Girija Prasad Koirala
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[[Nepal Ratna Man Padavi|Nepal Ratna]] '''Girija Prasad Koirala''' ({{langx|ne|गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइराला}} {{Audio|Ne-Girija Prasad Koirala.oga|Listen}}; 4 July 1924 – 20 March 2010),{{cite news|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/2010/03/20/top-story/girija-prasad-koirala-passes-away-at-86-last-rites-on-sunday/310672|title=Girija Prasad Koirala passes away at 86; last rites on Sunday|work=Ekantipur|date=20 March 2010|access-date=21 February 2012|location=Kathmandu, Nepal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923232211/http://www.ekantipur.com/2010/03/20/top-story/girija-prasad-koirala-passes-away-at-86-last-rites-on-sunday/310672|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E6DE1538F931A15750C0A9669D8B63|title=Girija Prasad Koirala, Former Nepal Premier, Dies at 86|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=22 March 2010|access-date=21 February 2012|author=Kiran Chapagain and Jim Yardley|location=Kathmandu, Nepal}} affectionately known as '''Girija Babu''',{{Cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/why-sushil-koirala-leaves-a-contested-legacy-in-nepal/story-vCtuo5VgrPapSCOcuIq3YM.html |title = Why Sushil Koirala leaves a contested legacy in Nepal|date = 9 February 2016|work=[[Hindustan Times]]}} was a [[Nepal]]ese politician. He headed the [[Nepali Congress]] and served as the [[List of Prime Ministers of Nepal|Prime Minister of Nepal]] on four occasions: from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and 2006 to 2008. He was the [[Head of state|Acting Head of State of Nepal]] between January 2007 and July 2008 as the country transitioned from a monarchy to a republic. |
[[Nepal Ratna Man Padavi|Nepal Ratna]] '''Girija Prasad Koirala''' ({{langx|ne|गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइराला}} {{Audio|Ne-Girija Prasad Koirala.oga|Listen}}; 4 July 1924 – 20 March 2010),{{cite news|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/2010/03/20/top-story/girija-prasad-koirala-passes-away-at-86-last-rites-on-sunday/310672|title=Girija Prasad Koirala passes away at 86; last rites on Sunday|work=Ekantipur|date=20 March 2010|access-date=21 February 2012|location=Kathmandu, Nepal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923232211/http://www.ekantipur.com/2010/03/20/top-story/girija-prasad-koirala-passes-away-at-86-last-rites-on-sunday/310672|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E6DE1538F931A15750C0A9669D8B63|title=Girija Prasad Koirala, Former Nepal Premier, Dies at 86|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=22 March 2010|access-date=21 February 2012|author=Kiran Chapagain and Jim Yardley|location=Kathmandu, Nepal}} affectionately known as '''Girija Babu''',{{Cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/why-sushil-koirala-leaves-a-contested-legacy-in-nepal/story-vCtuo5VgrPapSCOcuIq3YM.html |title = Why Sushil Koirala leaves a contested legacy in Nepal|date = 9 February 2016|work=[[Hindustan Times]]}} was a [[Nepal]]ese politician. He headed the [[Nepali Congress]] and served as the [[List of Prime Ministers of Nepal|Prime Minister of Nepal]] on four occasions: from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and 2006 to 2008. He was the [[Head of state|Acting Head of State of Nepal]] between January 2007 and July 2008 as the country transitioned from a monarchy to a republic. |
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Koirala, who was active in politics for over sixty years, was a pioneer of the Nepalese labour movement, having started the first political workers' movement on Nepalese soil, known as the [[Biratnagar jute mill strike]] in his hometown, [[Biratnagar]]. In 1991 he became the first democratically elected prime minister in Nepal since 1959, when his brother [[ |
Koirala, who was active in politics for over sixty years, was a pioneer of the Nepalese labour movement, having started the first political workers' movement on Nepalese soil, known as the [[Biratnagar jute mill strike]] in his hometown, [[Biratnagar]]. In 1991 he became the first democratically elected prime minister in Nepal since 1959, when his brother [[B. P. Koirala]] and the [[Nepali Congress]] party were swept into power in the country's first democratic election. He was the most prominent and consequential political leader in Nepal from 1990 to 2008. |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Koirala was born on 4 July, 1924 in [[Saharsa]], in the [[Bihar and Orissa Province]] of [[British India]] into a [[Bahun|Khas Bahun]] (Hill [[Brahmin]]) family.{{cite news|title= Girija Prasad Koirala: The architect of democracy in Nepal|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/822354|access-date=13 December 2017|newspaper= Dawn|date=23 March 2010}} His father, [[Krishna Prasad Koirala]], was a Nepali living in exile. In 1952 Koirala married Sushma Koirala, headmistress at the local school for women in Biratnagar.{{cite news|title=The private life of GPK|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/03/26/Features/The-private-life-of-GPK/206596/|access-date=30 January 2014|newspaper=The Kathmandu Post|date=26 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412210225/http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/03/26/Features/The-private-life-of-GPK/206596/|archive-date=12 April 2015|url-status=dead}} Their daughter [[Sujata Koirala]] was born in 1953. Sushma died in a kerosene-stove explosion in 1967.{{cite web|title=GP Koirala|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/826/000214184|publisher=NNDB.com|access-date=30 January 2014}} He along with his daughter Sujata were followers of the Indian spiritual leader [[Sathya Sai Baba]].{{cite web |title=Nepal devotees await Sathya Sai Baba's reincarnation |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world/nepal-devotees-await-sathya-sai-baba-s-reincarnation/story-gn1iDMyv7e0q76ipJbNSWK.html |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |date=25 April 2011}} |
Koirala was born on 4 July, 1924 in [[Saharsa]], in the [[Bihar and Orissa Province]] of [[British India]] into a [[Bahun|Khas Bahun]] (Hill [[Brahmin]]) family.{{cite news|title= Girija Prasad Koirala: The architect of democracy in Nepal|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/822354|access-date=13 December 2017|newspaper= Dawn|date=23 March 2010}} His father, [[Krishna Prasad Koirala]], was a Nepali living in exile. In 1952 Koirala married Sushma Koirala, headmistress at the local school for women in Biratnagar.{{cite news|title=The private life of GPK|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/03/26/Features/The-private-life-of-GPK/206596/|access-date=30 January 2014|newspaper=The Kathmandu Post|date=26 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412210225/http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/03/26/Features/The-private-life-of-GPK/206596/|archive-date=12 April 2015|url-status=dead}} Their daughter [[Sujata Koirala]] was born in 1953. Sushma died in a kerosene-stove explosion in 1967.{{cite web|title=GP Koirala|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/826/000214184|publisher=NNDB.com|access-date=30 January 2014}} He along with his daughter Sujata were followers of the Indian spiritual leader [[Sathya Sai Baba]].{{cite web |title=Nepal devotees await Sathya Sai Baba's reincarnation |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world/nepal-devotees-await-sathya-sai-baba-s-reincarnation/story-gn1iDMyv7e0q76ipJbNSWK.html |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |date=25 April 2011}} |
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Girija Prasad Koirala belonged to one of Nepal's most prominent political families. Two of his brothers were prime ministers: [[Matrika Prasad Koirala]] from 1951 to 1952 and 1953 to 1955, and [[ |
Girija Prasad Koirala belonged to one of Nepal's most prominent political families. Two of his brothers were prime ministers: [[Matrika Prasad Koirala]] from 1951 to 1952 and 1953 to 1955, and [[Bisheshwar Prasad Koirala]] from 1959 until [[King Mahendra]] took over the government in December 1960. Bisheshwar Prasad and Girija Prasad were arrested and sent to prison. With other leaders of the [[Nepali Congress|Nepali Congress Party]] (NCP), Girija Prasad went into exile after his release in 1967 and did not return to Nepal until 1979.{{cite web |title=Girija Prasad Koirala |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Girija-Prasad-Koirala |website=Britannica |access-date=1 June 2022}} |
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==Political career== |
==Political career== |
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