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The 107th birth anniversary of the first elected Prime Minister BP Koirala, who made significant contribution to Nepal's politics and literature, is being celebrated across the country today with various programs.
Koirala, who fought hard for the establishment and restoration of democracy in Nepal, was born on Bhadra 24, 1971.
The Koirala family had to go into exile in India after his father Krishna Prasad Koirala sent a parcel of clothes worn by a poor farmer to Rana Prime Minister Chandrashamsher in protest of the autocratic Rana rule.
While in exile in India, BP took part in India's freedom struggle.
He became active in the movement thinking that it would be easier to establish democracy in Nepal after India became independent.
The Nepali National Congress was established in 2003 BS under the leadership of BP to end the rule of autocratic Rana during the exile in India.
The revolution of 2007 was successful after the unification of the Nepal Prajatantra Congress, which was established in 2006 under the leadership of Suvarna Shamsher with the main goal of establishing democracy.
The Nepali Congress, formed by the unification of both parties, is still active in Parliament as the main opposition party.
After the success of the revolution, BP became the Home Minister in the Rana-Congress government led by Mohan Shamsher.
Koirala, who became the first popularly elected prime minister after the Congress won a two-thirds majority in the 2015 general election, provided political leadership for the establishment of nationalism, democracy and socialism in Nepal.
During his tenure as prime minister, he abolished the birta and introduced a land reform program called 'Land to the one who ploughs'.
Koirala and other leaders were imprisoned in Singha Durbar after the overthrow of the popularly elected government on Poush 1, 2017.
A month later, the official residence of the army's Sundarijal Arsenal chief was surrounded by a wall and leader Koirala, first speaker of parliament Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, leader Ganeshman Singh and other ministers were transferred to Sundarijal prison.
Koirala, who was released from jail in 2025 for a medical examination, spent eight years in exile in India.
He returned to Nepal on Poush 16, 2033, with a policy of national unity and reconciliation, regardless of the possibility of being convicted of eight deaths, after analyzing the weakness of the nation while fighting for the restoration of democracy in exile in India.
His policy of reconciliation is equally relevant in the politics of the country today.
