Ram Raja Prasad Singh

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Ram Raja Prasad Singh

Ram Raja Prasad Singh ( Nepalese : राम राजा प्रसाद सिंह; * around 1936; † September 12, 2012 in Kathmandu , Nepal ) was a Nepalese politician from the Madhesi ethnic minority .

Life

He was sentenced to death in 1985 for a series of bombings that left eight dead . In his exile in India , Singh later admitted his involvement. He was pardoned in 1990 and returned to Nepal.

In 2008, after the abolition of the country's monarchy, the independent and previously politically insignificant Singh was proposed as a presidential candidate by the country's Maoists . However, on July 21, 2008, he was defeated in the second ballot by the candidate of the Nepalese Congress Party , Ram Baran Yadav .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ram Raja Prasad Singh dead at 77 , accessed June 5, 2013
  2. ↑ Indian freedom fighters behind Nepal revolution? ( English ) Webindia123. May 28, 2006. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
  3. ↑ a b Nepal awaits result of its first presidential vote ( English ) Khaleej Times. July 19, 2008. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.khaleejtimes.com
  4. ↑ Ramjee P. Parajulee: The democratic transition in Nepal . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham 2000, ISBN 0-8476-9577-8 , pp. 74 (American English).
  5. ↑ Ramraj Singh, opponent of the monarchy, is to become president. In: derStandard.at. July 19, 2008, accessed December 16, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Yadav asserts himself against Maoist candidates in Nepal . Day indicator . July 21, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Singh, Ram Raja Prasad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nepalese politician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1936
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 2012
Place of death Kathmandu , Nepal