| The Maoist rebels have been waging a Marxist insurrection in Nepal for nine years to abolish the monarchy. |
| There were rumblings of insurrection and dissatisfaction at various levels. |
| Throughout the whole insurrection not asingle imprisoned Communist was shot. |
| The popular insurrection gave the government a much greater mandate than any election. |
| The insurrection swept the old government from office and could only be crushed by the might of the Russian army. |
| Stalin saw the organisers of the insurrection as reactionary nationalists who would stand in the way of future Soviet hegemony. |
