Eastern Nepal
The Eastern Development Region ( Nepali : पुर्वाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र, Purwānchal Bikās Kshetra ) was one of Nepal 's five development regions . It is also known as Kirata region . [ 1 ] It was located at the eastern end of the country with its headquarters at Dhankuta . The town of Dhankuta was the headquarter of the Eastern Region, as well as the headquarter of the Dhankuta District . On April 13, 1961 Mahendra , the king of Nepal, divided the existing 35 districts into 75 districts and grouped them into 14 administrative zones. In 1972, the King of Nepal grouped 14 zones into total 4 development regions, thus Eastern Development Region came into existence. [ 4 ] On 20 September 2015, Eastern Development Region including all other development regions of Nepal were abolished, when the new Constitution of Nepal -2015 was proclaimed. The total area of the region was 28,456 km².