Chhinnalata Explained

Chhinnalata
Other Names:	Ramola Devi Shah
Birth Name:	Ramola Devi
Birth Date:	15 July 1923
Birth Place:	Thyu, Bagh Bazar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Death Place:	Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Nationality:	Nepali
Spouse:	Prince Basundhara
Parents:	Harkha Narayan (father) Heramanya (mother)
Children:	N. Bikram Shah Jyoti Rajya Lakshmi Devi

Ramola Devi Shah, better known as Chhinnalata (; 1923–2000) was a Nepalese writer and poet.^[1]

Biography

Ramola Devi was born on 15 July 1923^[2] in Thu, Bagh Bazar, Kathmandu, Nepal. She was married to Prince Basundhara.^[3] In 1983, she established a literary trust, Chhinnalata Geet Puraskar Guthi (CGPG).^[4]

Chhinnalata died from paralysis on 4 December 2000 at Bir Hospital. Chhinnalata Geet Puraskar, a music award, is named in her honour.^{[5] [6]}

Marriage and issue

In 1948 she married Prince Basundhara of Nepal.^[7]

They had a son and a daughter:

• N. Bikram Shah
• Jyoti Rajya Lakshmi Devi Singha (born 1954)

Patronages

• President of the Nepal Women's Literary Association (1980–1982) [Adviser 1983–1985].

Notable published works

• Interference
• Interrogation
• Intuition
• Spirit of Peace
• Inner Journey

Honours

National honours

• Ratna Shri Swani Padak [Ratna Shri Swan Medal] (1975)

Further reading

• Book: Lāmichāne, Yādavaprakāśa. Chinnalatāko gītisādhanā. 1992. Chinnalatā Gīta Puraskāra Guṭhī. ne.

Notes and References

1. Book: Mainali, Pramod. Milestones of History. 2006. Pramod Mainali. 978-99946-960-4-8. 131. en. 25 October 2021. 17 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211017170331/https://books.google.com/books?id=Gl1mAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0. live.
2. https://kathmandupost.com/national/2016/06/13/chhinnalata-geet-puraskar-announced Kathmandu Post
3. News: December 2000. Chhinnalata passes away. Nepali Times. 25 October 2021. 14 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200714170140/http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/nepalitimes/pdf/Nepali_Times_021.pdf. live.
4. Book: Nepal Who's who. 1997. Research Centre for Communication and Development. 351. en. 25 October 2021. 25 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211025200144/https://books.google.com/books?id=XXBmAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0. live.
5. Web site: छिन्नलता पुरस्कार सात स्रष्टालाई प्रदान. live. 28 November 2021. Nagarik. ne. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128175550/https://nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com/arts/184652-1563075060.html . 28 November 2021 .
6. Web site: तीर्थकुमारीलाई छिन्नलता विशेष सम्मान, 'गलबन्दी' जोडीलाई युवा सम्मान. live. 28 November 2021. Himal Khabar. ne. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712203352/http://himalkhabar.com/news/13432 . 12 July 2019 .
7. http://nai.com.np/contents.php?id=94 Nai