Kathmandu: Nepal will seek India`s support
to build a grand museum in Kathmandu that would reflect its
politics, history, culture as well its struggle to transform
itself from a monarchy to a democratic republic.
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal who is leaving on an
official visit to India on Tuesday told that Nepal is
going to build three museums, Narayanhiti Palace Museum,
People`s Movement Museum and an ethnic museum representing the
cultural diversity of the country.
"We would like India to support in building one of these
museums," he said.
India`s support was crucial for the success of the
People`s Movement of April 2006 which restored multi party
democracy and abolished the 240-year-old monarchy last year.
Thousands of Nepalese and foreign travellers visit the
Narayanhiti Palace daily where the 2001 royal massacre took
place that killed the entire family members of King Birendra.
The centuries-old palace will be developed as a history
museum, Nepal said.
Nepal formally abolished monarchy through an overwhelming
majority vote in the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly
on May 28, 2008 and turned the country into a federal
democratic republic.
Bureau Report
