Rupchandra Bista
Nepali politician
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Rupchandra Bista (Nepali: रुपचन्द्र विष्ट; 9 January 1934 – 21 June 1999), better known as Rudane (Nepali: रुदाने), was a Nepalese politician, philosopher and activist.[1]
He was born on 9 January 1934 in Palung, Makwanpur District.[2] In the 1970s, Bista started his Thaha movement to spread knowledge to the people of Nepal.[2][3] He was a member of the Rastriya Panchayat.[2]
Bista died on 21 June 1999.[2] An upcoming biographical film, Rudane is based on his life, and Divya Dev plays the role of Rupchandra Bista.[4][5] In 2014, the Government of Nepal named a local municipality Thaha Municipality after his movement name.[2]
