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1999 in Nepal
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Events from the year 1999 in Nepal.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Birendra
- Prime Minister: Girija Prasad Koirala (1998 – May 1999) and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
- Chief Justice: Mohan Prasad Sharma (1998–1999) and Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya (from December 1999)
Events
- May – General elections were held from 3 to 17 May.[1]
- 5 September – Necon Air Flight 128 crashes in the west of Kathmandu.[2]
- September and October − 8th South Asian Games were held in Kathmandu from 25 September to 4 October.[3]
- November – ANFA League Cup is held from 20 to 30 November.
- December – Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India.[4]
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Births
- 27 February – Lalit Rajbanshi, cricketer
- 20 May – Kajal Shrestha, cricketer
- 7 July – Apsari Begam, cricketer
- 3 September – Malati Rishidev, shortest woman in Nepal.
- 27 November – Pratima Sherpa, golfer
- 5 December – Curtis Waters, Nepali Canadian musician
Deaths
- 26 April – Man Mohan Adhikari, former Prime Minister
- 4 May – Mahendra Narayan Nidhi, politician
- 22 July – Arun Thapa, singer
References
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