TIME LINE
- Born in Biratnagar in 1925
- 1948: Koirala founds the Nepal Mazdoor Congress,
which later became the Nepal Trade Union Congress
- 1952: Koirala becomes the President of the Morang
district Nepali Congress
- 1960: Imprisoned by King Mahendra following the
1960 royal coup
- 1967: Released from jail, is exiled to India along with
other leaders and workers of the party
- 1979: Returns to Nepal
- 1975-1991: General Secretary of the Nepali Congress
Party
- 1990: Actively takes part in the Jana Andolan which
results in establishment of multi-party democracy
- 1991: NC wins 112 of the 205 seats in multi-party
elections. GPK becomes the leader of the NC parliamentary
party and is sworn in as Prime Minister
- 1994: With divisions in the party and defection of 36
members sympathetic to K P Bhattarai, Koirala loses
vote. Koirala resigns. King Birendra dissolves parliament
- November 15, 1994: CPN-UML wins most seats in
the House of Representatives and Man Mohan Adhikari
becomes the prime minister of a minority government
- Koirala engineers the fall of Surya Bahadur Thapa.
Heads NC minority government
- December 25, 1998: Koirala heads a three-party
coalition government with the CPN-UML and NSP
- May 3 and May 17, 1999: General Elections held. NC
wins again after deep divisions within UML. Heavy
defeat of leftist parties
- 2000: Koirala becomes Prime Minister for the third
time after forcing KP Bhattarai to resign. It is the ninth
government in 10 years
- June 1, 2001: King Birendra and other royal family
members massacred
- June 4, 2001: Prince Gyanendra becomes King
- July 2001: Maoists step up war. Koirala quits after
being unable to mobilize the army. Deuba succeeds
- 2001 November: Maoists end four-month old truce
with government, declare peace talks with government
failed. Launch coordinated attacks on army and
police posts
- Novermber 22, 2005: 12-point agreement signed in
New Delhi
- 2006 April 24: King Gyanendra agrees to reinstate
parliament following weeks of violent strikes and
protests against direct royal rule. GP Koirala is appointed
prime minister. Maoists call a three-month
ceasefire
- 2006 May: Parliament votes unanimously to curtail
the king’s political powers. The government and
Maoist rebels begin peace talks
- 2006 May 2: Koirala announces new cabinet including
himself and three other ministers from the Nepali
Congress
- 2006, June 16: Rebel leader Prachanda and PM
Koirala hold talks - the first such meeting between
the two sides - and agree that the Maoists should be
brought into an interim government
- 2006 November: The government and Maoists sign a
peace accord, declaring a formal end to a 10-year insurgency.
The rebels are to join a transitional government
and their weapons placed under UN supervision
- 2007 January: Maoist leaders enter parliament under
the terms of a temporary constitution. Violent ethnic
protests erupt in the south-east; demonstrators demand
autonomy for the region
- 2007 April 1: Koirala re-elected as Prime Minister to
head a new government composed of the SPA and
the CPN (Maoist)
- 2007 December: Parliament approves abolition of
monarchy as part of peace deal with Maoists, who
agree to re-join government
- 2008, May 28: Nepal becomes a republic
- 2008, July 21: Two months after the departure of
King Gyanendra, Ram Baran Yadav becomes Nepal’s
first president
- 2009, May 4: Caught in row over dismissal of Nepal’s
army chief, country’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal
Dahal, resigns
Terms as Prime Minister
- 25 April 2006 - 18 August 2008
- 22 March 2000 - 26 July 2001
- 15 April 1998 - 31 May 1999
- 26 May 1991 - 30 November 1994
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