Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad

Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad (Nepal Nationalist Gorkha Council), a pro-monarchy political party in Nepal. The party was founded in 1951 by members of the erstwhile Rana dynasty. The party was led by Bharat Shamsher JBR and MG Mrigendra Shamsher JBR.[1]

Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
नेपाल राष्ट्रवादी गोर्खा परिषद
PresidentBharat Shamsher
Founded1950
IdeologyConservatism
Monarchism
Nationalism
Political positionRight-wing
Election symbol

In 1990, a group reorganized a party under the same name.

History

The party was known as Gorkha Dal until 1952, when it was suppressed after an armed mob had attacked the residence of B.P. Koirala.[2] According to Levi, the party was a far-right communal creation of the Ranas.[3]

The party won 19 seats in the 1959 general elections and was the largest opposition in the House of Representatives.[4]

Shamsher was arrested in the 1960 royal coup, but was released in the fall of 1961 after giving support to the King. He was able to travel abroad, visited the Rome session of the Socialist International and then went to India. In India he denounced the royal regime in Nepal and pledged cooperation with the Nepali Congress to overthrow it. A month later he announced the merger of the party with the Nepali Congress. The Gorkha Parishad leaders in Kathmandu did however condemn this action.[1] The party later disappeared, and its leaders went either to the opposition Nepali Congress or to work in the Panchayat system.

Electoral performance
Election Votes % Seats Position Resulting government
1959 305,118 17.1
19 / 109
 2nd In opposition

References
  1. Bajracharya, Bhadra Ratha/Sharma, Sita Ram/Bakshi S.R.. Political development in Nepal. New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 1993. p. 114, 115
  2. Levi, Werner (1953). "Government and Politics in Nepal: II". Far Eastern Survey. 22 (1): 5–10. doi:10.2307/3024691. ISSN 0362-8949. JSTOR 3024691.
  3. Levi, Werner. Politics in Nepal, published in Far Eastern Survey, Vol. 25, No. 3, (Mar., 1956), pp. 39-46
  4. Levi, Werner (1959). "Nepal's New Era". Far Eastern Survey. 28 (10): 150–156. doi:10.2307/3024359. ISSN 0362-8949. JSTOR 3024359.


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