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Narayan Singh Pun ( ne, नारायणसिंह पुन) (died February 21, 2008, in
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) was a
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ese politician. Prior to starting his political career, he had been a helicopter pilot and
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in the
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/ref> He was elected to the
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in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress. He was later expelled from the party on the grounds of collaborating with the
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. He later founded the
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. Pun founded
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in 2001. Narayan Singh Pun died at a hospital in New Delhi, India, on February 21, 2008, from an infection that had emerged after a kidney transplant. He was 59 years old.


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2008 deaths Nepali Congress politicians from Gandaki Province Nepal Samata Party politicians Infectious disease deaths in India Year of birth missing Nepal MPs 1999–2002 Nepalese Army Air Service personnel Airline founders {{Nepal-politician-stub