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Tanahun District, the Glossary

Tanahun District (तनहुँ जिल्ला, or), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal.^[1]

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Districts of Nepal established in 1962

Anbu Khaireni Rural Municipality

Anbu Khaireni (also Aanbu Khaireni, Aanboo Khaireni or Anbukhaireni) (आँबुखैरेनि गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Province of central Nepal which was established in 2015.

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Animism

Animism (from meaning 'breath, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.

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Arunodaya

Arunodaya is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Badi people

Badi (बादी) is a Hill Dalit community in Nepal.

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Bahun

Bahun (बाहुन), also known as Hill Brahmins, are a Brahmin varna among the Khas of Nepal.

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Baidi, Nepal

Baidi, Nepal is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Bandipur Rural Municipality

Bandipur is a hilltop settlement and a rural municipality in Tanahun District, Gandaki province of Nepal.

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Bhanu Municipality

Bhanu is a municipality of Tanahun District in Gandaki Province of western Nepal.

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Bhanubhakta Acharya

Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814—1868 CE) (1871—1925 BS) was a Nepali writer, poet, and translator.

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Bhanumati, Nepal

Bhanumati, Nepal is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Bhimad

Bhimad is a municipality in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Bhirkot, Tanahu

Bhirkot is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Bhirlung

Mirlung is a village development committee in Tanahun District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Bhojpuri language

Bhojpuri (IPA:; Devanagari:, Kaithi) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region of India and the Terai region of Nepal and.

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Bhujel

Bhujel are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group in Nepal.They are scattered in several districts, mostly in Tanahu and Syangja.

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Bhujel language

Bhujel, also called Bujhyal, is a Chepangic language of Greater Magaric Branch spoken in central Nepal.

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Bon

Bon or Bön, also known as Yungdrung Bon, is the indigenous Tibetan religion which shares many similarities and influences with Tibetan Buddhism.

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Bote-Darai language

Bote (Bote-Majhi) and Darai are mutually intelligible tribal dialects of Nepal that are close to Danwar Rai and Tharu languages but otherwise unclassified.

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Brahmin

Brahmin (brāhmaṇa) is a varna (caste) within Hindu society.

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Buddhism in Nepal

Buddhism in Nepal started spreading since the reign of Ashoka through Indian and Tibetan missionaries.

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Chepang people

The Chepang (चेपाङ जाति), also known as Chewang, are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group from the rugged ridges of the Mahabharat mountain range of central Nepal.

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Chhang, Nepal

Chhang is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Chhetri

Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), (क्षेत्री; IAST: Kṣetrī) historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali speaking Rajputs of Khas community, some of whom trace their origin to migration from medieval India.

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Chhimkeshwari

Chhimkeshwari is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Chhipchhipe

Chhipchhipe is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Chok Chisapani

Chok Chisapani is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Christianity in Nepal

Christianity is, according to the 2011 census, the fifth most practiced religion in Nepal, with 375,699 adherents, or 1.4% of the population.

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Chundi Ramgha

Chundi Ramgha is a village which lies in Bhanu Municipality, Tanahun District, Nepal.

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Dalit

Dalit (from dalita meaning "broken/scattered") is a term first coined by the Indian social reformer Jyotirao Phule for untouchables and outcasts, who represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent.

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Damai

Damai (दमाइँ; IAST: Damāĩ) is an occupational caste found among Khas people comprising 45 subgroups.

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Darai people

Darai people (Nepali:दरै) are an indigenous ethnic tribal community native to Nepal.

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Deurali, Tanahu

Deurali, Tanahu is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Devghat

Devghat is one of the famous religious and cultural centers in central Nepal.

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Devghat Rural Municipality

Devghat is a Rural municipality located within the Tanahun District of the Gandaki Province of Nepal.

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Dharampani, Tanahun

Dharampani is a market center in Bandipur Municipality in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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District administration in Nepal

District administration makes up the third level of government division in Nepal.

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Dura language

Dura is an extinct language of Nepal.

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First language

A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period.

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Gajarkot

is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Gandaki Province

Gandaki Province (गण्डकी प्रदेश)), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region in Southwest China to the north, Bagmati Province to the east, Karnali Province to the west, and Lumbini Province and Bihar of India to the south.

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Gandarbha

The Gandarbha caste (गन्धर्व जाति) or Gaine (गाईने) are a tribal community which belongs to the Indo-Aryan ethnic group from the central, hilly region of Nepal.

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Ghansikuwa

Ghansikuwa is a famous tourist destination in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of Gandaki Province, Nepal.

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Ghiring Rural Municipality

Ghiring Rural Municipality (Ghiring Gaupalika) (Nepali: घिरिङ्ग गाउँपालिका) is a Gaunpalika in Tanahaun District in Gandaki Province of Nepal. Tanahun District and Ghiring Rural Municipality are Gandaki Province.

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Gurung language

Gurung (Devanagari), also known as Tamu Kyi (Tibetan) or Tamu Bhāṣā, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Gurung people of Nepal.

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Gurung people

Gurung (exonym) or Tamu (endonym; Gurung) are an ethnic group living in the hills and mountains of Gandaki Province of Nepal.

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Hindi

Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script.

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Hinduism in Nepal

Hinduism is the main and largest religion of Nepal.

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House of Representatives (Nepal)

The House of Representatives, commonly known as Pratinidhi Sabha (Pratinidhi Sabhā), is one of the houses of the Federal Parliament of Nepal, with the other house being the National Assembly.

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Islam in Nepal

Islam (नेपाली मुसलमान) is the third largest religion in Nepal.

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Jamune Bhanjyang

Jamune Bhanjyang is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Kabilas, Tanahun

Kabilas is a Village Development Committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Kahu Shivapur

Kahun Shivapur is a.

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Kami (caste)

Kami is an Indo-Aryan Nepali speaking group that primarily worked as metalsmiths.

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Keshavtar

Keshavtar is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Khasa language

Khasa Prakrit (also known as Khas Prakrit, Sanskrit Khasa, Himalayan Prakrit, Northern Prakrit, Khas Kura) is a Prakrit language of medieval South Asia and a common ancestor language of the Pahari languages, which includes Nepali, Kumaoni, Jaunsari, Mandeali, Kangri and Garhwali languages.

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Kihun

Kihun is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Kiranti languages

The Kiranti languages are a major family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal and India (notably Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Bhutan) by the Kirati people.

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Kota, Tanahun

Kota is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Kotdarbar

Kotdarbar is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Kumal people

Kumal (कुमाल) is a caste or ethnic group in Nepal, traditionally associated with pottery.

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Kumhali language

Kumhali, Kumali, or Kumbale, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by some of the Kumal people of Nepal.

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Kyamin

Kyamin is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Languages of Nepal

Languages of Nepal, referred to as Nepalese languages in the country's constitution, are the languages having at least an ancient history or origin inside the sovereign territory of Nepal spoken by Nepalis.

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List of cities in Nepal

Cities and towns in Nepal are incorporated under municipality.

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List of districts of Nepal

Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces.

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List of roads in Nepal

Roads in Nepal are administered by three levels of Government as below: The Economic Survey 2022-23 released by the Ministry of Finance (Nepal), shows that the country had total road network of national road length 34,100 km that only included roads constructed and maintained by the Department of Roads (DoR).

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Local government in Nepal

Local government in Nepal is the third level of government division in Nepal, which is administered by the provincial governments which in turn is beneath the federal government.

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Magar language

The Magar language or Magar ḍhuṭ (मगर ढुट) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken mainly in Nepal, southern Bhutan, and in Darjeeling, Assam and Sikkim, India, by the Magar people.

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Magars

The Magars, also spelled Mangar and Mongar, are Magar are Tibeto-Burman ethnic group native to Nepal, representing 6.9% of Nepal's total population according to the 2021 Nepal census.

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Maithili language

Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of India and Nepal.

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Majhakot, Tanahun

Majhakot, Gandaki is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Manpang

Manpang is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Myagde Rural Municipality

Myagde Rural Municipality (Myagde Gaupalika) (Nepali: म्याग्दे गाउँपालिका) is a Gaunpalika in Tanahaun District in Gandaki Province of Nepal. Tanahun District and Myagde Rural Municipality are Gandaki Province.

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Nara Nath Acharya

Pandit Kaviraj Nara Nath Acharya (1906–1988) was a Nepalese Pandit (Sanskrit Scholar), Kaviraj (Ayurvedic physician) and writer of Sanskrit and Nepali language.

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Nepal

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.

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Nepal Standard Time

Nepal Standard Time (NPT) is the time zone for Nepal.

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Nepalese Muslims

Nepalese Muslims (नेपाली मुसलमान; Nepali/Nepalese Musalman/Muslims) are Nepalis who follow Islam.

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Nepali language

Nepali is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia.

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Newar language

Newar (nepāla bhāṣā) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Newar people, the indigenous inhabitants of Nepal Mandala, which consists of the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding regions in Nepal.

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Newar people

Newar (नेवार, endonym: Newa; नेवा, Pracalit script), or Nepami, are primarily inhabitants in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisation.

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Phirphire

Phirphire is a ShuklaGandaki Municipality in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Provinces of Nepal

Provinces of Nepal officially the Autonomous Nepalese Provinces (translit) were formed on 20 September 2015 in accordance with Schedule 4 of the Constitution of Nepal.

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Provincial assemblies of Nepal

The Provincial Assembly (प्रदेश सभा; Pradesh Sabha) is the unicameral legislative assembly for a federal province of Nepal.

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Purkot

Purkot is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Raipur, Nepal

Raipur (राइपुर) is part of Shuklagandaki (शुक्लगण्डकी) Municipality in Tanahu District of Gandaki Province, in central Nepal.

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Ramayana

The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.

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Ramjakot

Ramjakot is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Ranipokhari, Nepal

Ranipokhari, Nepal is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Rishing Rural Municipality

Rishing Rural Municipality (Rishing Gaupalika) (Nepali: ऋषिङ्ग गाउँपालिका) is a Gaunpalika in Tanahaun District in Gandaki Province of Nepal. Tanahun District and Rishing Rural Municipality are Gandaki Province.

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Risti, Nepal

Risti is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Rupakot, Tanahu

Rupakot is a village development committee in Tanahu District in Gandaki Province of central Nepal.

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Rural municipality (Nepal)

A gaunpalika (translit) is an administrative division in Nepal.

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Sarki (ethnic group)

Sarki/Mijar (सार्की) is an occupational caste in Nepal.

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Satiswara

Satiswara is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Shuklagandaki

Shuklagandaki (शुक्लगण्डकी) is a municipality located in Tanahu District of Gandaki Province in the Western Development Region, Nepal.

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Subtropics

The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.

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Sunuwar people

The Sunuwar or Koinch are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group.

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Syamgha

Syamgha is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Tamang language

Tamang (Devanagari: तामाङ; tāmāng) is a term used to collectively refer to a dialect cluster spoken mainly in Nepal, Sikkim, West Bengal (Darjeeling) and North-Eastern India.

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Tamang people

The Tamang (Devanagari: तामाङ; tāmāṅ), are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group of Nepal, Southern Bhutan and North India.

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Tanahunsur

Tanahunsur is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Thakuri

Historically, the Thakuri (Nepali: ठकुरी) is one of influential subcaste of Kshatriya (Rajput) varna in Nepal that held significant history in Nepal, forming the core of the country's ruling class.

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Thaprek, Tanahun

Thaprek is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal.

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Tharu languages

The Tharu (Tharu: थारु, थरुवा) or Tharuhat (थरुहट) languages are any of the Indo-Aryan languages spoken by the Tharu people of the Terai region in Nepal, and neighboring regions of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India.

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Tharu people

The Tharu people are an ethnic group indigenous to the Terai in southern Nepal and northern India.

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Tribhuvan University

Tribhuvan University (TU; त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Tropical climate

Tropical climate is the first of the five major climate groups in the Köppen climate classification identified with the letter A. Tropical climates are defined by a monthly average temperature of or higher in the coolest month, featuring hot temperatures and high humidity all year-round.

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Urdu

Urdu (اُردُو) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia.

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Vikram Samvat

Vikram Samvat (ISO: Vikrama Saṁvata; abbreviated VS), also known as the Vikrami calendar is a Hindu calendar historically used in the Indian subcontinent and still used in several states.

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Village development committee (Nepal)

A village development committee (गाउँ विकास समिति; gāum̐ vikās samiti) in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development.

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Vyas Municipality

Vyas (Byas), is a municipality of Tanahun District located in Gandaki Province in Nepal and incorporates the village Damauli, the district headquarters, for which the municipality is also often referred to as Damauli.

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Yadav

Yadavs, also called Jadams, or Jadavs, are a grouping of traditionally non-elite, Quote: "The Yadavs were traditionally a low-to-middle-ranking cluster of pastoral-peasant castes that have become a significant political force in Uttar Pradesh (and other northern states like Bihar) in the last thirty years." peasant-pastoral communities or castes in India that since the 19th and 20th centuries Quote: "In a not dissimilar way the various cow-keeping castes of northern India were combining in 1931 to use the common term of Yadava for their various castes, Ahir, Goala, Gopa, etc., and to claim a Rajput origin of extremely doubtful authenticity." have claimed descent from the legendary king Yadu as a part of a movement of social and political resurgence.

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2011 Nepal census

Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanahun_District

Also known as Tanahu, Tanahu District, Tanahun, Tanahun, Nepal.

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Districts of Nepal established in 1962

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