By IANS
Kathmandu : Here is a timeline of major events in Nepal in 2007:
Jan 15: New constitution promulgated. Monarchy suspended, Maoists return to parliament.
Jan 17: UN starts registering Maoist soldiers, locking up their arms.
Jan 19: Riot in Nepal’s Terai plains.
Jan 25: Government decides to remove King Gyanendra’s image from currency notes.
Feb 13: Maoist chief Prachanda makes his first pubic appearance at a rally in Kathmandu after remaining underground for almost 15 years.
Feb 16: King Gyanendra’s car stoned as he goes to Pashupatinath temple on Maha Shivaratri.
Feb 18: King issues a message on 57th Democracy Day, justifying his coup in 2005. It triggers an outcry. Parliament decides to punish him by nationalising the wealth he had inherited.
March 24: Fresh clashes in Terai. At least 28 killed, mostly Maoists.
April 1: Maoists join government.
April 20: Nepal gets new national anthem where all references to monarchy are erased.
May: Maoists paralyse parliament, demanding abolition of monarchy. June election is postponed.
May 16: Ace climber Apa Sherpa breaks his own record by climbing Mt Everest for the 17th time.
May 28: Clashes in Bhutanese refugee camps, one dead in police firing.
June 7: King’s birthday boycotted by diplomats, ministers and bureaucrats.
July 31: Mahabir Pun does Nepal proud by winning the Magsaysay for his efforts to connect remote villages through the Internet.
Sep 2: Serial blasts in Kathmandu, three women killed.
Sep 6: Crown Prince Paras suffers major heart attack but survives after emergency surgery.
Sep 15: Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon visits Nepal to urge parties to hold the election.
Sep 16: Riots in Terai again, at least 29 killed.
Sep 18: Maoists leave coalition government; vow to foil Nov 22 election
Sep 22: Indian yoga guru Swami Ramdev’s yoga camp in Kathmandu deferred due to security threats
Sep 24: Nepal celebrates after Prashant Tamang becomes Indian Idol.
Sep 25: Nepali Congress unifies with breakaway faction.
Sep 30: Maoists ask government to call special parliament session and abolish monarchy.
Oct 1: King visits guardian deity of the royal family, the Kumari, as a commoner while the prime minister is accorded his earlier status.
Oct 5: Nov 22 election postponed indefinitely.
Oct 10: Maoists table proposal in parliament to scrap monarchy. Indian PM Manmohan Singh sends special envoy Shyam Saran to resolve the crisis.
Oct 23: Cancer fighters hold concert at Everest base camp, setting a record for the world’s highest gig.
Oct 24: After losing billions for years, Nepal cuts subsidy on fuel and hikes gas prices.
Oct 31: Maoists admit their cadres abducted and killed a journalist in south Nepal.
Nov 2: US offers to resettle Bhutanese refugees
Nov 14: Nepal decides not to expand UN’s mandate in the peace process.
Nov 24: Former US president Jimmy Carter offers a Nepal peace formula.
Dec 9: Army chief Gen Rookmangud Katawal goes to India, resuming ties with Indian Army.
Dec 19: Suspected mass grave found in Kathmandu where army is suspected of killing and burying 49 Maoist prisoners.