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The Mahendra highway passes through the municipality. 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Nijgadh Bara .jpg — Shumshersubash2018, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Nijgadh\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/nijgadh. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T09:28:17Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/nijgadh","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/nijgadh","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/nijgadh?lang=ne"}}