Rupchandra Bista

Rupchandra Bista (Nepali: रुपचन्द्र विष्ट; 9 January 1934 — 21 June 1999), better known as Rudane (Nepali: रुदाने), was a Nepalese politician, philosopher and activist.[1]

He was born on 9 January 1934 in Palung, Makwanpur District.[2] In the 1970s, Bista started his Thaha movement to spread knowledge to the people of Nepal.[2][3] He was a member of the Rastriya Panchayat.[2]

Bista died on 21 June 1999.[2] An upcoming biographical film, Rudane is based on his life, and Divya Dev plays the role of Rupchandra Bista.[4][5] In 2014, the Government of Nepal named a local municipality Thaha Municipality after his movement name.[2]

  1. ^ Baral, Roshan Raj (2014). "Experiment with Education, Development and Politics: Interrogating Rup Chandra Bista's Life". Nepali Journal of Contemporary Studies. 14 (1–2): 43–70.
  2. ^ a b c d e Anupam, Birat (28 Sep 2021). "Why we must be talking about Thaha and Rudane today?". The Rising Nepal. Archived from the original on 2021-09-28. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  3. ^ "Alternative Current". Nepali Times. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  4. ^ "Rup Chandra Bista biopic in the making". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  5. ^ "Rup Chandra Bista's life in a movie". My City. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2021-09-29.