Bhimdatta Panta () was a farmer, revolutionary leader and a martyr from Dadeldhura District of

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. He is known for raising a protest in favour of peasants and oppressed farmers in the Far-Western Region of Nepal by the landlord's "elite Thakuris". He was martyred with the charges of treason by local elites in 1953 A.D, aged 27. The town Bhim Datta Municipality in

Kanchanpur district Kanchanpur District ( ), a part of Sudurpashchim Province in the Terai plain, is one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Bhimdatta as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 134,868 in 2001 and ...

is named after him (until 2008 the town was named Mahendranagar). A non-profit organization was named by two farmers leaders, Dr. Dev Dhawal and Bhimdatta Panta, as Dev Dhawal and Bhim Datta Foundation for Farmers Right and Respect.

Background

Born to Taranath Panta and Saraswati Devi on the 10th of Mangshir of

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Calendar, Bhimdatta was educated in India. He then went on to establish schools and Pathshala in Far Western Nepal.

Political career

He began his political career by participating in Bharat Chhodo Aandolan as a cadre. He then returned to Nepal and joined

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in 2006 BS. After a dispute with Congressmen, he left to

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in 2009 BS. He revolted against elites by ''Noon Aandolan'' (Salt Protest), distributing salts from Bramhadev Mandi to poor peasants. He began armed rebellions against elites with the aim to eliminate feudalism, caste-based discrimination and oppression of farmers. His quote in Nepali: ''कि जोत हलो, कि छोड थलो, हैन भने छैन अब भलो'' translates to ''Either plough the fields or leave it, else you may have to pay the cost''. The quotation was against landlords of Far Western who oppressed the poor farmers. His army squads were eliminating corrupt government officials and tyrant feudal

Thakuri The Thakuri (Nepali: ठकुरी) . This term is Nepalese title ""Thakuri"", which translates to 'master of the estate'. The term denotes the royal descendants of kings of Baise Rajya and Chaubisi Rajya. During the height of their influence ...

s and distributing the salts and foods to farmers. He rose as Robinhood of Far-Western Nepal. The attack was outmatching the Nepal Government, and a cunning strategy was webbed to bring Indian armed forces to kill Bhimdatta. Bhimdatta 's strategy was unmatched unless exposed by friends. He was killed gruesomely in Jogbudha forest and the

feudal hung his bodyless head in a market of Dadeldhura. A Nepali movie ''Bhimdatta'' was released about his story.

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63 years after murder of Farmer Leader Bhimdatta

Bhimdatta Panta, Captain Yagya Bahadur Thapa and 22 more martyrs

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Panta, Bhimdatta Nepalese revolutionaries Martyrs of Nepal 1926 births 1953 deaths People from Dadeldhura District

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Political career

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