Definitions for "Communist Party of Nepal"
Keywords:  nepal, cpn, marxist, leninist, maoist
The Communist Party of Nepal was founded in Calcutta, India, on April 29, 1949. CPN was formed to struggle against the autocratic Rana regime, feudalism and imperialism. The founding general secretary was Pushpa Lal Shrestha.
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) or CPN(M) is a Maoist political party founded in 1994 and led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, otherwise known as Prachanda.
The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), also known as CPN-UML, CPN(UML) or in Nepali Nepal Kamyunist Party (Ekikrit Marksbadi-Leninbadi) or NeKaPa (EMaLe), is the largest communist party in Nepal. It was created in January 6 1991 through the unification of the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist). CPN(UML) was very much a product of the Jana Andolan (People's Movement) uprising that led to the installment of constitutional democracy in Nepal, where communists together with Nepali Congress played the leading role.