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Happy Nepal Sambat New Year 1138
Happy Nepal Sambat New Year 1138
KTM Metro Reporter
October 20, 2017
Today is the New Year following the Nepal Sambat: the glory of Nepal. However, some Nepalis did not like to be proud of such unique calendar Nepalis had developed and introduced, and heaped all the credits on only the Nevah: indigenous folks of Nepal.
The Radio Nepal morning news at 7:00 am stated that the NEW YEAR is marked throughout the country today wherever the Nevah folks are. However, other private newspapers have focused on the celebration in Kathmandu, and reported with the extreme bias saying only the Nevah community has celebrated.
Those private media have shamelessly refused to reach the folks in major towns where not only the Nevah community but also folks of any ethnic groups and nationalities have celebrated. The private media have been so unreliable and lost the credibility of their news and views.
Nepal Sambat is an indigenous calendar and a pride of Nepal. A very rich man probably in the today’s term “a billionaire” Shankhadhar Sakhwa paid off the loans of all citizens at the time of Licchavi King Raghavdev in 880 AD, and introduced Nepal Sambat.
Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai declared Shankhadhar Sakhwa a national celebrity on November 18, 1999 recognizing his contribution to make Nepal a proud and unique country in the world.
