Sector Kanda (Nepali: सेक्टर काण्ड,Listenⓘ 'Sector Incident') is the name given to a failed attempt to launch an armed uprising in Nepal in 1986.
The 'Sector Kanda' represented the first experience of armed struggle of the precursor organizations of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), prior to the launching of People's War ten years later.
[1] Under the leadership of Mohan Baidya ('Kiran') the Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) adopted Maoism as its ideological line.
[2][3] On April 1, 1986 the statue of King Tribhuvan at Tripureshwor in the capital Kathmandu was painted black and a number of police posts were attacked by the party.
[3] Contrary to the expectations of the party leadership, the April 1 actions failed to inspire popular militancy.