2012 in Nepal

The following lists events that happened during 2012 in Nepal.

2012
in
Nepal

Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

May

  • May 5 - At least 13 people are killed and dozens of others are declared missing as a result of a Nepal flash flood after a mountain river burst its banks.[1]
  • May 14 - An Agni Air flight carrying 21 people crashes while trying to land at Jomsom Airport in mountainous northern Nepal. Indian child actress Taruni Sachdev is among the 15 people killed.[2][3]
  • May 16 - British musician Oz Bayldon, representing Music4children, establishes a Guinness World Record by performing the highest concert on land, at 6,676 m (21,246 ft), on Mera Peak.[4]
  • May 28 - Political parties in Nepal fail to agree on a new constitution, leaving the country with no constitution and no sitting national Legislature.[5]
  • May 31 - Supreme Court Justice Rana Bahadur Bam is assassinated in Lalitpur.[6]

September

  • September 6 - The United States removes the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) from their terror list, citing "a credible commitment to pursuing peace and reconciliation". In June, a group around party vice-president Mohan Baidya announced a split in the party.[7]

See also

  • Years in India
  • Years in China

References

  1. "Nepal floods: Thirteen dead near Annapurna". 5 May 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. "Plane carrying 21 crashes in Nepal". 14 May 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  3. "India Bachchan co-star Taruni dies in Nepal plane crash". 15 May 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  4. "Highest altitude concert on land". Guinness World Records. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  5. "Nepal left without constitution, Assembly". 28 May 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  6. "Justice Rana Bahadur Bam's murderers get life in prison". The Himalayan Times. APCA Nepal Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  7. "Delisting of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)". 6 September 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.


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