September 9, 2024 7:55 PM

Nepal Celebrates 111th Birth Anniversary of First Elected PM BP Koirala

The 111th birth anniversary of BP Koirala, the first elected Prime Minister of Nepal, is being celebrated by organising numerous events across Nepal today. He led the establishment of the Nepali National Congress in 1946 AD during his exile in India to end the then autocratic Rana regime. After the success of the 2007 revolution, BP became the home minister in the Rana-Congress government led by Mohan Shamsher. B P Koirala became the first elected Prime Minister after the Congress won a two-thir...