Madhesi

madhësi English Etymology en hi मधेशी. Noun * A member of one of several ethnic groups who live in the terai in southern 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 The Madhesi and Tharu mainly live in the southernmost part of Nepal, an area known as Terai. Terai accounts for about a fifth of Nepal’s land area but is home to slightly more than half of its population, with the two ethnic groups making up just over a quarter of this. https://web.archive.org/web/20221018010431/https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/20/asia/nepal-new-constitution-explainer/