| 1962 | Constitution of 2019 BS | Panchayat: partyless guided democracy |
| 1979–80 | Student movement; national referendum | Reform debated; Panchayat retained |
| 1990 | Jana Andolan; Constitution of 2047 BS | Multi-party democracy + constitutional monarchy |
| 1996– 2006 | The armed conflict | The state's greatest constitutional stress test |
| 2005–06 | Royal takeover; Jana Andolan-II; Interim Constitution 2063 | Monarchy's endgame; CA promised |
| 2008 | First CA; republic declared (28 May) | Nepal a federal democratic republic |
| 2012–13 | First CA dissolves; second CA elected | The federalism deadlock and the second chance |
| 2015 | Constitution of Nepal promulgated (20 September) | The CA-made constitution; the current order |