Man Mohan Adhikari

Man Mohan Adhikari
31st Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
1994–1995
Monarch Birendra
Preceded by Girija Prasad Koirala
Succeeded by Sher Bahadur Deuba
Personal details
Born June 1920
Lazimpat, Kathmandu
Died April 26, 1999
Political party Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
Communism in Nepal

Man Mohan Adhikari (Nepali: मन मोहन अधिकारी June 1920 – April 26, 1999) was the 31st Prime Minister of Nepal from 1994 to 1995, representing the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). He was the first democratically-elected Communist Party member to be PM in Nepal.

Born in Lazimpat, Kathmandu, Nepal, he spent his childhood in Biratnagar. He was sent to Varanasi to study in 1938. While studying for his B.Sc. in 1942, Man Mohan took part in Quit India movement and he was arrested by the British colonial authorities and put to jail along with other politicians.

During his stay in India Man Mohan became involved in the communist movement, joining the Communist Party of India. He returned to Biratnagar and worked in Chemical industry where,In March 1947 he took part in Biratnagar jute mill strike and was arrested and taken to kathmandu via land route along with Girija Prasad Koirala and Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala. [1]

He took part in the founding of the Communist Party of Nepal in 1949.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War, Adhikari asserted that the war was an Indian aggression against Pakistan.[2]

He was one of the few democratically elected communist party members in the world to serve as head of the government.

References

  1. ↑ Mahendra Man Singh (3 September 2013). Forever Incomplete: The Story of Nepal. SAGE Publications. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-81-321-1658-5.
  2. ↑ Parajulee, Ramjee P.. The Democratic Transition in Nepal. Rowman & Littlefield, 2000. p. 57
Political offices
Preceded by
Girija Prasad Koirala		 Prime Minister of Nepal
1994 – 1995 		Succeeded by
Sher Bahadur Deuba