Surya Prasad Upadhyaya Explained
| Surya Prasad Upadhyaya |
| Birth Date: | 14 September 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Kathmandu |
| Death Place: | New Delhi India |
| Nationality: | Nepalese |
| Other Names: | Suryababu |
| Party: | Nepali Congress (Subarna) |
| Occupation: | Political leader |
| Known For: | Establishment of Nepali Congress |
Surya Prasad Upadhyaya (14 September 1907 - 30 July 1984) was a Nepalese politician. Upadhyaya was a leader of the Nepal Democratic Congress, which merged with into the Nepali Congress in 1950.[1]
He was born in Kathmandu on 14 September 1907.[2]
Upadhyaya became Home and Law Minister in the Nepali Congress cabinet after the 1959 election.[3] He led the Nepalese delegation at the 1959 UN General Assembly.[4] During the December 1960 royal coup d'état, he was arrested along with B.P. Koirala and Ganesh Man Singh.[5]
In 1978 he took part in a split in the Nepali Congress, and he and Bakhan Singh Gurung founded the Nepali Congress (Subarna).[6]
He died in New Delhi on 30 July 1984.[7]
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- Web site: राजनीतिका चाणक्य नागरिक न्यूज ]. dead . 2012-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120801083540/http://www.nagariknews.com/opinions/98-opinion/44046-2012-07-30-07-46-28.html . 2012-08-01.
- Web site: Sino-Nepal Treaties, 1960 . Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Nepal Office . 2001 . Nepal Democracy . 2017-07-23.
- Web site: Leaders of the Nepalese Delegation to the UN General Assembly (1956-2005) . Ministry of Foreign Affairs . 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060620114418/http://www.mofa.gov.np/nepalun/statement9.php . 2006-06-20.
- News: India's short-sightedness . T V R Shenoy . 2005-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050302081859/http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/feb/25flip.htm . 2005-03-02 . Rediff India Abroad.
- Phadnis, Urmila . Urmila Phadnis . Nepal: The Politics of Referendum . Pacific Affairs . 54 . 3 . 1981 . 431–454. 2756788.
- http://www.ekantipur.com/nep/2068/6/22/full-story/336770.html सूर्यप्रसाद उपाध्याय र लोकतन्त्र: लोकराज बराल
