Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari

Bada Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari (born 1880, date of death unknown) was a Nepalese politician. He served as Minister for Public Works, Communication, Law & Parliamentary Affairs, Health and Local Self Governance in the Advisory Council government from the August 1952 until June 1953. Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari was the father of Late Mananiya Shree Ganapat Lal Rajbhandari and Late Mrs.Manik Laxmi Amatya.[1]

Bada Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari
Bada Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari, December 1927

Education

Bada Kaji Manik lal Rajbhandari holds the distinction of being the first graduate of Nepal. He obtained his Degree in Bachelor of Arts from the St.Xavier's College affiliated with the University of Calcutta, in the year 1906.[2]

First Graduate of Nepal
First Graduate of Nepal, Bada Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari's Bachelor's Certificate, 1906.
First Graduate of Nepal
First Graduate of Nepal, Bada Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari, 1906

Work

  1. Minister for Public Works, Communication, Law & Parliamentary Affairs, Health and Local Self Governance in the Advisory Council Government, August 1952 – June 1953.
  2. First Secretary of Nepal Embassy in London/Great Britain, at the time of Shova Jung, 1945.[3]
  3. He was a philatelist and numismatist.[4]

History

He is mentioned in Tribhuwan's Political Experiments Chapter as one of the Councilor in the Royal Councilor's Government of 1952–53, in the book Democratic Innovations in Nepal.[5]

Royal Councilor's Government of 1952-53
Royal Councilor's Government, 1952–53. Bada Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari second from left and King Tribhuvan fifth from left.
Bada Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari
Bada Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari in uniform

Personal life

He is believed to be amongst the first to own a car in Nepal. The model was identified as the Austin. He also brought one of the first cinema projectors, wireless gramophones, typewriters, microscopes, and telescopes to Nepal. The residence used by the Late Bada Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari is located in Kwalkhu, Mangalbazar in Lalitpur district of Kathmandu Valley and has recently been named as The Graduate Centenary House, in honour of the hundred-plus years since his graduation from St. Xaviers College, Calcutta. The house since has been the residence for his family members.[6]

Bada Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari
Bada Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari

Titles

Honors

References

  1. ↑ http://www.healthnet.org.np/users/dixit/ANNEX-III.PDF
  2. ↑ http://www.baibhav.com.np/article/9-community/17-bada-kaji-manik-lal-rajbhandari.html
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