2017 in Nepal

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Events in the year 2017 in Nepal.

Incumbents[edit]

• President: Bidhya Devi Bhandari
• Vice President: Nanda Kishor Pun
• Prime Minister: previously Pushpa Kamal Dahal and currently Sher Bahadur Deuba
• Chief Justice: Sushila Karki (until 9 June), Gopal Prasad Parajauli (starting 9 June)

Events[edit]

May[edit]

• May 14 - First phase of Local elections.
• May 27 - Summit Air Flight 409 crashes on final approach at Lukla Airport.

June[edit]

• June 28 - Second phase of Local elections.

August[edit]

• August 7/8 - Partial Lunar eclipse visible from entire Nepal.
• August 10–14 - Monsoon Floods lead to death of about 150 people in southern districts of Nepal.

September[edit]

• September 18 - Third phase of Local elections.

October[edit]

• October 14 - Tenure of Legislature Parliament ends.

November[edit]

• November 26 – First round of the legislative election.

December[edit]

• December 7 – Second round of the legislative election ^[1]

Deaths[edit]

• 14 January – Yama Buddha, rapper (b. 1987).^[2]
• 6 May – Min Bahadur Sherchan, mountaineer (b. 1931)
• 6 May – Marshall Julum Shakya, politician (b. 1939)
• 14 July – Ram Hari Joshi, former minister and founding member of Nepali Congress (b. 1928)^[3]
• 11 November – Kirti Nidhi Bista, 25th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1927)

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