Mohan Chandra Adhikari () is a former

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politician in

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. He is from a

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family in Morang District. Adhikari studied B.A., but didn't appear in the final exams. Adhikari had been a follower of

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, but turned more radical than his mentor. Adhikari became a leader of the group in the

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Committee of the Communist Party which in the early 1970s intended to initiate a

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on the lines of the

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insurgency in

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.Rawal, Bhim. ''The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development''.

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: Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 91. Adhikari was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was saved from death sentence through a royal pardon. Whilst in jail, he was associated with the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist). Adhikari would spend 17 years in prison. He was sometimes called the '

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' of Nepal. After being released from jail, Adhikari became an advisory-member of the

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. He also represented the party in the Upper House of Parliament. He was arrested during the 2006

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. Adhikari later broke with communism, and became a

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leader. After the declaration of Nepal as a secular state, Adhikari participated in a meeting organised by the Shivsena Nepal.

Awards

*Maha Ujwaol Rastradeep awards from the President of Nepal on 2021

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adhikari, Mohan Living people Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya) politicians Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (1978) politicians Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians Members of the National Assembly (Nepal) Nepalese prisoners sentenced to death Prisoners sentenced to death by Nepal Recipients of Nepalese royal pardons Converts to Hinduism from atheism or agnosticism Nepalese Hindus People from Morang District Year of birth missing (living people) People of the Nepalese Civil War