April '06
Sambeshi Loktantra !
http://www.blog.com.np/united-we-blog/2006/04/22/dont-forget-their-blood/
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28 July '06.
First he's questioned:
Next week, the panel will question two senior army officers, including a retired major general, in connection with the alleged excesses.
Lt General Rukmangad Katuwal is the army's second senior officer, and retired general Dipak Bikram Rana was in charge of Kathmandu valley at the time of the protests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5223082.stm
16 August '06.
Then he's promoted by the state.
"Rights activists in Nepal have demanded that the government should annul the appointment of the acting army chief. "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4797127.stm
11 December '07.
Now he's taking over the continent.
"NEW DELHI: India will confer the rank of honorary general of the Indian army on the visiting Nepalese army Chief General Rookmangual Katawal at a investiture in Rashtrapathi Bhavan on Wednesday in the midst of uncertainty over the future constitutional set up in the Himalayan nation."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_to_confer_honorary_Gen_rank_on_Nepalese_army_chief/articleshow/2612047.cms
It's old news:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2130873,00.html
1 comment:
katuwal wants more guns too...
report says that Katawal, on Wednesday, met with senior Indian political leaders and is understood to have sought resumption of arms shipments from India.
The PTI report adds that ‘India had supplied the Nepalese army with helicopters, light artillery guns, night vision devices and light arms and Kathmandu now wants the arms supplies and spares to be resumed with the situation in the country having stabilised, army sources said.’
http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2007/dec/dec13/news01.php
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