Tag: popular struggles and movements

The movement for establishment of Democracy occurred in Nepal in 2006. King Gyanendra who did not want constitutional Monarchy over absolute monarchy led to the revolution of gaining popular control over the king. All major political parties went to strike and people came on street defying curfew. It resulted in establishment of constitutional monarch. Bolivia witnessed struggle against privatisation of water. The Bolivian Government sold the water right to a Multinational Company which raised the price of water many times. The people revolted against this and forced the official to give up water rights. Thus, the the foundation of country's politics is the element absent in these movements.

Nepal witnessed an extraordinary popular movement in April 2006. The movement was aimed at restoring democracy. Nepal, although won democracy in 1990.  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.

Bolivia is a poor country in Latin America. The World Bank pressurised the government to give up its control of municipal water supply. The government sold these rights for the city of Cochabamba to a multi-national company (MNC). The company immediately increased the price of water by four times. Many people received monthly water bill of Rs 1000 in a country where average income is around Rs 5000 a month. This led to a spontaneous popular protest

G. P. Koirala was a prominent politician and Prime Minister of Nepal, but he was never the King of Nepal. The others listed were monarchs.

Bolivia is a poor country in Latin America. Bolivia witnessed a popular struggle on Water privatization which came to known as Bolivia's Water War.

Bolivia is a poor country in Latin America. The World Bank pressurised the government to give up its control of municipal water supply. The government sold these rights for the city of Cochabamba to a multi-national company (MNC). The company immediately increased the price of water by four times. Many people received monthly water bill of Rs 1000 in a country where average income is around Rs 5000 a month. This led to a spontaneous popular protest.

Nepal witnessed an extraordinary popular movement in April 2006. The movement was aimed at restoring democracy.  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. 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. All major political parties went to strike and people came on the street defying the curfew. It resulted in the establishment of Constitutional Monarch.

The movement for establishment of Democracy occurred in Nepal in 2006. King Gyanendra who did not want constitutional Monarchy over absolute monarchy led to the revolution of gaining popular control over the king.All the major political parties in the parliament formed a Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and called for a four-day strike in Kathmandu, the country’s capital. This protest soon turned into an indefinite strike in which MAOIST insurgents and various other organisations joined hands. People came on street defying curfew. It resulted in establishment of constitutional monarch.

Kathmandu is the largest, most developed city and Capital of Nepal. Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. Butwal is the name of city in Nepal. The Saichin glacier is located in the Eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas.

The popular struggle for restoration of democracy occured in 2006 in Nepal. All the major political parties in the parliament formed a Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and called for a four-day strike in Kathmandu, the country’s capital. This protest soon turned into an indefinite strike in which MAOIST insurgents and various other organisations joined hands. People defied curfew and took to the streets. The security forces found themselves unable to take on more than a lakh people who gathered almost every day to demand restoration of democracy. The number of protesters reached between three and five lakhs on 21 April and they served an ultimatum to the king.