Rupchandra Bista (; 9 January 1934 — 21 June 1999), better known as Rudane ( ne, रुदाने), was a Nepalese politician, philosopher and activist. He was born on 9 January 1934 in

Palung Palung (पालुङ्ग) is an ancient market place in Thaha Municipality in Makwanpur District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 5,603 people living in 1,236 individual households. ...

, Makwanpur District. In the 1970s, Bista started his Thaha movement to spread knowledge to the people of Nepal. He was a member of the

Rastriya Panchayat Rastriya Panchayat was the official legislature (parliament) during the Panchayat regime of Nepal that effectively functioned from 1960 to 1990. Its head office was at the ''"Gallery Baithak"'' in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu. In the 1980s, it co ...

. Bista died on 21 June 1999. An upcoming biographical film, ''Rudane'' is based on his life, and Divya Dev plays the role of Rupchandra Bista. In 2014, the Government of Nepal named a local municipality

Thaha Municipality Popularly known as Daman or Palung or Tistung - Palung, Thaha Municipality (थाहा नगरपालिका) is a municipality in Makwanpur District of Bagmati Province in mid Nepal. In Nepali Thaha, (थाहा) means to know. It was o ...

after his movement name.

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1934 births 1999 deaths 20th-century Nepalese politicians Members of the Rastriya Panchayat Nepalese activists Nepalese philosophers People from Makwanpur District People of the Nepalese Civil War {{Nepal-politician-stub