Yuvaraj Adhikari

Yuvaraj Adhikari (Nepali: युवराज अधिकारी) (1920-1983) was a Nepalese politician belonging to the Nepali Congress Party (NCP) . He was in the forefront of the leaders who took part in 1947 Biratnagar jute mill strike[1] along with Girija Prasad Koirala, Tarini Prasad Koirala, Man Mohan Adhikari[2] He was among the six National Congress leaders i.e. Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, Girija Prasad Koirala, Tarini Prasad Koirala, Gehendrahari Sharma, Manmohan Adhikari who were taken to Kathmandu as the prisoners of conscience from Biratnagar via the land routes.[3] It took 24 days for them to reach Kathmandu on foot, and was jailed at a Sundarijal-based prison after completing the walk.[4] He was in active role in and after abolition of Rana rule. Later he was arrested and imprisoned by King Mahendra following the 1960 royal coup. Upon his release, Adhikari, was exiled to India along with other leaders and workers of the party and returned home following a government to grant him amnesty . He was then involved in underground politics to abolish the Panchayati regime.

  1. ^ Mahendra Man Singh (3 September 2013). Forever Incomplete: The Story of Nepal. SAGE Publications. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-81-321-1658-5.
  2. ^ Adrian Sever (1993). Nepal Under the Ranas. Oxford & IBH Publishing Company. p. 76. ISBN 9788120407701. OCLC 29595365.
  3. ^ "24-day BP Thought Journey kicks off from Biratnagar". www.myrepublica.com. 2015-02-10. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  4. ^ Koirala, Bisheshwor Prasad (2001). Atmabrittanta: Late Life Recollections. Kathmandu: Himal Books. ISBN 99933-1-308-4.