Nepal government has decided to observe September 20 as the national day to mark the promulgation of the country's new constitution last year.
Nepal on September 20, 2015 promulgated its new constitution. The constitution was endorsed through 85 per cent of the votes in the 601-member Constituent Assembly despite boycott by Madhesi parties.
The decision was made during a cabinet meeting, said minister for Information and communication Sher Dhan Rai.
"There will be Government holiday on that day. As the constitution of 2015 has institutionalised the achievements of the Peoples Movement of 2006, the day constitution was promulgated will be observed as the national day, said minister Rai.
The government has scrapped holiday on Loktantra Diwas, which falls on Baishakh 11 or April 23.
