Surya Prasad Upadhyaya (14 September 1907 – 30 July 1984) was a

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

ese politician. Upadhyaya was a leader of the Nepal Democratic Congress, which merged with into the

Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party of ...

in 1950. He was born in

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on 14 September 1907. Upadhyaya became Home and Law Minister in the Nepali Congress cabinet after the 1959 election. He led the Nepalese delegation at the 1959

UN General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; french: link=no, Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Cur ...

. During the December 1960 royal coup d'état, he was arrested along with B.P. Koirala and

Ganesh Man Singh Ganesh Man Singh (Nepali:गणेशमान सिंह) (November 9, 1915 – September 18, 1997) was the leader of the democratic movement of 1990 in Nepal. He is revered as the Father of Democracy and the Iron-man of Nepali politics ...

. In 1978 he took part in a split in the Nepali Congress, and he and Bakhan Singh Gurung founded the

Nepali Congress (Subarna) Nepali Congress (Subarna) is a political party in Nepal. The party was formed in 1978, through a split in the Nepali Congress. At the time of the split, the Nepali Congress (Subarna) was led by Bakhan Singh Gurung and Surya Prasad Upadhyaya. T ...

. He died in New Delhi on 30 July 1984.सूर्यप्रसाद उपाध्याय र लोकतन्त्र: लोकराज बराल
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Upadhyaya, Surya Prasad Government ministers of Nepal Nepali Congress politicians from Bagmati Province Nepali Congress (Subarna) politicians Permanent Representatives of Nepal to the United Nations 1907 births 1984 deaths Members of the National Assembly (Nepal)