Sahana Pradhan (Nepali: साहाना प्रधान) (17 June 1927 – 22 September 2014) was a

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ese politician from a

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family in

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. She resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal on April 16, 2008. She also served as

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of Nepal within the

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Girija Prasad Koirala from 2007 to 2008. Pradhan was married to communist stalwart Pushpa Lal Shrestha, and was a leading figure in his

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. When Pushpa Lal died in 1978, Balaram Upadhyaya became party leader. In 1986 Pradhan became the leader of the party. In 1987 the party merged with Manmohan Adhikari's faction, forming the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)Rawal, Bhim. ''The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development''.

: Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 82. When the CPN(UML) was divided in 1998, Pradhan sided with the break-away faction. She became chairperson of Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist). However, in 2002 CPN(ML) merged back into CPN(UML). At the 2003 7th conference of CPN(UML), Pradhan was reelected to the Central Committee. Pradhan was the number two candidate of CPN(UML) in the

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list for the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election.

Death

Sahara Pradhan died of a brain hemorrhage on 22 September 2014 at the age of 87 in the Vayodha Hospital in Kathmandu.

References

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