Nepal witnessed an extraordinary popular movement in April, 2006. The movement was aimed at restoring democracy. Nepal had won democracy in 1990. Although the king formally remained the head of the state, the real power was exercised by popularly elected representatives. After the mysterious massacre of the royal family in 2001, King Gyanendra, the new King of Nepal, showed his unwillingness to accept democratic rule. In February 2005, he dissolved the popularly elected parliament. This caused a movement in April 2006 to regain control over the government from the King. All the major political parties in the parliament formed a Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and started protest. They served an ultimatum to the King, with their demands. On 24 April 2006, the last day of the ultimatum,the King was forced to concede all the three demands. The SPA chose Girija Prasad Koirala as the new Prime Minister of the interim government. The restored parliament passed laws taking away most of the powers of the King. In this way,the struggle of the Nepali people is a source of inspiration to democrats all over the world.