Sarbottam Dangol ( Nepali: सर्वोत्तम डंगोल) (Born on 30 August 1955 in

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

), politically known as 'Kailash' ( ne, कैलाश) is a prominent

ese leader of

Nepal Communist Party The Nepal Communist Party, abbreviated NCP ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी, ) is a defunct communist party of Nepal. It was founded on 17 May 2018, from the unification of two leftist parties, Communist ...

(NCP) and a former central committee member of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre). He stood as a candidate for the mayor post of Kathmandu Metropolitan City in May 2017. He also stood for the election in 2008 Nepalese constituent Assembly from Kathmandu area no. 8. He belongs to Newar community of

Personal life, education and early career

Sarbottam Dangol was born on 30 August 1955 to his father Dwarika Dangol (also a Nepalese communist leader, known as "Kisan neta", Nepali: "किसान नेता") and his mother Jambuwati Dangol, as an eighth child in

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, the capital city of

in a middle-class family. He received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Management from

Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ne, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest university in Nepal. In terms of enrollment, it is ...

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. He also worked as a school headmaster till 1985 and worked as a communist political leader of

United People's Front of Nepal The United People's Front of Nepal ( ne, संयुक्त जनमोर्चा नेपाल, Sanyukta Janamorcha Nepal), abbreviated SJM, was the front of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre), or CPN (UC). History Formatio ...

Political career

His active and most important participation in the Nepalese politics was during the late 80s and early 90s, when he worked as a student leader, who threatened the then royal government and resulted in his arrest by the former royal government in May 1985 and was detained for two years without charge or trial, including two months of incommunicado detention. Amnesty International strongly demanded his release to the then royal government after the reports of torture had been revealed. His participation was notably important during the People's movement of anti-monarchy for Republic establishment in 1990 and was imprisoned number of times until the establishment of multi-party democracy in 1990. During the anti-panchayat movement, he was disappeared by the state for 84 days and jailed for over two years. He joined the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) in 2007, and currently he is a political leader at

(NCP), former Central Committee member of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) and former political representative at Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dangol, Sarbottam 1955 births Living people Newar people People from Kathmandu Tribhuvan University alumni Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) politicians Nepalese atheists People of the Nepalese Civil War