Pushpa Lal Shrestha

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Pushpa Lal Shrestha
पुष्पलाल श्रेष्ठ
General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal
In office
1949–1954
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMan Mohan Adhikari
Personal details
Born(1924-06-28)28 June 1924
Ramechhap District, Nepal
Died22 July 1978(1978-07-22) (aged 54)
New Delhi, India
CitizenshipNepali
Political partyCommunist Party of Nepal
Other political
affiliations		Nepal Praja Parishad
SpouseSahana Pradhan

Pushpa Lal Shrestha (Nepali: पुष्पलाल श्रेष्ठ) (1924 – 22 July 1978) was a Nepali politician, considered to be the father of Nepali communism. He was the founding general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal as well as leader.[1]

Early life

Shrestha was born on 28 June 1924 in Ramechhap District, Bagmati Province, Nepal.[2][3]

Career

The communist movement in Nepal traces its history back to Pushpa Lal Shrestha, the father of Nepali communism and the founder and general secretary of the first Nepali communist party, the

Rana regime at a young age, some time after Gangalal's martyrdom in early 1941. He was already known for his defiance of the Ranas by 1946. He began his political career at Nepal Praja Parishad, the party of the four martyrs. He then went on to become a prominent member of the Nepal Rastriya Congress (NRC), the sister party of Indian National Congress, which would eventually become Nepal Congress
.

Disillusioned by the political infighting within the party, and the party's willingness to cooperate with some Ranas, Pushpa Lal left the party he was the office secretary of, and sought to birth an uncompromising political struggle against the Rana regime. After his meeting with the noted Indian communist leader Nripendra Chakrawarti, he settled upon founding a communist party, deeming the support of the international socialist movement an indispensable asset in the struggle for democracy. On 22 April 1949, he founded the Communist Party of Nepal along with four other colleagues, in

Mao, in addition to his own original writings on Nepali struggle for democracy and Nepal's future path.[1]

Lal played a large role in the early years of the Communist Party. The party split in 1962. He followed the radical sector led by

Prachanda. Pushpa Lal was married to Sahana Pradhan
(1927–2014), who became leader of the party from 1986.

Pushpalal Memorial College

Pushpalal memorial college is a private college in Kathmandu valley. It was founded by the late Pushpalal Shrestha. Beginning with academic year 1973 – 1974, it hosted a science faculty along with programs on humanities, education and management.[citation needed]

Death

Shrestha died on 22 July 1978 in New Delhi, India.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b web.archive.org/web/20140113180735/http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/gopa.detail.php?article_id=67262&cat_id=10
  2. ISBN 978-99933-57-60-5
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  3. ^ "Tribute To Pushpa Lal". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Five interesting facts about Nepal's communist founder, Puspalal". Khabarhub. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
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