Communist Party of Nepal

Communist Party of Nepal
नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी
General SecretaryTulsi Lal Amatya
FounderPushpa Lal Shrestha
FoundedSeptember 15, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-09-15)
Dissolved1962
Succeeded byCommunist Party of Nepal (Amatya)
Communist Party of Nepal (Rayamajhi)
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Election symbol

The Communist Party of Nepal (Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी), abbreviated CPN, was a communist party in Nepal from 1949 to 1962. It was founded on 15 September 1949 to struggle against the autocratic Rana regime, feudalism, and imperialism. The founding general secretary was Pushpa Lal Shrestha. The founding members of the Communist Party of Nepal were Moti Devi Shrestha, Niranjan Govinda Vaidya, Nar Bahadur Karmacharya and Narayan Bilas Joshi.[1]

  1. ^ "नेकपाको ७१ वर्षे इतिहास : स्थापनाको १३ वर्षसम्म विवाद, त्यसपछि फुटैफुट". Himal Khabar. Retrieved 2022-06-01.