From Juddha Shumsher’s speech to Malla-era manuscripts, 800 historical documents return to Nepal

The collection, spanning the 13th to 20th centuries, includes royal edicts, legal records, court documents, manuscripts, and travel diaries.

“...When the administration of the country began to deteriorate, the Rana family took on the responsibility of running the state and assumed the prime-ministership. It has now been 94 years since the family took over the country’s administration…,” read an excerpt from a speech delivered by Rana Prime Minister Juddha Shumsher on his birthday in 1941, when he addressed members of the court, government officials and the public.