Gopal Rai ( Nepali: गोपाल राई ) was a political leader of the

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. He was state minister for Forest and Soil Conservation of Nepal. He became active in politics while studying bachelor's degree in

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against Panchayat System. He was captured while planning to attack by force in Okhaldhunga. His many friends were killed and he was put in jail.

Early life

Gopal Rai was born and raised in

Okhaldhunga Okhaldhunga is the headquarters of the Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3761 living in 790 individual households. Background The name Okhaldhunga originates from ...

Death

He died in a MI-17 chopper accident at Ghunsa,

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in Nepal during

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program with other 23 passengers including his wife Mina Rai on 23 September 2006.

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Kinshipcircle.orgWwfnepal.org
2006 deaths People from Okhaldhunga Nepali Congress politicians from Koshi Province Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Nepal 1957 births Tri-Chandra College alumni Nepal MPs 1999–2002 {{Nepal-politician-stub