Ganga Prasad Pradhan
Ganga Prasad Pradhan (Newar language गंगा प्रसाद प्रधान) (July 4, 1851 in Kathmandu – 1932) was the first ordained Nepali Christian pastor, main translator of the Nepali Bible, co-author of an English-Nepali dictionary and author of children's textbooks.[1]
He was born to a wealthy Newari family and taught by Scottish missionaries in Darjeeling. He was exiled permanently to India in 1914 by king Tribhuvan of Nepal for preaching.
He was also editor of Gorkhey Khobar Kagat a monthly magazine, from 1901 to his death in 1932.[2][3]
References
- ^ Modern Indian literature, an anthology: Volume 3 - Page 289 K. M. George, Sāhitya Akādemī "Rev. Ganga Prasad Pradhan (1851-1932), who collaborated in the translation of the Bible, wrote textbooks for children, compiled Nepali proverbs, wrote his autobiography and collaborated in compiling an English-Nepali dictionary."
- ^ Parasmani Pradhan - Page 14 Indramani Pradhan, Sahitya Akademi - 1997 "Parasmani Pradhan was not happy with the language used by Padri Ganga Prasad Pradhan, the editor of Gorkhey Khobar Kagat, a monthly paper begun in 1901 from Darjeeling. The language used, though it professed to be Nepali, ...
- ^ A history of Indian literature: 1800-1910 Page 237 Sisir Kumar Das, Sahitya Akademi - 1991 "Ganga Prasad Pradhan (1853-1932), an Indian Christian who translated the Bible into Nepali in 1876 and several stories for children, established his own press at Darjeeling and started a monthly journal Gorkhe Khabar Kdgat (1901-1932), .."
- interwiki - Newari language article: new:गोर्खे खवर कागत् (पत्रिका) "Gorkhey Khobar Kagat (magazine)"
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