From 1996 to 2006, Nepal was wracked by a brutal civil war that pitted a Maoist insurgency against the long-ruling monarchy, whose powerful army initially enjoyed the support of the country's democratic political parties. Peace (brokered by India, with active United Nations support) came only after the Maoists and the democrats agreed in 2005 to establish a Constituent Assembly.
从1996年至2006年，尼泊尔饱受残酷内战摧残，毛泽东主义者反叛长期执政的王室，强大的王军起初得到了尼泊尔民主政党的支持。和平（由印度牵线，联合国也给予了积极的支持）在毛泽东主义者和民主派2005年同意建立立宪大会后才得以实现。第一次选举在2008年进行，此时“人民运动”迫使贾南德拉国王下台已经过去了两年。