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    Anju Devi Shrestha and Suprita Gurung became the first same-sex couple in Nepal to legally register their marriage, completing the paperwork on January 18th at the ward office in Kohalpur Municipality, Banke. This historic event occurred after the Supreme Court's June 27th decision mandating the government recognize marriages involving same-sex and non-heterosexual couples. The registration of this lesbian marriage marks a milestone as the first officially documented same-sex union in Nepal.

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    Anju Devi Shrestha and Suprita Gurung became the first same-sex couple in Nepal to legally register their marriage, completing the paperwork on January 18th at the ward office in Kohalpur Municipality, Banke. This historic event occurred after the Supreme Court's June 27th decision mandating the government recognize marriages involving same-sex and non-heterosexual couples. The registration of this lesbian marriage marks a milestone as the first officially documented same-sex union in Nepal.

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    Anju Devi Shrestha and Suprita Gurung became the first same-sex couple in Nepal to legally register their marriage, completing the paperwork on January 18th at the ward office in Kohalpur Municipality, Banke. This historic event occurred after the Supreme Court's June 27th decision mandating the government recognize marriages involving same-sex and non-heterosexual couples. The registration of this lesbian marriage marks a milestone as the first officially documented same-sex union in Nepal.

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    A marriage between individuals of the same sex was recorded in

    Kohalpur.

    On Monday, Anju Devi Shrestha, a 33-year-old resident of Badhaiyatal


    Rural Municipality in Bardiya, and Suprita Gurung, also 33 years old and
    residing in Bandipur Rural Municipality, Tanahun, officially tied the knot
    in a same-sex marriage. This historic event comes after the Supreme
    Court's groundbreaking decision on June 27, which mandated the
    government to recognize marriages involving same-sex and non-
    heterosexual couples.

    As per Deepak Nepali, the ward secretary of ward 5 in Kohalpur


    Municipality, Banke, the couple completed the marriage registration
    process by submitting the necessary paperwork on January 18 at the
    ward office. This union marks the first officially registered lesbian
    marriage in the country.

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