Madhesh

English Madhesh Province Etymology en ne मधेश. Proper noun en province c/Nepal. en Sugam Pokharel; Salim Essaid More than half a century in the making: Nepal enshrines new constitution w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/20/asia/nepal-new-constitution-explainer 2015-09-20 Their main demand: representation equal to their population and federal redistricting that maintains Madhesh and Tharu provinces – which would guarantee the groups a bigger representation in parliament. https://web.archive.org/web/20221018010431/https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/20/asia/nepal-new-constitution-explainer/ en March 7, 2026 Saurabh Sharma; Sahana Bajracharya; Gopal Sharma; Devjyot Ghoshal Tom Hogue Inside the Nepal campaign that could vault Balendra Shah to power w:Reuters https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/inside-nepal-campaign-that-could-vault-balendra-shah-power-2026-03-07/ On January 19, Shah stood with RSP founder and TV host-turned-politician Rabi Lamichhane at a rally in the capital city of Nepal's Madhesh province and told the thousands gathered: "A Madhesi boy is going to become prime minister." Translations province Bengali: bn মধেশ Bhojpuri: bho मधेश Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 馬德西省 mǎdéxīshěng Wu: wuu 第二省 Hindi: hi मधेश Japanese: ja マデシ州 madeshi-shū Maithili: mai मधेश Malayalam: ml മധേഷ് Nepali: ne मधेश Tamil: ta மாதேஷ் Urdu: ur مدھیش madheś