Magar Association of Nepal has handed over 1.17 million signators to Shankar Pokharel, the Chief Minister of Province no.5, demanding the name of the province to be kept as  Autonomous Magar Province. 

The association has demanded such name because the Magars are the native inhabitants of the province and because the Magars are the largest groups living in province no. 5, said Nabin Roka, the president of the association.