Tarini Prasad Koirala

Tarini Prasad Koirala
तारिणी प्रसाद कोइराला
Born	India
Nationality	Nepalese
Occupation(s)	Politician, journalist, writer
Father	Krishna Prasad Koirala
Relatives	See Koirala family

Tarini Prasad Koirala (Nepali: तारिणी प्रसाद कोइराला; 30 April 1922 – 1974) was a Nepalese journalist, writer, and politician belonging to the Nepali Congress Party.^[1]

Koirala was born into the politically powerful Koirala family, the son of Krishna Prasad Koirala and brother of three Prime Ministers of Nepal Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, Matrika Prasad Koirala and Girija Prasad Koirala.

Koirala was active in politics and was a pioneer of the Nepalese labor movement along with his brothers in Srinagar. Later his brother B. P. Koirala and the Nepali Congress party were swept into power in the country's first democratic election. He was in the forefront of the leaders who took part in 1947 Srinagar jute mill strike^[2] along with Girija Prasad Koirala, Yuvaraj Adhikari, and Man Mohan Adhikari.

He was among the six National Congress leaders i.e. Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, Girija Prasad Koirala, Yuvaraj Adhikar, Gehendrahari Sharma, Manmohan Adhikari who were taken to Kathmandu as the prisoners of conscience from Biratnagar via the land routes. It took 24 days for them to reach Kathmandu on foot, and was jailed at a Sundarijal-based prison after completing the walk. He was in an active role in and after abolition of Rana rule.

See also

• Yuvaraj Adhikari
• Biratnagar jute mill strike

References

1. Sureis (2020-05-02). "First female singer of Radio Nepal Ranu Devi no more". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
2. Mahendra Man Singh (3 September 2013). Forever Incomplete: The Story of Nepal. SAGE Publications. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-81-321-1658-5.