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unusual facts about Indra Chok, Kathmandu



1973 Nepal plane hijack

It was masterminded by Girija Prasad Koirala, who would later be elected the Prime Minister of Nepal, to loot the money of Nepal Rastra Bank being carried by plane from Biratnagar to Kathmandu.

2010 Okhaldhunga Twin Otter crash

On December 15, 2010, a Tara Air de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed in Nepal shortly after take-off on a domestic passenger flight between Lamidanda Airport, Lamidanda, and Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu.

83362 Sandukruit

It is named for Sanduk Ruit, a Nepalese ophthalmologist and founder of the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu.

Alexander Evgenievich Ponomarev

International Symposium in the Urals (1989), in Nepal (Kathmandu), Tibet (Lhasa, 2000), on Lake - (artists Francisco Infante-Arana and Nonna Goryunova, Vladimir Nasedkin, Tatiana Badanina, Tishkov, Leonid, Shaburov, Alexander E., Porto, Ivan B., Chernyshev, Aristarchus A., Vladislav Yefimov, Batynkov, Konstantin, Olga Chernysheva)

Athletics at the South Asian Games

Athletics competitions have been held at the South Asian Games since the inaugural edition of the South Asian Federation Games in 1984 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Bhanubhakta Acharya

One of his writings is well known for its colorful, flowing praise of Kathmandu valley and its inhabitants.But he has been a lost identity.

Charles Duchaussois

It was 1969 at the zenith of the hippie movement, from Marseille to Beirut, from Istanbul to Baghdad, taking long detours in India, by boat, on foot, in car, Charles bit by bit got closer to Kathmandu, the height of drugs and hippies.

Deepa Panta

And then she has moved to Kathmandu for higher studies and completed her 10+2 (Humanities) from HSBC Nepal and Completed Bachelors and Master's degree (Mathematics) form Tribhuwan University Kathmandu, Nepal.

Deepa Panta was born to Bishnu Kumar Panta and Bhawani Panta in 1986 at Prasuti Griha Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal as a first child of her parents.

Deepak Parvatiyar

His coverage of catastrophes such as the Bombay riots of 1993, the Bombay Blasts of 1993, the 1994 plague epidemic in Surat, the Gujarat earthquake of 2001, and the Maoist seizure of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal in 2005 are well chronicled from time to time in various media.

Domain Central

Domain Central also has a large number of outlet and discount retailers including the furniture retailers Nick Scali Furniture, Far Pavilions, Bazaar Furniture Traders, Bedshed, Sleepcity, Snooze and Sleepys; lifestyle retailers BCF, Tackleworld, BNG Sports and Kathmandu and fashion retailers Barkins, Millers and Tarocash.

Early Childhood Development Center

Early Childhood Development Center is an organisation based in Kathmandu, Nepal which provides shelter, food and education to those children living inside jails.

F.C. De Kampioenen

Later on, it seems Oscar converted to Hare Krishna and now lives in Kathmandu.

Francisco Infante-Arana

International Symposium in the Urals (1989), in Nepal (Kathmandu), Tibet (Lhasa, 2000), on Lake - (artists Francisco Infante-Arana and Nonna Goryunova, Alexander Evgenievich Ponomarev, Vladimir Nasedkin, Tatiana Badanina, Tishkov, Leonid, Shaburov, Alexander E., Porto, Ivan B., Chernyshev, Aristarchus A., Vladislav Yefimov, Batynkov, Konstantin, Olga Chernysheva)

Garden of Dreams

The Garden of Dreams (Nepali:स्वप्न बगैंचा), also, the Garden of Six Seasons, is a neo-classical historical garden in Kathmandu, Nepal, built in 1920.

Garhwal Kingdom

He also plays a role in the appointment of Chief Priest to the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Gauri Pradhan

He has studied Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and Bachelors in Law from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.

Hans T. Bakker

He has also led the study of the earliest known version of the Skanda Purāṇa preserved in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Journey to Everest

As they struggle with their decision of whether to continue on their trek, their faith comes into the fore as they experience the Hindu/Buddhist world of Kathmandu, Nepal, face the challenges of the Everest Region, and discover the depths of who they are as Christians in a life-altering way.

Kathmandu Engineering College

Kathmandu Engineering College is a private engineering college in Kalimati, Kathmandu, Nepal, located near the Grand Hotel Kathmandu.

Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust

KVPT was founded in 1991 by architectural historian Eduard Sekler, then team leader of the UNESCO Campaign to Safeguard the Cultural Heritage of the Kathmandu Valley, and is run by a team of Nepali architects and craftspeople in Patan, working closely with the Government of Nepal, Department of Archaeology.

Linguistic rights

On 1 June 1999, the Supreme Court forbade Kathmandu Metropolitan City from giving official recognition to Nepal Bhasa, and Rajbiraj Municipality and Dhanusa District Development Committee from recognizing Maithili.

Lukla

Weather permitting, twin-engined Dornier and Twin Otters make frequent daylight flights between Lukla and Kathmandu.

Mangal Raj Joshi

Dr. Joshi died in Kathmandu on 2 March 2005 from a combination of kidney problems and a heart attack, according to his son, Dr. Badri Raj Joshi, B.A., M.S.C. (Predictive Astrology), Ph.D., PGA.

Marshall D. Moran

As member of the Patna University Senate Moran had to visit regularly Kathmandu in order to supervise exams at the Trichandra College.

Muzaffarpur district

Mark Twain, while on way to Kathmandu, stayed in the local Muzaffarpur Club and relished this beautiful East Indian City.

Narayangarh, Chitwan

Narayangarh (also Narayangadh or Narayanghat) (Nepali: नारायणगढ or नारायणघाट) is a part of the city of Bharatpur in Chitwan District in the central part of Nepal, 146 km due west of Kathmandu, and 136 km from Pokhara, at the Narayani River where it leaves the Mahabharat Range.

Nepal Internet Exchange

NPIX Maintains two IX locations in Kathmandu valley, one in Jawalakhel, Lalitpur district and another in Putalisadak, Kathmandu district.

Nepathya

Nepathya (Nepali:नेपथ्य also spelled - Nepathaya) is a popular Nepalese music band that was formed by three students from Pokhara, studying in Kathmandu, Nepal in the early 1990s.

His songs encompass all of Nepal and is not limited to Kathmandu Valley.

Nobody Told Me

The lyrics make reference to "a little yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu" which is similar to a line from J. Milton Hayes' poem entitled The Green Eye of the Yellow God.

Panch Kedar

A further supporting fact mentioned in this regard is that the emblem used in Kedarnath temple dome is the same as displayed in the Pashupathinath temple dome in Kathmandu.

Pashupatastra

Pashupatastra is the weapon of PashupatiNath, the most important of all Shiva temples, located in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Ram Chandra Pokhrel

Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mt. Everest and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa in Kathmandu.

Ramesh Kharel

Once moving to Birgunj in Parsa District, he has continued the strong policing he was known for in Kathmandu.

Ramesh Parsad Kharel has served as the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in Pokhara, Kathmandu, and Birgunj.

Shakti

A commonly accepted list of Shakti peethas and their famous temple complexes includes: Jwalaji (Himachal), Tara Tarini (Berhampur, Orissa), Katyayani (Chattarpur, Delhi), Kamakhya (Assam), Kali at Kalighat (Kolkata, West Bengal), Naina Devi (Himachal), Guhyeshwari Temple Devi (Kathmandu, Nepal), Vishalakshi Temple (Varanasi).

Shivmangal Singh Suman

Suman worked as the Vice Chancellor of Vikram University (Ujjain) during 1968-78; the Vice-President of Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan, Lucknow; Press & Cultural Attache, Indian Embassy, Kathmandu (Nepal) during 1956-61; and the President, Association of Indian Universities (New Delhi) during 1977-78.

Sino-Nepal Friendship Bridge

From the bridge on the Nepalese side, Kodari in Sindhulpalchok District, the Arniko Rajmarg (abbreviated ARM; rajmarg means highway) links to Kathmandu.

Sino-Nepalese War

When Prithvi Narayan Shah of the Gorkha Kingdom launched an economic blockade on the Kathmandu Valley during his unification campaign, Jaya Prakash Malla of Kathmandu faced an economic crisis which he tried to alleviate by minting low quality coins mixed with copper.

Sudarshan Mahasthavir

His play Juju Jaya Prakash, on the last king of Kathmandu Jaya Prakash Malla, was awarded the Shrestha Sirapa in 1958.

Terai Television

It has the headquartar outside of Kathmandu Valley, in Birgunj, which falls in Terai region of Nepal.

The ISIS Group

The ISIS Foundation began operations in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and Humla, a remote region in the north-west of Nepal, in 1998.

Theodore Frederic Fairhurst

Later the same year he went to Nepal and succeeded to hike alone for 32 days over several hundred kilometers from Kathmandu to the Khumbu Glacier at the foot of Mount Everest.

Young Communist League, Nepal

Another Central Committee member, Chandra Bahadur Thapa a.k.a. Comrade Sagar, who is in charge of YCL’s Kathmandu region, is a former ‘battalion commander’ of the Dinesh-Ramji Samiti Brigade.

Ziziphus incurva

It is found from 900 meters to 16000 meters altitude in eastern Nepal including Kathmandu valley.


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