Ram Prasad Rai

Statue of Ram Prasad Rai in Biratnagar

Ram Prasad Rai (Nepali:रामप्रसाद राई) (1909-unknown) was a Nepalese political fighter belonging to the Nepali Congress Party. He was in the forefront of Nepali Congress's Liberation Army.

Revolutionary

On December 9th, 1951, under his leadership, the Liberation Army was able to capture Bhojpur without bloodshed. Dissatisfied with the Delhi Accord of 1951, he went back to Bhojpur to continue the revolution and was captured and jailed for 26 days. Upon his release he was disarmed. He later traveled to Kathmandu and participated in the protests against the Delhi Agreement. On January 22, 1951, he, along with Kunwar Inderjit Singh, captured Singha Durbar for 24 hours. They formed a government and he acted as Defense minister of Nepal for that period. After losing the captured area, he and others fled to Tibet. It is believed that he was captured and killed while traveling to Tibet by the government army.

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