Bhimdatta Panta (Nepali:भिमदत्त पन्त) was a farmer, revolutionary leader and a martyr from
Dadeldhura District, of
Nepal. He is known for raising a protest in the favour of peasants and oppressed farmers in the Far-Western Region of Nepal, by the landlords "elite Thakuris". He was martyred with the charges of treason by Local Elites on 1953 A.D aged 27. The town
Bhimdatta Municipality
Mahendranagar (Nepali: महेन्द्रनगर) officially known as Bhimdattanagar (Nepali:भिमदत्त), is a municipality in Kanchanpur District of Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal. The city and the municipality were named Mah ...
in
Kanchanpur district is named after him (until 2008 the town was named Mahendranagar). A Non-Profit organization was Named by Two farmers leader Dr.
Dev Dhawal and Bhimdatta Panta as
DevDhawal and Bhimdatta Foundation for
Farmers Right and Respect.
Background
Born to Taranath Panta and Saraswati Devi on 10th of Mangshir of
Vikram Samvat 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 with participating in
Bharat Chhodo Aandolan as a cadre. He then returned to Nepal and joined
Nepali Congress in 2006
BS After dispute with Congressmen, he left to
Nepal Communist Party in 2009
BS.
He revolted against Elites by ''Noon Aandolan'' (Salt Protest) distributing salts from
Bramhadev
Brahmdev is a village development committee in Kanchanpur District in Mahakali Zone of far-western region of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bure ...
Mandi to poor peasants. He began armed rebellions against Elites whose mission was 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
Thakuris and distributed the salts and foods to farmers. He rose as Robinhood of Far-Western Nepal. The attack was outmatching 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
Thakuri feudals hung his bodyless head in a market of Dadeldhura. A Nepali movie ''Bhimdatta'' was released about his story.
See also
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Martyrs of Nepal
Martyr ( ne, नेपालका सहिद; Shahid) in Nepal is a term for some one who is executed while making contributions for the welfare of the country or society. The term was originally used for individuals who died while opposing the ...
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Dashrath Chand
Dasharath Chand ( ne, दशरथ चन्द; 1903-28 January 1941) is martyr of Nepalese Democratic Movement and a politician of Nepal who was active in starting a political revolution in Nepal during Rana rule. He was born at Baskot of Baitadi ...
External links
63 years after murder of Farmer Leader BhimdattaBhimdatta Panta, Captain Yagya Bahadur Thapa and 22 more martyrs
References
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Nepalese revolutionaries
Nepalese martyrs
1926 births
1953 deaths
People from Dadeldhura District