1990

8 April: Ban on political parties lifted.

19 April: Formation of an 11 member interim government under the premiership of Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (the then NC president) with representatives from the Nepali Congress, United Left Front, king's nominees and independents.

31 May: Formation of a nine member Constitution Recommendation Commission under the chairmanship of Bishow Nath Upadhaya and representatives of the NC, ULF and king.

9 November: Promulgation of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal 1990.

1991

12 May: General election of 205 members to the HoR; 20 political parties participated but only six parties won seats. The NC won 110 seats and the UML 69. The prime minister of the interim government, K.P. Bhattarai, was defeated.

29 May: Formation of the NC government under premiership of Girija Prasad Koirala.

1992

28 May: Local election held in two phases, the second phase on May 31.

1994

7 February: NC President K.P. Bhattarai was defeated in a by-election allegedly because of internal sabotage.

22 May: UPF splits into two groups, one led by Niranjan Govinda Vidya and another by Baburam Bhattarai (the Bhattarai group later turned into CPN-Maoist).

10 July: Dissolution of the HoR and recommendation for a mid-term poll by Prime Minister G.P. Koirala on account of defeat of the government's annual policy and plan in the parliament due to absence of 35 dissident MPs of the NC.

14 July: Vidya group of the UPF held its convention and decided to participate in the mid-term election.

10 August: Bhattarai group of the UPF decided to boycott mid-term election.

15 November: Mid-term poll held to the HoR. The UML becomes the largest party in parliament with 88 seats.

29 November: Formation of the UML minority government with Man Mohan Adhikari as the PM and Madhav Nepal as Deputy PM.

1995

9 June: Dissolution of the HoR and recommendation for a mid-term poll by PM Man Mohan Adhikari.

28 August: Supreme Court restores the dissolved HoR.

10 September: UML minority government ousted in a no-confidence motion in parliament.

11 September: Formation of a coalition government of the NC, RPP and NSP with NC parliamentary party leader Sher Bahadur Deuba as the PM.

1996

13 February: Formal launching of the Maoists' ‘people's war'.

1997

6 March: Deuba-led coalition government collapsed as it secured only 101 votes, short by two in the no-confidence motion. Two MPs of the ruling NC abstained from voting, allegedly because of a conspiracy hatched to replace PM Sher Bahadur Deuba by party president G.P. Koirala.

12 March: Appointment of Lokendra Bahadur Chand as the PM of a new coalition government of the RPP, UML and NSP.

17 May: Local elections held in two phases, the second phase on 26 May.

4 October: Vote of no-confidence passed against the coalition government led by RPP leader Lokendra B. Chand. 107 voted for the motion, including MPs belonging to the Thapa faction of the RPP, while 94 were against.

6 October: Appointment of Surya Bahadur Thapa as the PM of a new coalition government of the RPP, NC and NSP.

1998

25 March: Resignation of S.B. Thapa as PM.

26 March: Appointment of G.P. Koirala as the new PM; the cabinet extended to include representatives of the ML, and the later the UML.

1999

3 May: General elections in two phases, the second phase on 17 May.

27 May: Formation of the NC government with K.P. Bhattarai as the PM.

2000

18 March: Following resignation of PM K.P. Bhattarai, G.P. Koirala elected as the leader of the NC parliamentary party and appointed PM.

2001

1 June: Royal massacre and the murder of King Birendra and all his family and 10 other members of the royal family.

4 June: Gyanendra, brother of late King Birendra, declared as the new king.

19 July: Prime Minister Koirala resigns on account of non-cooperation by the army on the Holari incident.

23 July: Sher B. Deuba appointed PM; announcement of a truce by the new PM and Prachanda, leader of the Maoist insurgent group.

30 August: First round of the government-Maoist talks in Kathmandu.

14 September: Second round of talks between the government and Maoists in Bardiya.

21 November: Unilateral declaration to end the ceasefire by the Maoists.

23 November: Maoists attack the army barrack in Dang district.

26 November: A state of emergency declared.

2002

22 May: PM Deuba dissolves the HoR and recommends a mid-term poll to which King Gyanendra promptly consents.

26 May: NC suspends PM Deuba from party membership for three years.

16 June: Deuba faction of the NC forms a new party, NC (Democrat), with Sher Bahadur Deuba as party president.

3 October: PM S. B. Deuba, with the consent of parliamentary parties, recommends postponement of mid-term elections.

4 October: The king sacks PM Deuba and takes back executive power.

12 October: Lokendra Bahadur Chand nominated as the PM by the king.

2003

29 January: Announcement of a ceasefire by the government and Maoists.

24 April: First round of formal talks between the government and Maoists.

9 May: Second round of talks between the government and Maoists in Kathmandu.

30 May: PM Lokendra Chanda resigns.

4 June: Surya Bahadur Thapa nominated as the prime minister.

11 August: Third round of talks between the government and Maoists in Dang.

26 August: Unilateral announcement to end the ceasefire by Maoists.

2004

7 May: Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa resigns.

2 June: Sher Bahadur Deuba (president of NC splinter group) nominated as prime minister.

4 July: UML, RPP and NSP join the Deuba-led government.

2005

1 February: King Gyanendra dismisses the government of Sher Bahadur Deuba; announces that he will rule directly as Chairman of the Council of Ministers for three years and imposes a state of emergency. Leaders of political parties kept under house arrest or detained.

2 February: 10 members inducted to form a Council of Ministers. The first meeting of the Council of Ministers chaired by the king, passes a 21-point programme of the government.

14 February: Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi Bista, two former prime ministers under the previous one-party system appointed as vice chairmen of the Council of Ministers.

16 February: A Corruption Control Royal Commission formed; Guidelines Rendering Effective Government Service and Facilities 2005, introduced.