explain the movement of Nepal which helped him convert into a democratic state?

1.Nepal became a constitutional monarchy in 1990. King Birendra, who has accepted this transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy, was killed in a mysterious massacre of the royal family in 2001.
 
2. King Gyanendra, the new king of Nepal,  Gyanendra, did not accept democracy. He dissolved the Parliament and sacked the Prime Minister. The movement of April 2006 was against the actions of King Gyanendra, and to seize power from him.
 
3. All the major political parties in the parliament formed a Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and called for a four-day strike in Kathmandu. People defied curfew and more than a lakh people gathered and demanded for resoraion of democracy.They became violent.
 
4.      On 24 April  2006, the king had to give up and concede o he following three demands a) Restoration of parliament b) Power to an all-party government c) New constituent assembly.
 
5. The SPA chose Girija Prasad Koirala as the new Prime Minister of the interim government. The restored parliament met and passed laws taking away most of the powers of the king.

Finally, Nepal was converted into a democratic state from a monarchical state after the popular struggle.

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