Congress Recalls 1960s Armed Revolution Incident in Chitwan
Kathmandu. After the Panchayat rule began by overthrowing the then elected Prime Minister B.P. Koirala-led government on Poush 1, 2017 BS, the Congress started an agitation against it.
In the early part of 2018 BS, during the 'armed revolution' started under the leadership of Nepali Congress leader Subarna Shamsher, Congress leaders-activists from Tanahu, Gorkha, Lamjung, and Dhading gathered in Chitwan and took control of government offices there for 72 hours.
After that, the Nepali Army came and suppressed the Congress activists. The then government had killed the leaders-activists of Congress who were agitating for the restoration of democracy and had captured government offices shouting 'Jai Nepal' with a four-star flag in their hands, by mobilizing the army.
According to Nepali Congress Chitwan President Rajeshwar Khanal, that incident had occurred at the place currently used by the Transport Department building adjacent to the Guest House Chaur where it happened now. President Khanal, who studied this incident, informed that the bodies of some agitators killed by the army were buried in that very courtyard, and the bodies of some were taken to the Narayani riverbank and buried under 1,000 tractors of gravel.
This matter was brought up by Congress President Gagan Thapa while giving best wishes in the inaugural session of the Rastriya Swatantra Party's first general convention, which started from that very courtyard on Sunday.
It is not yet certain how many were killed and how many were made to disappear in that incident. However, the Congress Chitwan has collected a list of some of those killed and disappeared through repeated research.
The Nepali Congress Regional Committee, Constituency No. 2 Chitwan had published a souvenir called 'Jai Nepal' in 2057 BS. Congress Chitwan President Khanal told Ratopati that the names of 18 people who died and 15 who disappeared in the restaurant Chaur incident of 2018 BS were included in that souvenir.
The list of 18 people identified so far who died in that incident, as published in that souvenir and provided to Ratopati by Khanal, is as follows.
1) Hariprasad Gurung
2) Jagat Prakashjang Shah
3) Laldhwaj Gurung
4) Saravsingh Gurung
5) Shamsherbahadur Gurung
6) Tekbahadur Gurung
7) Hastabir Gurung
8) Bharat Gurung
9) Khembahadur Gurung
10) Imansingh Gurung
11) Buddhasinh Rana
12) Khambasingh Tamang
13) Singhbahadur Tamang
14) Chechchhu Tamang
15) Tulbahadur Tamang
16) Panchu Gurung
17) Rambahadur Tamang
18) Ashbahadur Lama
Those made to disappear during that movement
1) Sriharsha Khanal
2) Baikuntha Adhikari
3) Khadagsingh Gurung
4) Tekbahadur Gurung
5) Babulal Thing Tamang
6) Deubahadur Tamang
7) Dhwajbahadur Golay Tamang
8) Bhuvan Lama
9) Rambilas Yadav
10) Baldev Yadav
11) Bhola Sah Kanu
12) Suleman Miya
13) Chandrabahadur Praja
14) Bhimbahadur Praja
15) Buddhiman Tamang
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