Prachanda (Devanagari: प्रचण्ड pracaṇḍa, born Pushpa Kamal Dahal on December 11, 1954) is the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). He is also the leader of People's Liberation Army (PLA), the military wing of CPN (M). Under his leadership, CPN (M) launched the Nepalese People's War on the 13^th of February 1996, in which about 13,000 Nepalis were killed. is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar). ... Kaski district, a part of Gandaki zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. ... Rigveda manuscript in Devanagari (early 19th century) DevanāgarÄ« (देवनागरी — in English pronounced ) (ISCII – IS13194:1991) [1] is an abugida alphabet used to write several Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Bihari, Bhili, Konkani, Bhojpuri and Nepali from Nepal. ... is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Note: This article needs additional contributors badly. ... is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

Prachanda's extension of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism to take specific account of Nepal's situation is known as the Prachanda Path. Maoism or Mao Zedong Thought (Chinese: 毛澤東思想, pinyin: Máo Zédōng Sīxiǎng), also called Marxism-Leninism–Mao Zedong Thought or Marxism-Leninism-Maoism (MLM), is a variant of communism derived from the teachings of Mao Zedong (1893–1976). ... Prachanda Path refers to the ideology of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), which forms a Nepalese version of Maoism named after the leader of the Communist Party, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, commonly known as Prachanda. Prachanda Path is partly inspired by the example of the Shining Path (Communist Party of...

"Prachanda" is his nom de guerre; it means "the fierce one". A pseudonym or allonym is a name (sometimes legally adopted, sometimes purely fictitious) used by an individual as an alternative to their birth name. ...

Personal life and early career

Prachanda spent much of his childhood in the Chitwan District in Nepal. His family are reported to have been Brahmins of modest means. He received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (BSc-Ag) from the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS) in Rampur, Chitwan, and was reportedly once employed at a rural development project sponsored by USAID, the project site being Jajarkot.^[1] WWW.chitwanhearts. ... The Sanskrit word denotes the scholar/teacher, priest, caste, class (), or tribe, that has been traditionally enjoined to live a life of learning, teaching and non-possessivenes . ... Rampur is a city located in the Northern part of Uttar Pradesh between Moradabad and Bareilly, not far from Delhi. ... WWW.chitwanhearts. ... The United States Agency for International Development (or USAID) is the US government organization responsible for most non-military foreign aid. ...

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Prachanda lived underground even after the restoration of democracy in 1990. Until then a little-known figure, he controlled the clandestine wing of the party, while the parliamentary representation in the United People's Front was headed by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai. Since 1996, Prachanda has become internationally known as the leader of the CPN (M) military wing and its overall leader. This article is about the year. ... SJM banner in Patan, 1994 elections The Sanyukta Janamorcha Nepal (संयुक्त जनमोर्चा नेपाल, United Peoples Front of Nepal, abbreviated SJM) was the mass front of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre). ... Dr. Baburam Bhattarai (born 26 May 1954) is a Nepalese communist. ...

The Maoist insurrection

On February 4, 1996, Bhattarai gave the government, led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, a list of 40 demands, threatening civil war if they were not met. The demands related to "nationalism, democracy and livelihood" and included such line items as the "domination of foreign capital in Nepali industries, business and finance should be stopped", and "discriminatory treaties, including the 1950 Nepal-India Treaty, should be abrogated", and "land under the control of the feudal system should be confiscated and distributed to the landless and the homeless."^[2] After that, and until 26 April 2006, Prachanda directed the military efforts of the CPN (M) towards establishing areas of control, particularly in the mountainous regions and western Nepal. Image File history File links Red_star. ... 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The 40 demands were whittled down to 24 in subsequent political negotiations.^[3]

Relations with Bhattarai

In late 2004 or early 2005, relations between Prachanda and Bhattarai soured. ^[4] This was reportedly due to disagreement on power sharing inside the party. It was reported that Bhattarai was unhappy with the consolidation of power under Prachanda.But in reality it was not like that the the news which came in public media houses. It has since been reported that they have reconciled their differences. ^{[5] [6]}

Twelve point agreement

On November 22, 2005 Prachanda and the Seven Party Alliance released a "twelve-point agreement" that expressed areas of agreement between the CPN(M) and the parties that won a large majority in the last parliamentary election in 1999. Among other points, this document stated that a dictatorial monarchy of King Gyanendra is the chief impediment to progress in Nepal. It claimed further that the Maoists are committed to human rights and press freedoms and a multi-party system of government. It pledged self-criticism and the intention of the Maoists and the Seven Parties to not repeat past mistakes. ^[7] This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 519 pixelsFull resolution‎ (929 × 603 pixels, file size: 53 KB, MIME type: image/gif) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... 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Ceasefires

Several ceasefires have occurred over the course of the Nepalese civil war. ^[8] Most recently, on April 26, 2006, Prachanda announced a ceasefire with a stated duration of 90 days. The move followed weeks of massive protests —the April 2006 Nepalese general strike— in Kathmandu and elsewhere that had forced King Gyanendra to give up the personal dictatorship he had established on the February 1^st, 2005, and restore the parliament that was dissolved in May 2002. is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The April 2006 Nepalese General strike was a general strike scheduled by forces opposed to the political crackdown under King Gyanendra to take place from April 5 to April 9, 2006 in Katmandu and other Nepalese cities. ... For other uses, see Kathmandu (disambiguation). ... Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal (Nepali: ज्ञानेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाहदेव; Jñānendra VÄ«ra Vikrama Śāhadeva) (born July 7, 1947) is the present King of Nepal since June 4, 2001. ...

After that a new government was established by the Seven-Party Alliance. The parliament and the new government supported the ceasefire and started negotiations with the Maoists on the basis of the twelve-point agreement. The two sides agreed that a new constituent assembly will be elected to write a new constitution, and decide on the fate of monarchy. The Maoists want this process to end with Nepal becoming a republic. ^[9]

Interim government

Prachanda met for talks with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on June 16, 2006, in what was thought to be his first visit to the capital Kathmandu in more than a decade.^{[10] [11]} This meeting resulted in an agreement to dissolve parliament, incorporate the CPN (M) into a new interim government, draft a new constitution, and disband the CPN (M)'s "people's governments" operating in rural Nepal. The two sides also agreed to disarm at a later date, under international supervision.^[12] On September 18, 2007, the CPN(M) pulled themselves out of the coalition government ahead of the Constituent Assembly election, demanding the declaration of a republic by parliament and a system of proportional representation in the election. The CPN(M) rejoined the government on December 30, 2007 after an agreement to abolish the monarchy following the election and to have a system of partial proportional representation in the election.^[13] Girija Prasad Koirala (born 1925) is the incumbent Prime Minister of Nepal. ... For other uses, see Kathmandu (disambiguation). ... Elections for a Constituent Assembly will be held in Nepal in 2008 at an unspecified date,[1] possibly in March or April,[2] after having been postponed from the earlier dates of 20 June 2007[3] and 22 November 2007. ... Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ... is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

On January 25, 2008, the CPN(M) said that it wanted Prachanda to become President of Nepal when a republic is established.^[14] In the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election, he was elected from Kathmandu constituency-10, winning by a large margin and receiving nearly twice as many votes as his nearest rival, the candidate of the Nepali Congress.^[15] He also won overwhelmingly in Rolpa constituency-2, receiving 34,230 votes against 6,029 for Shanta Kumar Oli of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist).^[16] With the CPN(M) appearing to have won the election, Prachanda pledged that the party would work together with other parties in crafting the new constitution, and he assured the international community, particularly India and China, that the party wanted good relations and cooperation. He also said that the party had expressed its commitment to multi-party democracy through the election.^[17] is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. ... Categories: Stub | Nepali political parties | Communist parties ...

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External links

• Prachanda - hero or villain? By Rabindra Mishra (BBC Nepali service)
• Prachanda speech on democracy given at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, New Delhi, India, November 18, 2006 / Video of the Speech (together with Lord Neill Kinnock, Labour Party Great Britain)
• L'Espresso-Interview with Prachanda: Our revolution won, November 2006
• L'Espresso-Interview with Prachanda as Video, November 2006
• Interview with Kantipur Online
• Exclusive interview with Prachanda, The Hindu (India) of February 8, 9, and 10, 2006
• An interview with Prachanda
• BBC news Video Interview with Prachanda
• My Free Nepal
• Interview with Revolutionary Worker in 2000
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