Efforts made for Social Reformation

Things to remember

• ‘Manusmriti’ had divided people into different castes as per their occupations.
• Bhimsen Thapa, the first prime minister of unified Nepal, had tried to discourage the sati pratha along with other evils of the Nepalese society.
• Dev Shumsher, who was known as the most liberal of all Rana prime ministers, established about 150 schools throughout the country-50 in the valley and 100 elsewhere outside.
• In 2057 BS parliament decisions came for the emancipation of Kamaiyas of Mid-west and Far-west.
• The role of UN agencies such as UNHCR, UNFPA, ILO and UNICEF along with that of the INGO’s like Action Aid Nepal, International Nepal Fellowship.