BP Birth Anniversary special feature:  This is how US reacted on the ouster of BP Koirala's cabinet in 1960

ITAHARI, September 9: Today commemorates the 107th birth anniversary of Nepal's first democratically elected Prime Minister and the legendary leader of Nepal's democratic movement of 1950s.

Prime Minister BP Koirala could not sustain his 5-year-long tenure. He was forcefully ousted on 15 December 1960 by the then King Mahendra just after 18 months in office. BP Koirala constituted his cabinet on 27 May 1959 after Nepal's first 45-days-long general elections starting from 18 February 1959.