7.7 Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2007 (2063 BS)

The Jana Andolan-II settlement (2006): the constitutional form of the peace process — the 12- point understanding between the parties and the rebels, made supreme law. Its historic clauses: the Constituent Assembly promised and guaranteed (the interim document's central purpose); the monarchy suspended, then abolished by the first CA's declaration of 28 May 2008 (Nepal a federal democratic republic); the secular, federal, republican commitments planted; an interim legislature-cum-constitution-amending body, a caretaker constitutional discipline, and the 33-point machinery of transition governance. The CA era it scaffolded: the first CA (2008, 601 members) failed in 2012 over federalism's design — the identity-versus-viability dispute; the second CA (2013) completed the task through the 16-point cross-party accord — promulgating the Constitution of Nepal, 2072 BS (2015) on 20 September 2015 (3 Asoj 2072), the first constitution in Nepal's history made by a constituent assembly. Major events ladder (memorise — the table earns quick marks): Year (AD) Event Constitutional meaning 1846 Kot Parva; Jung Bahadur's rise Hereditary executive premiership; kingship emptied 1854 Muluki Ain First national legal code; written law's empire 1948 Government of Nepal Act (2004 BS) First written constitutional document (Rana- authored) 1951 Revolution of 2007 BS; Interim Government Act Rana era ends; constitutional monarchy begins 1959 Constitution of 2015 BS + first general election First democratic constitution; first elected government 1960 Royal…