King Mahendra formed a government under the chairmanship of Subarna Shumsher Rana on December 7,1957. On November 17, 1958 A.D the king promulgated the constitution known as the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, 1958. The general election was held in the same year. The Nepali Congress Party obtained 74 seats out of the 109 seats. Bisheshwor Prasad Koirala became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Nepal. The Nepali Congress led a single party government. However, very ambitious king Mahendra deposed the B.P. Koirala government on 1960 A.D., imprisoned B.P. Koirala and other leaders and banned the political parties and their activities. The king dissolved the parliament using article 55 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, 1958. This undemocratic act of King Mahendra on December 16, 1960 is regarded as the 'Black Day' in the history of Nepal.
The names of the ministers fo the cabinet formed on May 27, 2059 A.D who were dismissed by King Mahendra are given below:
The names of the ministers fo the cabinet formed on May 27, 2059 A.D who were dismissed by King Mahendra are given below:
- B.P. Koirala (Bisheshwor Prasad Koirala)
- Subarna SJB Ran
- Ganesh Maan Singh
- Surya Prasad Upadhaya
- Ram Narayan Mishra
- Kashi Nath Gautam
- Parasu Narayan Chaudhary
- Shiva Raj Pant
- Prem Raj Angdembe
- Surya Nath Das Yadav
- Lalit Chanda
- Dwarika Devi Thankurani
- Min Bahadur Gurung
- Jaman Singh Gurung
- Yogendra Man Sherchan
- Newa Bahadur Malla
- Dr. Tulsi Giri
- Shiva Prasad Shah
- Dewan Singh Rai
- Hora Prasad Joshi, and
- Tribeni Prasad Pradhan
King Mahendra dismissed the popularly elected government on December 16, 1960 and the leaders who opposed the king's undemocratic act were tortured and detained.
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