KARNALI, Aug 21: The Karnali province government has declared a public holiday today to mark the province’s establishment day and martyr's day.

Nirmala Regmi, section officer at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law, said that public holiday has been given in all government and public institutions in the province today. A meeting of the province cabinet held on April 12 had decided to give a public holiday on Bhadra 4 i.e. August 21.

After the demarcation decision made by the then federal government on August 8, 2015, Karnali was merged into Sudurpaschim. This prompted strong protests for 13 days, resulting in the martyrdom of individuals such as Hari Bahadur Kunwar from Jumla, and Gopal Singh Rajwar, Tikaram Gautam, and Yam Bahadur Bisi from Surkhet. 

Following their sacrifice, the federal government of that time combined five districts of the erstwhile Karnali zone, three districts of Bheri and two districts of Rapti to delineate Karnali province. 

 
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