Mohan_SJB_Rana_cabinet,_1951

Mohan SJB Rana cabinet, 1951

Mohan SJB Rana cabinet, 1951

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Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana formed the first government of Nepal after the 1951 democracy movement. The government was formed by the proclamation of King Tribhuvan on 17 February 1951 and incorporated members of the Rana regime and the Nepali Congress. The king retained the right to dissolve the cabinet at any time and the cabinet would be responsible to him and the prime minister was to inform the king of all decisions.[1][2]

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Mohan Shumsher resigned on 12 November 1951 after Nepali Congress ministers in the cabinet resigned after calling the alliance between the two groups "unnatural".[3]

Original copy of the royal proclamation made by King Tribhuvan on 17 February 1951

Cabinet

February 1951–May 1951

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May 1951–November 1951

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References

  1. Levi, Werner (1952). "Government and Politics in Nepal: I". Far Eastern Survey. 21 (18): 185–191. doi:10.2307/3023867. ISSN 0362-8949. JSTOR 3023867.
  2. Levi, Werner (1953). "Government and Politics in Nepal: II". Far Eastern Survey. 22 (1): 5–10. doi:10.2307/3024691. ISSN 0362-8949. JSTOR 3024691.
  3. Joshi, Bhuwan Lal; Rose, Leo E. (2004). Democratic Innovations In Nepal: A Case Study Of Political Acculturation. Mandala Publications. ISBN 978-99933-1-023-5.

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