10 Facts About Nepal Sambat

Nepal Sambat appeared on coins, stone and copper plate inscriptions, royal decrees, chronicles, Hindu and Buddhist manuscripts, legal documents and correspondence.

Name Nepal Sambat was used for the calendar for the first time in Nepal Sambat 148 .

Nepal Sambat has been used outside Nepal Mandala in Nepal and in other countries including India, China and Myanmar.

Nepal Sambat was replaced as the national calendar in Rana period of the Kingdom of Nepal.

However, Nepal Sambat remained in official use for a time even after the coming of the Shahs.

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In 1903, Saka Nepal Sambat, in turn, was superseded by Bikram Nepal Sambat as the official calendar.

Nepal Sambat has emerged as a symbol to rally people against the suppression of their culture, language and literature by the politically dominant ruling classes.

Nepal Sambat movement achieved its first success on 18 November 1999 when the government declared the founder of the calendar, a trader of Kathmandu named Sankhadhar Sakhwa, a national hero.

Mha Puja and Nepal Sambat are celebrated abroad where Nepali peoples have settled.

Leap year determination of Solar Nepal Sambat follows a similar pattern of determining leap year in Gregorian Calendar.