Regicide and Maoist Revolutionary Warfare in Nepal: Modern Incarnations of a Warrior Kingdom
Author(s)
Lecomte-Tilouine, Marie
Abstract
In this paper I reflect specifically on the relationship between the development of the Maoist movement and the royal massacre in Nepal. Though the so-called People’s War was launched by the Nepalese Maoist Party (CPN-Maosit) as early as 1996, the royal massacre marked a new phase both in the development of its rhetoric and in its confrontation with the king. I interpret the emergence of the Maoist movement as reflecting the gradual weakening of royal power in Nepal, and at the same time note how it establishes significant continuities with the royal past, despite its communist ideology.
