Naya Raj Pant

Naya Raj Pant (Nepali: नयराज पन्त; 1913–2002) was a Nepalese polymath who was active as a poet, astronomer, mathematician, scholar, and historian.[1][2] He is best known for establishing Saṃśodhana Maṇḍala, research organisation, on 20 September 1952.[3]

Naya Raj Pant
Born(1913-08-10)10 August 1913
Kathmandu, Nepal
Died4 November 2002(2002-11-04) (aged 89)
Nepal
NationalityNepali
OccupationPolymath

He was born on 10 August 1913 in Mahaboudha, Kathmandu to Krishna Datta, and Yajnapriya Datta.[1] Pant died on 4 November 2002.[4][5]

In 1986–87, he won the Madan Puraskar, Nepal's highest literary honour.[6]

Notable works
  • Licchavisaṃvatko nirṇaya
  • Nayarāja Pantakā gaṇitīya kr̥ti
  • Śrī 3 Mahārāja Padmaśamaśerakā kurā

References
  1. Pant, Mahesh Raj (10 August 2019). "Remembering a scholar extraordinaire". My Republica. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  2. "Journal that 'corrected' Nepali history is on its deathbed". OnlineKhabar. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  3. "संशोधन मण्डलको सामर्थ्य र सीमा". Himal Khabar. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. Nepal Yearbook. Institute for Integrated Development Studies. 2003. p. 57.
  5. "Prof. Naya Raj Pant As an Institution of Mathematics" (PDF). Ramanujan Society of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  6. "नयराज पन्त". Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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