1. Madan Bhandari was elected as the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Nepal, a democratic communist party, which fought for the advent of multiparty democracy and basic human rights in Nepal.
15 Facts About Madan Bhandari
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Madan Bhandari's already peaking popularity soared specially after he defeated the incumbent Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai in the 1991 general election.
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Madan Bhandari is widely credited for advancing Nepal's communist movement to a much greater height together with playing a central role in the popular movement of 1990, which restored democracy and basic human rights in the Himalayan country after thirty years of the King's direct rule.
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Madan Bhandari died in a mysterious-looking jeep accident in Dasdhunga, Chitwan, in 1993.
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Madan Bhandari was born in the Dhungesangu village of Taplejung district in a Brahmin family in eastern Nepal.
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Madan Bhandari studied at Medibung School in Taplejung and in Varanasi, India.
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Madan Bhandari was a founding member of the Communist Party of Nepal preceding the 1980 referendum and was elected General-Secretary at its Fourth National Congress in 1986.
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Madan Bhandari was elected as the General-Secretary when his CPN merged with another Marxist group to become the Communist Party of Nepal in 1991.
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The CPN, under the leadership of Madan Bhandari, won all but one seat in the Himalayan capital in the 1991 elections, the country's first free election after more than three decades.
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Mrs Madan Bhandari at the time of her marriage was a prominent student leader.
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Mrs Madan Bhandari reentered politics after her husband's death and was later elected for four terms as the Member of Parliament, oversaw major Cabinet portfolios and went on to become the first woman President of Nepal, remaining in the highest office for seven years and four months.
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On May 16,1993 Madan Bhandari died in a car accident in Dasdhunga, Chitwan.
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Madan Bhandari's body was recovered three days later and kept in Dasharath Rangashala, where people visited throughout the day and into the night to pay their respects.
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Madan Bhandari was taken to the hamlet of Kirtipur on the southwestern outskirts of the capital and shot.
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In March 2018, Madan Bhandari Museum was inaugurated in Urlabari, Morang.