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
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