Sarbottam Dangol ( Nepali: सर्वोत्तम डंगोल) (Born on 30 August 1955 in

Kathmandu Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...

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), politically known as 'Kailash' () is a prominent

ese leader of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and a former central committee member of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre). He stood as a candidate for the mayor post of Kathmandu Metropolitan City in May 2017. He also stood for the election in 2008 Nepalese constituent Assembly from Kathmandu area no. 8. He belongs to Newar community of

Personal life, education and early career

Sarbottam Dangol was born on 30 August 1955 to his father Dwarika Dangol (also a Nepalese communist leader, known as "Kisan neta", Nepali: "किसान नेता") and his mother Jambuwati Dangol, as an eighth child in

, the capital city of

in a middle-class family. He received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Management from Tribhuvan University,

. He also worked as a school headmaster till 1985 and worked as a communist political leader of United People's Front of Nepal.

Political career

His active and most important participation in the Nepalese politics was during the late 80s and early 90s, when he worked as a student leader, who threatened the then royal government and resulted in his arrest by the former royal government in May 1985 and was detained for two years without charge or trial, including two months of incommunicado detention.

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strongly demanded his release to the then royal government after the reports of torture had been revealed. His participation was notably important during the People's movement of anti-monarchy for Republic establishment in 1990 and was imprisoned number of times until the establishment of multi-party democracy in 1990. During the anti-panchayat movement, he was disappeared by the state for 84 days and jailed for over two years. He joined the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) in 2007, and currently he is a political leader at Nepal Communist Party (NCP), former Central Committee member of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) and former political representative at Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dangol, Sarbottam 1955 births Living people Newar people Politicians from Kathmandu Tribhuvan University alumni Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) politicians Nepalese atheists People of the Nepalese Civil War