His Majesty King Birendra's first address to a multiparty Parliament following the restoration of democracy in Nepal was in 1991, after the first general elections were held under the 1990 Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal. Prior to this, from 1962 to 1990, the country was ruled under the partyless Panchayat System, where King Birendra held absolute power, and there was no multiparty parliament. The key sequence of events leading to this was: April 1990: The People's Movement (Jana Andolan) forced King Birendra to lift the ban on political parties and abolish the Panchayat system. November 1990: A new Constitution was promulgated, establishing Nepal as a constitutional monarchy with a multiparty parliamentary system. May 1991: The first general elections under the new constitution were held. Following these elections, as the Head of State in the new constitutional monarchy, King Birendra would have delivered his first formal address to the newly elected parliament. ✨“From absolute monarchy to multiparty democracyKing Birendra’s historic 1991 address marked Nepal’s new dawn. 🇳🇵✨” #KingBirendra #NepalHistory #1991 #DemocracyRestored #JanaAndolan - @us.sunil.adhikari