Madan Puraskār Pustakālaya ( ne, मदन पुरस्कार पुस्तकालय) is a library of books and periodicals in the Nepali language. The library is a not-for-profits and non-governmental institution that is run by a trust. In addition to the archive, the library is involved in many other areas like publishing, educational training and development of information technology in Nepali language. The library also manages Madan Puraskar and

Jagadamba Shree Purasakar Jagadamba Shree Puraskar () is an award given for contribution to Nepali Language, Literature, Art and Folk Culture Field. It is awarded to a person or an organization who has contributed in the field of Nepali language, literature, art or folk c ...

prizes. The library is located at Patan Dhoka, Lalitpur, Nepal.

History

The first acquisitions for what was later to become the Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya were made in the mid-1940s by a Kathmandu schoolboy,

Kamal Mani Dixit Kamal Mani Dixit ( ne, कमलमणि दीक्षित; 2 September 1929 – 29 December 2016) was the founder and chair of Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya and Madan Puraskar. He was the author of numerous Nepali books and has made importan ...

, with pennies that came from his lunch allowance. As the personal collection grew, it attracted gifts in kind from several important literary personalities, statesmen and scholars of Nepal and India. In 1956, the collection received an endowment from

Chandra Shumsher JBR Field-Marshal Maharaja Sri Teen Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (8 July 1863 – 26 November 1929) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty. He served in this capacity from 27 June 1901 to his death in 1929, after he successfully ...

's daughter in law Rani

Jagadamba Kumari Devi Rani Jagadamba Kumari Devi(1918-1988) was the wife of Lt.-Gen. Madan Shumsher JBR, daughter-in-law of Maharaja Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher JBR. Jagadamba Kumari Devi was born in Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh. After marriage with Lt.-G ...

. Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya was officially registered in 1985, under Organizations Registration Act of 1977 of Nepal naming it after late Gen.

Madan Shumsher JBR Major General Madan Shumsher JBR was a Nepalese cricketer and son of 13th Prime Minister of Nepal Chandra Shumsher JBR. He is considered the Father of Nepali Cricket as he introduced Cricket to Nepal for the first time in the 1920s and organized ...

son of Chandra Shumsher JBR and husband of Jagadamba Kumari Devi. Kamal Mani Dixit, the founder of the library, was the chairman of the library until his death.

Activities

NepaLinux

Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya also releases

NepaLinux NepaLinux was a Debian and Morphix-based Linux distribution focused on desktop usage in Nepali language computing. It contains applications for desktop users, such as OpenOffice.org, Nepali GNOME and KDE desktops, Nepali input method editor. Th ...

- a linux flavor / distribution in the Nepali language Release of NepaLinux 3.0 on madanpuraskar.org
/ref> NepaLinux is an effort to promote Free and Open Source Software in Nepal.

Prize distribution

Madan Puraskar Guthi manages two Nepali literary prizes, the Madan Puraskar and the

. The prizes are rewarded after "Ghatasthapana" (घटस्थापना).

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