Shukra Raj Shastri Joshi(Nepali: शुक्रराज शास्त्री जाेशी) (born Shukra Raj Joshi) (1894–24 January 1941) was a Nepalese social activist from Newar community, an intellectual and fighter for democracy who was executed by the autocratic Rana dynasty. He is one of the four martyrs of the Nepalese revolution that toppled the Rana regime. The other three are Dashrath Chand, Dharma Bhakta Mathema and Ganga Lal Shrestha.[1][2][3]
Shastri was also a social reformer and author who wrote a number of books in Nepali and Nepal Bhasa.[4]
- ^ Whelpton, John (2005). A History of Nepal. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80470-1, ISBN 978-0-521-80470-7. Page 80.
- ^ "Martyrs' Day observed across country". The Kathmandu Post. 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ Joshi, Bhuwan Lal and Rose, Leo E. (1966) Democratic innovations in Nepal: A case study of political acculturation. University of California Press. Page 55.
- ^ Tuladhar, Prem Shanti (2000). Nepal Bhasa Sahityaya Itihas: The History of Nepalbhasa Literature. Kathmandu: Nepal Bhasa Academy. ISBN 99933-56-00-X. Page 93.