Nabindra Raj Joshi
Nabindra Raj Joshi | |
|---|---|
| नविन्द्रराज जोशी | |
Kathmandu 8 | |
| 12th Deputy mayor of Kathmandu | |
| In office 1992–1997 | |
| Mayor | Prem Lal Singh |
| Preceded by | Tirtha Ram Dangol |
| Succeeded by | Bidur Mainali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 January 1964 |
| Died | 26 March 2021 (aged 57) Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | Nepali Congress |
| Alma mater | Tribhuvan University |
Nabindra Raj Joshi (
Career
Joshi entered politics as a student, joining the fight against the
After the restoration of democracy following the 1990 revolution,[clarification needed] Joshi was elected deputy mayor of Kathmandu in 1992. Aged 27, Joshi was the youngest ever to serve as an office bearer. He held the office until 1997.[1]
Joshi was elected to both the
He became the minister of industry of the
Joshi was unsuccessful in his bid for election to
Joshi served as the spokesperson of his party, Nepali Congress, from 2008 to 2013.[1] He was a central committee member of Nepali Congress when he died in 2021.[8] He was the founder and president of Ganeshman Singh Adhyayan Pratisthan.[9]
Personal life
Joshi was a native of Kathmandu.[1] He had a wife and a daughter.[9]
Illness and death
Joshi had suffered a minor heart attack in 2017 from which he recovered following an angioplasty.[10]
Joshi was rushed to Bir Hospital at 3:00 am on 26 February 2021, and later moved to Norvic Hospital. He underwent surgery that same day,[11] having suffered brain haemorrhage in the right part of his brain due to stroke.[8] Kept under ventilator support for a month, he died on 26 March.[1]
Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba remembered Joshi as "an excellent organiser" and "an honest and faithful leader". The party called an emergency meeting on 27 March. It decided to fly the party's flag at half-mast for three days, and to postpone all party activities except mourning programmes for the same duration. Joshi's body was laid in state at the party's head office in Sanepa where Deuba draped his body in the party's flag,[12] and various politicians of major political parties paid their respects.[13] He was cremated by his family at the Pashupati Aryaghat the same day.[12][14]
References
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- ^ "निर्वाचन परिणाम: ताजा अपडेट". Himalkhabar.com. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ Sureis (26 August 2016). "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Kathmandu : Province 3 - Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b "NC leader, former minister Nabindra Raj Joshi passes away". The Himalayan Times. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b पाठ, नागरिक काठमाडौँ १३ चैत्र २०७७ १ मिनेट. "रहेनन् कांग्रेस नेता नविन्द्रराज जोशी". nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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- ^ "NC leader Nabindra Raj Joshi suffers stroke". Setopati. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b "पशुपति आर्यघाटमा कांग्रेस नेता जोशीको अन्त्येष्टि". Setopati. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "अलबिदा नविन्द्रराज जोशी". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ Samiti, Rastriya Samachar (27 March 2021). "NC to lower party flag for three days to mourn leader Joshi's demise". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 30 March 2021.