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See also:	Other events of 1999 Timeline of Nepalese history

Events from the year 1999 in Nepal.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Birendra
• Prime Minister: Girija Prasad Koirala (1998 – May 1999) and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
• Chief Justice: Mohan Prasad Sharma (1998–1999) and Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya (from December 1999)

Events

• May – General elections were held from 3 to 17 May.
• 5 September – Necon Air Flight 128 crashes in the west of Kathmandu.
• September and October − 8th South Asian Games were held in Kathmandu from 25 September to 4 October.
• November – ANFA League Cup is held from 20 to 30 November.
• December – Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India.

Births

• 27 February – Lalit Rajbanshi, cricketer
• 20 May – Kajal Shrestha, cricketer
• 7 July – Apsari Begam, cricketer
• 3 September – Malati Rishidev, shortest woman in Nepal.
• 27 November – Pratima Sherpa, golfer
• 5 December – Curtis Waters, Nepali Canadian musician

Deaths

• 26 April – Man Mohan Adhikari, former Prime Minister
• 4 May – Mahendra Narayan Nidhi, politician
• 22 July – Arun Thapa, singer

References

1. "Previous Election Facts and Figures". 21 October 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
2. Jeziorski, Andrzej (15 September 1999). "Nepal suffers second fatal crash". FlightGlobal. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
3. "Hosts Nepal set new medals record at South Asian Games". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "Bowing to Terrorism". Frontline. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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