2001

• January: The government creates the Armed Police Force to fight the insurgents.
• 28 May: Chairman Prachanda gives an interview with the Communist journal A World to Win.
• 1 June: Crown Prince Dipendra reportedly kills King Birendra and most of the royal family in the Nepali royal massacre. Dipendra, comatose after a failed suicide attempt or assassination attempt by palace guards, is crowned king, according to tradition. He dies on
• 4 June, Gyanendra is crowned King.
• 3 August: The first round of peace talks begin.
• 23 November: Peace talks collapse when the Maoists withdraw and launch a ferocious attack Police and Army posts in 42 districts, in which 186 Army and Police personnel and 21 Maoists are killed.
• 26 November: The government of Sher Bahadur Deuba declares a Nationwide State of Emergency and employs the Nepal Army in attacking the Maoists.