| Yagya Bahadur Thapa | |
| Native Name: | यज्ञबहादुर थापा |
| Rank: | Captain |
| Party: | Nepali Congress |
| Known For: | led armed revolution in 1974 against Government; a recognised martyr |
Yagya Bahadur Thapa (ne|यज्ञबहादुर थापा) is a recognised martyr of Nepal. He was given the martyrdom status by the Government of Nepal in March 2016.[1] He was born in 1917 in Okhaldhunga district and was a member of Nepali Congress[1] in the 1970s when it was banned.[2] Along with Bhim Narayan Shrestha, he was a leader in armed revolt in 1974 and was a leader in the banned Nepali Congress.[3] He was implicated in a bomb attack on the King of Nepal in Biratnagar.[4] He joined with mutineers at the eastern hill district of Okhaldunga in an attempted armed revolution.[5] He was arrested attempting to capture Okhaldunga.[2]
A one-man tribunal of Ridhima Nand Rajacharya sentenced Captain Yagya Bahadur Thapa and Bhim Narayan Shrestha to death.[6] The Supreme Court of Nepal upheld the decision.[7] In 1978 he was executed in a forest south of Hetauda.[2]