Tulsi Lal Amatya (; May 1916 – August 1997) was a Nepalese politician.

Biography

Amatya was born in May 1916 in

Lalitpur, Nepal Lalitpur Metropolitan City, historically Patan ( sa, पाटन ''Pāṭana'', Nepal bhasa : '' Yela'', ), is the fourth most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, Pokhara and Bharatpur, and it is located in the south-central part of Kat ...

to Riddhinarsimha Malla Amatya and Yog Maya Awnatya. In 1962, he served as the

general secretary Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derived ...

of the

Communist Party of Nepal The Communist Party of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी), abbreviated CPN, was a communist party in Nepal from 1949 to 1962. It was founded on 15 September 1949 to struggle against the autocratic Rana ...

. The same year, the Communist Party of Nepal was split into two parties, the

Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya) The Communist Party of Nepal, also referred to as the Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya), was a communist party in Nepal. It emerged from a split in the original Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) in 1962. The CPN had been ravaged by internal conflict ...

, and the

Communist Party of Nepal (Burma) Communist Party of Nepal (Burma) ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (वर्मा)), initially known simply as Communist Party of Nepal or Communist Party of Nepal (Rayamajhi Group), was a communist party in ...

. Amatya also served as the Ambassador of Nepal to China from 1995 to 1996. Tulsi Lal Amatya died in August 1997. In 2001, 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 ...

issued a stamp featuring Amatya.

Awards

*Maha Ujwaol Rastradeep awards from the President of Nepal on 2021 (posthumously)

Biography

Awards

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