Kunwar Inderjit Singh

Kunwar Inderjit Singh (Nepali: कुवंर इन्द्रजीत सिंह 1906 – 4 October 1982) was Prime Minister of Nepal for four months in 1957.^[1] He was known as the 'Robin Hood of the Himalayas' after initiating an extensive land redistribution scheme in the early 1950s.^[2] He was a member of the Nepali Congress. In 1981, he joined the breakaway Nepali Congress (Subarna).

He is also the first known Doctor of Nepal known as Dr K.I. Singh. He also played important role for revolution against autocratic rana rule of Nepal.His full name is Dr. Kunwar Indrajeet Singh, but is popularly known as Dr. K.I. Singh. He worked in India, and Burma (Myanmar) in the Japanese occupied areas during 1932-34. In 1946, he joined the Nepali National Congress Party and actively participated in the 1950-51 revolution against the Ranas to establish democracy in Nepal. Because of his strong opposition to the 1950 agreement, he was arrested and jailed for 6 months. He escaped and fled to China but returned later after Amnesty by King Mahendra. He also served as the Prime Minister for four months in 1957. He was jailed for 17 months because of his involvement in Satyagraha but was released subsequently after the order of Supreme Court in 1965. He was also appointed as a member of the Rastriya Panchayat for two terms. He was an undaunting, honest and fearless son of Mother Nepal. In 1982, he died of throat cancer at the age of 76.

Notes

1. "Kunwar Indrajeet Singh, Former Nepal Premier". The New York Times. 1982-10-06. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
2. "Robin Hood of the Himalayas". TIME. 1957-09-05. Retrieved 2009-04-09.