhikari	Prime ministers
12 Sep 1995 - 12 Mar 1997	Sher Bahadur Deuba (1st time)	Prime ministers
12 Mar 1997 - 7 Oct 1997	Lokendra Bahadur Chand (3rd time)	Prime ministers
7 Oct 1997 - 15 Apr 1998	Surya Bahadur Thapa (4th time)	Prime ministers
15 Apr 1998 - 31 May 1999	Girija Prasad Koirala (2nd time)	Prime ministers
31 May 1999 - 22 Mar 2000	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai	Prime ministers
22 Mar 2000 - 26 Jul 2001	Girija Prasad Koirala (3rd time)	Prime ministers
26 Jul 2001 - 4 Oct 2002	Sher Bahadur Deuba (2nd time)	Prime ministers
11 Oct 2002 - 5 Jun 2003	Lokendra Bahadur Chand (4th time)	Prime ministers
5 Jun 2003 - 3 Jun 2004	Surya Bahadur Thapa (5th time)	Prime ministers
3 Jun 2004 - 1 Feb 2005	Sher Bahadur Deuba (3rd time)	Prime ministers
30 Apr 2006 -	Girija Prasad Koirala (4th time)	Prime ministers
1816	Boileau (acting)	British residents
1816 - 1829	Edward Gardner	British residents
1829 - 1831	Brian Houghton Hodgson (1st time)	British residents
1831 - 1833	Thomas Herbert Maddock	British residents
1833 - 1843	Brian Houghton Hodgson (2nd time)	British residents
1843 - 1845	Henry Lawrence	British residents
1845 - 1846	John Russell Colvin	British residents
1846 - 1850	C. Thoresby	British residents
1850 - 1852	J.C. Erskine	British residents
1852 - 1867	George Ramsay	British residents
1867 - 1872	Richard Charles Lawrence	British residents
1872 - 1888	Charles E.R. Girdlestone	British residents
1888 - 1891	Edward Law Durand	British residents
1891 - 1899	Henry Wylie	British residents
1899	A.M. Muir	British residents
1899 - 1901	W. Loch	British residents
1901 - 1902	T. Pears	British residents
1902 - 1905	Charles Withers Ravenshaw	British residents
1905 - 1916	John Manners Smith	British residents
1916 - 1918	Steuart Farquharson Bayley	British residents
1918 - 1923	Frederick O'Connor	British residents

Mustang

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
1656 - 1710	Sa-dbang	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
1711 - 1723	Tshe-dbang	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
1723 - c.1728	bKra-shis-rnam-rgyal	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
c.1728 - c.1750	bsTan-'dzin-dbang-rgyal	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
c.1728 - 1734	Nor-dzin bde-legs dbang-mo (f)	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
c.1750 - 1797	dBang-rgyal-rdo-rje	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
1797 - 1815	bKra-shis-sñin-po	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
1815 - 1837	'Jam-dpal-dgra-'ldus	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
1837 - 1857	Kun-dga'-nor-bu	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
1857 - 1863	'Jam-dbyangs-dban-'dus	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
1863 - 1893	dNgos-grub-dpal-'bar	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
1863 - 1868	rGyal-mo Tshe-mchog sGrol-ma (f)	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
1893 - 1935	'Jam-dbyangs-dpal-'bar	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
1935 - 1955	A-mgon-bsTan-'dzin-dgra-'dul	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
1955 - 1958	A-ngdu-sñin-po	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
1958 - 1964	A-mgon-bsTan-'dzin-dgra-'dul	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)
1964 -	'Jigs-med-rdo-rje-dgra-'dul = 'Jigs-med-dpal-'bar Bista (b. 1930)	Kings (title Glo rgyal-po)