Knowledge (XXG)

April 1992 Nepalese general strike

Source 📝

188: 182: 120: 77:
The violent incidents in connection with the strike spurred radical elements within the Nepalese communist movement to debate the usefulness of participation in legal politics. Two years later the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) was divided, with one section opting for armed struggle. This
51:
Violent incidents began to occur on the evening ahead of the strike. The Joint People's Agitation Committee had called for a 30-minute 'lights out' in the capital, and violence erupted outside
41: 33: 165: 277: 247: 55:
when activists tried to enforce the 'lights out'. At dawn on April 6, clashes between strike activists and police outside a police station in Pulchok (
228: 257: 79: 25: 24:
government, far-left groups stepped up their political agitation. A Joint People's Agitation Committee was set up together by the
292: 252: 158: 287: 221: 282: 71: 151: 272: 267: 214: 67: 131: 262: 37: 29: 83: 198: 135: 82:
and declare a "People's War" in 1996, which became the starting point for the decade-long
56: 21: 70:
building was set on fire. Police opened fire at the crowd, killing several people. The
20:, with spiralling prices as a result of implementation of changes in policy of the new 62:
Later in the day, a mass rally of the Agitation Committee at Tundikhel in the capital
241: 127: 52: 187: 63: 181: 74:
estimated that 14 people, including several on-lookers, had been killed.
119: 66:
was attacked by police forces. As a result, riots broke out, and the
45: 103:
People, politics and ideology: Democracy and Social Change in Nepal
17: 16:
In 1992, in a situation of economic crisis and chaos in
202: 139: 101:Hoftun, Martin, William Raeper and John Whelpton. 42:Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) 222: 159: 105:. Kathmandu: Mandala Book Point, 1999. p. 189 8: 197:This Nepalese history-related article is a 229: 215: 166: 152: 94: 78:group would later rename itself as the 26:Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) 7: 177: 175: 116: 114: 278:Politics of the Nepalese Civil War 201:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 138:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 72:Human Rights Organisation of Nepal 14: 80:Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) 186: 180: 118: 34:Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) 258:1992 labor disputes and strikes 1: 44:. The committee called for a 248:History of Nepal (1951–2008) 59:) left two activists dead. 309: 174: 126:This article related to a 113: 68:Nepal Telecommunications 293:Labor disputes in Nepal 253:General strikes in Asia 288:Nepalese history stubs 38:Nepal Communist League 30:Samyukta Jana Morcha 283:Labor dispute stubs 273:Protests in Nepal 210: 209: 147: 146: 300: 231: 224: 217: 192: 191: 190: 184: 176: 168: 161: 154: 122: 115: 106: 99: 308: 307: 303: 302: 301: 299: 298: 297: 268:Labour in Nepal 238: 237: 236: 235: 185: 179: 173: 172: 111: 109: 100: 96: 92: 12: 11: 5: 306: 304: 296: 295: 290: 285: 280: 275: 270: 265: 260: 255: 250: 240: 239: 234: 233: 226: 219: 211: 208: 207: 194: 171: 170: 163: 156: 148: 145: 144: 123: 108: 107: 93: 91: 88: 46:general strike 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 305: 294: 291: 289: 286: 284: 281: 279: 276: 274: 271: 269: 266: 264: 263:1992 in Nepal 261: 259: 256: 254: 251: 249: 246: 245: 243: 232: 227: 225: 220: 218: 213: 212: 206: 204: 200: 195: 189: 183: 178: 169: 164: 162: 157: 155: 150: 149: 143: 141: 137: 133: 132:labor dispute 129: 128:strike action 124: 121: 117: 112: 104: 98: 95: 89: 87: 85: 81: 75: 73: 69: 65: 60: 58: 54: 49: 47: 43: 39: 35: 31: 27: 23: 19: 203:expanding it 196: 193:   140:expanding it 125: 110: 102: 97: 76: 61: 53:Bir Hospital 50: 48:on April 6. 15: 242:Categories 90:References 130:or other 84:civil war 64:Kathmandu 40:and the 22:Congress 36:, the 134:is a 57:Patan 18:Nepal 199:stub 136:stub 244:: 86:. 32:, 28:, 230:e 223:t 216:v 205:. 167:e 160:t 153:v 142:.

Index

Nepal
Congress
Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre)
Samyukta Jana Morcha
Communist Party of Nepal (Masal)
Nepal Communist League
Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist)
general strike
Bir Hospital
Patan
Kathmandu
Nepal Telecommunications
Human Rights Organisation of Nepal
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
civil war
Stub icon
strike action
labor dispute
stub
expanding it
v
t
e
Flag of Nepal
Hourglass icon
stub
expanding it
v
t
e

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.