In 2006, the form of government in Nepal changed from Monarchy to ________.

Concept

Forms of government are classified by WHO holds sovereign power and how rulers are chosen. In a monarchy, supreme authority is vested in a hereditary king or queen; in a democracy, sovereignty rests with the people, who exercise power by electing their representatives. A transition 'from monarchy' therefore means power moving away from a hereditary ruler toward a system based on popular sovereignty.

Application

In April 2006, a sustained mass uprising in Nepal — the Jana Andolan II (People's Movement) — forced King Gyanendra to give up the absolute powers he had seized. The dissolved House of Representatives was reinstated and an elected government took charge, shifting sovereign authority from the hereditary king to elected representatives of the people. This change is exactly the shift from monarchy to democracy.

Cross-check

The direction confirms the answer: each rejected term keeps power with a small unaccountable group rather than the people, whereas the 2006 movement was a popular demand for representative rule. The process continued until the monarchy was formally abolished in 2008 and Nepal became a Federal Democratic Republic.