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  • He urged all the Nepalis to realize that all the people living in the mountains, hills and the Terai are the Nepalis.

    Nepal���s First President Addressed the Nation 2008

  • The group calls the Terai region ‘Madhesh’ (a Hindu word).

    National Defense Movement to Begin in Nepal 2008

  • Vetiver has traditionally been used in the lowland area known as the Terai, but only to stabilize the banks of waterways.

    2 Case Studies 1993

  • The Terai is a long narrow strip of territory, extending for three hundred miles along the northern frontier of British India, and is about twenty miles in breadth.

    A Journey to Katmandu (the Capital of Napaul), with The Camp of Jung Bahadoor; including A Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home Laurence Oliphant 1858

  • Region-wise, according to price index the Terai is the most expensive place to live in as it rose by 12.5 per cent followed by 11.8 per cent in Hills and 10.6 per cent in Kathmandu Valley.

    News Himalayan News Service 2010

  • Militant groups operating in the plains and low hills in the region around Janakpur, known as the Terai, advocate autonomy, and the region has seen outbreaks of violence since 2006, according to published analyses.

    Committee to Protect Journalists 2009

  • Shops, main markets, offices and educational institutions began reopening across the region known as Terai, as public and private transport resumed on major highways.

    Taipei Times 2009

  • Twenty four hours of extreme precipitation analyses indicate the whole of the Terai, which is the food bowl of Nepal, is susceptible to floods.

    News Bidur Prasad Upadhyay 2009

  • Militant groups operating in the plains and low hills in the region around Janakpur, known as the Terai, advocate autonomy, and the region has seen outbreaks of violence since 2006, according to published analyses.

    Committee to Protect Journalists 2009

  • Militant groups operating in the plains and low hills in the region around Janakpur, known as the Terai, advocate autonomy, and the region has seen outbreaks of violence since 2006, according to published analyses.

    Committee to Protect Journalists 2009

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