(Seventh-five years ago, during the reign of His Majesty King Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah Dev, the first hydropower project of the country was inaugurated in Nepal. The plant can still generate its rates power, if the water, which is now diverted to meet Kathmandu’s growing needs, is fed to the turbines the profile of the first power project based upon the report submitted by the British electrical engineer on the day of inauguration of the Pharping power house (Jestha 1968 B.S.) is presented below.)