Mohan Chandra Adhikari
Mohan Chandra Adhikari (Nepali: मोहनचन्द्र अधिकारी) is a former communist politician in Nepal. He hails from a Brahmin family in Morang District. Adhikari studied up to B.A. level, but didn't appear in the final exams.[1] Adhikari had been a follower of Pushpa Lal Shrestha, but turned more radical than his mentor. Adhikari became a leader of the group in the Jhapa District Committee of the Communist Party which in the early 1970s intended to initiate a rebellion on the lines of the Naxalite insurgency in India.[2][3]
Adhikar was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was saved from death sentence through a royal pardon. Whilst in jail, he was associated with the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist). Adhikari would spend 17 years in prison. He was sometimes called the 'Nelson Mandela' of Nepal.[4][5]
After being released from jail, Adhikari became an advisory-member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist).[6] He also represented the party in the Upper House of Parliament.[7]
He was arrested during the 2006 Loktantra Andolan.[8]
Adhikari later broke with communism, and became a Hindu leader. After the declaration of Nepal as a secular state, Adhikari participated in a meeting organised by the Shivsena Nepal.[9]
References
- ^ Rawal, Bhim. The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development. Kathmandu: Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 109.
- ^ Mitra, Subrata Kumar/Enskat, Mike/Spiess, Clemens. Political parties in South Asia. Westport: Praeger, 2004. p. 306.
- ^ Rawal, Bhim. The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development. Kathmandu: Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 91.
- ^ Taipei Times - archives
- ^ Rawal, Bhim. The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development. Kathmandu: Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 93, 97.
- ^ The Himalayan Times: Breaking News, Views, Reviews, Sports, Business, Entertainment from Nepal
- ^ http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/nepal/nepalfacts.html
- ^ The Hindu : International : Hundreds arrested in Nepal
- ^ Hindu communist - Nepali Times
- Living people
- Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya) politicians
- Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) politicians
- Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians
- Members of the National Assembly (Nepal)
- Nepalese prisoners sentenced to death
- Prisoners sentenced to death by Nepal
- Recipients of Nepalese royal pardons
- Converts to Hinduism from atheism or agnosticism
- Nepalese Hindus
- People from Morang District