Tanka Prasad Acharya

Tanka Prasad Acharya
टंक प्रसाद आचार्य
19th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
27 January 1956 – 26 July 1957
MonarchMahendra
Preceded byDirect rule by King Mahendra
Succeeded byKunwar Inderjit Singh
Personal details
Born11 February 1912
Died23 April 1992 (aged 80)
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepal Praja Parishad, Nepali Congress
SpouseRewanta Kumari Acharya
Children5

Tanka Prasad Acharya (Nepali: टंक प्रसाद आचार्य; 11 February 1912 – 23 April 1992) was a Nepali politician who served as the 19th Prime Minister of Nepal from 1956 to 1957.[1] He was one of the founders and the leader of the Nepal Praja Parishad, the first political party in Nepal with the goal of removing the Rana Dynasty's dictatorship.[2]

  1. ^ "Nepal". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Patapan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).