Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel on Sunday called for "safeguarding" national independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, as the Himalayan nation observed National Unity Day -- the birth anniversary of nation-builder Prithvi Narayan Shah.
Paudel paid tributes to then-Gorkha King Shah on his 304th birth anniversary. He unified around two dozen smaller states into a greater Nepal in the mid-18th century.
"Let the national unity day inspire all of us to achieve prosperity and happiness while safeguarding national independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country," Paudel said in a message on the occasion.
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