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  1. 2002
  2. 1990
  3. 2006
  4. 2005
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Option 3 : 2006

The correct answer is 2006.

  • Nepal was one of the ‘third wave’ countries that had won democracy in 1990.
  • Although the king formally remained the head of the state, the real power was exercised by popularly elected representatives. 

  1. 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, was not prepared to accept the democratic rule. He took advantage of the weakness and unpopularity of the democratically elected government.
  3. In February 2005, the king dismissed the then Prime Minister and dissolved the popularly elected Parliament. The movement of April 2006 was aimed at regaining popular control over the government from the king.
  4. On 24 April 2006, the last day of the ultimatum, the king was forced to concede all three demands.

Hence, An extraordinary popular movement for the restoration of democracy was witnessed in Nepal in the year 2006.

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