Yagya Bahadur Thapa

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Yagya Bahadur Thapa
यज्ञबहादुर थापा
Personal details
Born1917
Died1978
Political partyNepali Congress
Known forled armed revolution in 1974 against Government; a recognised martyr
Military service
RankCaptain[1]

Yagya Bahadur Thapa (Nepali: यज्ञबहादुर थापा) is a recognised martyr of Nepal. He was given martyrdom status by the Government of Nepal on March 2016.[2] He was born in 1917 and from Okhaldhunga district and a member of Nepali Congress[2] in the 1970s when it was banned.[3] Along with Bhim Narayan Shrestha, he was a leader in armed revolt in 1974 and was a leader in the banned Nepali Congress.[4] He was implicated in an bomb attack on the King of Nepal in Biratnagar.[5] He joined with mutineers at the eastern hill district of Okhaldunga in an attempted armed revolution.[6] He was arrested attempting to capture Okhaldunga.[3]

A one man tribunal of Ridhima Nand Rajacharya sentenced Captain Yagya Bahadur Thapa and Bhim Narayan Shrestha to death.[7] The Supreme Court of Nepal upheld the decision.[1] In 1978 he was executed in a forest south of Hetauda.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Asian Recorder. Vol. 23. 1977. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  2. ^ a b "22 people given martyrdom status". thehimalayantimes.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  3. ^ a b c Shrestha, Nanda R. Historical dictionary of Nepal. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. p364
  4. ^ "A long and lacklustre reign - Oped - The Kathmandu Post". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  5. ^ Parmanand, The Nepali Congress in Exile, University Book House (Nepal) 1978, p68
  6. ^ S. D. Muni (2006). Responding to Terrorism in South Asia. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 978-81-7304-671-1.
  7. ^ Kumar, D.P. (1980). Nepal: Year of Decision. Vikas Publishing House. ISBN 9780706910315. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
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