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SECTION F: NEPAL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 December 2014

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Confidential note for the British Foreign Office on the framing of the new Constitution of Nepal, c.1958, never sent

‘Explanatory memorandum on the Constitution of Nepal’, c.1958

Confidential notes on Nepal, April 1958

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Research Article
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Royal Historical Society Camden Fifth Series , Volume 46: CONSTITUTION-MAKER: SELECTED WRITINGS OF SIR IVOR JENNINGS , December 2014 , pp. 101 - 123
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Copyright © Royal Historical Society 2014 

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References

1 Joshi was also General Secretary of the Nepali Congress.

2 Mahendra, King of Nepal, 1955–1972.

3 A key political party in Nepal during the 1950s.

4 Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League – the main political party in Burma from the 1940s to the 1960s.

5 Singh was Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Panta was Principal of the Law College, and Upadhyaya and Subba were leading members of the Nepali Congress and Gurkha Parishad parties respectively.

6 Not included.

7 This probably refers to Jennings' controversial argument used in Pakistan that the Crown's prerogatives filled any constitutional vacuum. See Section H, p. 132, n. 12.

8 Civil Rights Act.

9 Ain means Act.

10 This remains the case in the 1992 constitution of Ghana, which states that any Member of Parliament must resign their seat on appointment as Speaker.

1 Nepali Congress political party.

12 Gurkha Parishad political party.

13 An official government building in Kathmandu.

14 Briefly Prime Minister of Nepal, 1957–1958; leader of the United Democratic Party.

15 Communist Party.

16 In October 1958.

17 It is unclear which Koirala Jennings is referring to. The Koirala family were, and continue to be, prominent members and leaders of the Nepali Congress Party.