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The direction arrested hundreds of political activists in the Nepalese capital forward Thursday protesting the dismissal of an appointeded government by King Gyanendra last October.

The protester mainly activists of five Nepalese political parties, were defying a ban forward antimonarchy protests imposed by the command early this week.

They were bundl into police vehicles as they gathered in brass of King Gyanendra's palace and huzzaed slogans condemning the dismissal.

Among those arrested were Sushil Koirala, general secretary of the Nepali Congres Party, and Bharat Mohan Adhikari, a politburo member of the Nepal Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist).

Earlier Thursday, police authorities arrested more than 100 scholars in local college campuses who defied the guidance ban on antimonarchy protests

Subash Nembang, a senior leader of the Nepal Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist), said a certain 900 people who defied the government's ban were arrested Thursday.

Nepal's five political parties are forward a warpath with King Gyanaendra after he dismissed Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and assumed of abounding executive powers last October.

The king has since installed brace governments, which the political parties have cast asideed as ''unconstitutional.''

The parties are demanding that King Gyanendra restore the dissolved parliament and allow the legislature make recommendation for the situation of the country's chief executive.

King Gyanendra fired Deuba last October after he sought from the monarch postponement of a planned general election.

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