Madan Bhandari

Madan Kumar Bhandari
Native name	Madan Kumar Bhandari
Born	(1952-06-27)June 27, 1952 Dhungesangu Village, Taplejung, Nepal
Died	1993 Dasdhunga
Cause of death	Murder (car accident)
Body discovered	Three days later
Resting place	Arya Ghat, Pashupati
Monuments	Madan Bhandari Park
Residence	Kathmandu and Jhapa
Nationality	Nepalese
Other names	जनताका नेता (People's leader)
Citizenship	Nepali
Known for	जनताको बहुदलीय जनवाद "People's Multiparty Democracy"
Notable work	Refrendum
Political party	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
Movement	People's Movement I (1990)
Opponent(s)	Panchayat system
Spouse(s)	Bidhya Bhandari
Children	2

Communism in Nepal Leaders Pushpa Lal Shrestha Mohan Bikram Singh Manmohan Adhikari Keshar Jung Rayamajhi Chandra Prakash Mainali Sahana Pradhan Madan Kumar Bhandari Madhav Kumar Nepal Prachanda Baburam Bhattarai Current groups CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) UCPN (Maoist) CPN-Maoist CPN (United Marxist) CPN (Marxist–Leninist) CPN (Marxist) CPN (United) CPN (Unified) Nepal Workers Peasants Party Defunct groups Communist Party of Nepal Nepal Communist League CPN (Burma) CPN (Pushpa Lal) CPN (4th Convention) CPN (Marxist–Leninist) CPN (Masal) CPN (Mashal) CPN (Manmohan) CPN (Marxist) (1st) CPN (Marxist) (2nd) CPN (Democratic) CPN (Unity Centre) CPN (MLM) CPN (Samyabadi) CPN (MLM Centre) CPN (United) CPN (Unity Centre–Masal) Related articles Communism History of Nepal Nepalese Civil War Politics of Nepal Political parties in Nepal Elections in Nepal Communism Portal

Madan Kumar Bhandari (Nepali: मदन कुमार भण्डारी) (June 27, 1952^[1] – 1993) was a Nepalese politician and communist leader. He is one of the historical personalities in Nepal history who fought for democracy.

Bhandari was born in Dhungesangu Village in the district of Taplejung, Nepal. He studied in Medibung School in Taplejung and in Varanasi, India. In 1972 he was named central committee member of the Janabadi Sanskritik Morcha (Democratic Cultural Front), a student movement launched by Pushpa Lal Shrestha. Around 1976, he left Pushpa Lal's Communist Party of Nepal to launch the Mukti Morcha Samuha ("Liberation Front Group"), which formed an alliance with the survivors of the Jhapa Movement in 1978. He was a founder member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) preceding the 1980 referendum and was elected general secretary at its fourth national in 1986.

When CPN (ML) merged into the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) in 1991, Bhandari became the general secretary. Bhandari was the engineer behind the programme of CPN (UML) "People's Multiparty Democracy"), which led his party as the strongest communist party of Nepal for several years even after his death.

In 1993 Bhandari died, supposedly in a car accident without any eyewitness. Many believe he was murdered. Among the three passengers inside the car, only the driver Amar Lama survived; the two leaders Madan Bhandari and Jeev Raj Ashrit died. The government formed a probe committee but officially the car accident was reported as an accident without any sign of conspiracy. Possible conspiracy again came into concern after the only survivor of that crash, driver Amar Lama, was murdered after about 10 years in Kirtipur.

Madan Puraskar (award) is one of the notable award which is awarded every year in different categories.

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External links

• Madan Bhandari full biography