Pushpa Kamal Dahal, commonly known as Prachanda is a prominent Nepali politician and Prime Minister of Nepal
Prachanda
@Prime Minister of Nepal, Career and Facts
Dec 11, 1954
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: December 11, 1954
- Nationality: Nepali
- Famous: Prime Minister of Nepal, Communists, Leaders, Political Leaders, Prime Ministers
- Ideologies: Communists
- Known as: Pushpa Kamal Dahal
- Universities:
- Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science
- Founder / Co-Founder:
- Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Prachanda born at
Dhikur Pokhari, Nepal
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Birth Place
Even after Nepal secured democracy in the year 1990, Prachanda remained mostly underground leading the clandestine wing of the Communist party of Nepal (Maoist).
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Personal Life
His underground life of 25 years has been covered by Anirban Roy in his book, ‘Prachanda: Ek Agyat Bidrohi’. Anirban Roy is the ex-Nepal correspondent of the Hindustan Times.
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Personal Life
During the 10 year period of insurgency in Nepal, Prachanda remained underground. Eight of these years were spent in India.
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Personal Life
Prachanda was born on 11 December, 1954 in the small village of Kaski district which is 143 kms away from the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu. He comes from a poor family of farmers.
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Childhood & Early Life
His family moved to Chitwan when he was 11-year-old and he spent most of his childhood in this place.
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Childhood & Early Life
In the year 1975, Prachanda graduated from the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS) in Rampur, Chitwan, with a diploma in Agricultural Science. After this, he also worked at a rural development project at Jajarkot.
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Childhood & Early Life
One thing that drew him towards the leftist politics was the poverty which he had witnessed throughout his childhood.
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Childhood & Early Life
His political career took off in the year 1980. He headed the All Nepal National Free Students’ Union (Revolutionary) Party. This union was affiliated to the radical Communist Party of Nepal (Masal).
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Career
In the year 1981, he joined the underground Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention).
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Career
In 1989, Prachanda became the general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal). After many splits and controversies, this party was renamed as the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) on March 1995. Prachanda chose the word Maoist to show their support to the term.
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Career
Prachanda became popular after his public appearance in June 2006. This was the time when he came forward to negotiate the creation of a new government for the country with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and other opposition leaders.
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Career
Prachanda also signed the comprehensive peace agreement on November 2006. During this time, the CPN(M) was working to make Prachanda the head of the new government.
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Career
On February 13, 1996, the CPN (M) launched their insurgent campaign to abolish the monarchy. This was headed by Prachanda and it started with attacks on several police stations. The campaign did not enjoy success throughout the 10 years of insurgency, but in the end they were able to abolish the monarchy which had ruled Nepal for almost 237 years.
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Major Works