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. ...
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Makwanpur District
Makwanpur District( ne, मकवानपुर जिल्ला; , a part of Bagmati Province, earlier a part of Narayani Zone, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Hetauda as its district headquarter, as well ...
.
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
The Government of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल सरकार) is the federal executive authority of Nepal. Prior to the abolition of the Nepali monarchy in 2006 (became republic in 2008), it was officially known as His Majesty's Government.
T ...
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.
References
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
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