Sector Kanda ( ne, सेक्टर काण्ड, 'Sector Incident') is the name given to a failed attempt to launch an armed uprising in

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

in 1986. It was organized by the

Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) The Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) was an underground communist party in Nepal. CPN (Mashal) was formed in November 1984, following a split in the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). The new party was founded at a congress (labelled the 'fifth ...

, one of the precursors of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). The 'Sector Kanda' represented the first experience of armed struggle of the precursor organizations of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), prior to the launching of

People's War People's war ( Chinese: 人民战争), also called protracted people's war, is a Maoist military strategy. First developed by the Chinese communist revolutionary leader Mao Zedong (1893–1976), the basic concept behind people's war is to main ...

ten years later.

April 1 actions

Under the leadership of

Mohan Baidya Mohan Baidya ( ne, मोहन वैद्य) is a Nepalese political activist who is the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal Revolutionary Maoist, a party formed in 2012 by a splinter group from the Nepal Communist Party - Maoist Uni ...

('Kiran') the

adopted

Maoism Maoism, officially called Mao Zedong Thought by the Chinese Communist Party, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed to realise a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of Ch ...

as its ideological line. As part of the new line, the party called for armed struggle, seeking to ignite a mass popular uprising against the panchayat regime, and for boycott of the panchayat elections.''The Kathmandu Post''.
The lone wolf
' On April 1, 1986 the statue of

King Tribhuvan Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज त्रिभुवन वीर विक्रम शाह देव ) (30 June 1906 – 13 March 1955) was King of Nepal from 11 December 1911 until his ...

at Tripureshwor in the capital

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was painted black and a number of police posts were attacked by the party.Hutt, Michael.
Himalayan People's War: Nepal's Maoist Rebellion
'. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. p. 35 The April 1 actions, which became known as 'Sector Kanda', sought to derail the election process.

Aftermath

Contrary to the expectations of the party leadership, the April 1 actions failed to inspire popular militancy.Einsiedel, Sebastian von, David Malone, and Suman Pradhan.
Nepal in Transition: From People's War to Fragile Peace
'. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 71 On the other hand, the action revealed the underground activities of the party. A number of Mashal party cadres were arrested. When the Central Committee of the party analyzed the Sector Kanda events, they concluded that the actions had been a mistake as they had exposed the underground networks of the party. As a result, Baidya resigned as party general secretary. He was replaced

Pushpa Kamal Dahal Pushpa Kamal Dahal ( ne, पुष्पकमल दाहाल; born 11 December 1954), also widely known by his nom de guerre Prachanda (, ; meaning "fierce"), is a Nepalese politician serving as the current Prime Minister of Nepal. He pre ...

(then known by the party name 'Biswas', later commonly known as 'Prachanda').

References

{{Reflist Communism in Nepal 1986 in Nepal