Lal Bahadur Basnet

Lal Bahadur Basnet
Former Deputy Speaker of Sikkim Legislative Assembly,
In office
1979-1984
Personal details
Born (1926-12-17)December 17, 1926
Nazitam, Sang, Sikkim, India
Political party Sikkim National Congress, Sikkim Janata Party
Residence Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Religion Hindu

Lal Bahadur Basnet (Nepali: लाल बहादुर बस्नेत) (born 17 December 1926, date of death unknown) was an active leader of the Pro-Democracy Movement in the erstwhile Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim.

Personal life

Lal Bahadur Basnet was born to Lieutenant (honorary) Prem Bahadur Basnett and Narbada Devi at Nazitam, Sang in East Sikkim.[1] At the age of four, he, along with his parents, left Sikkim for Dehradun to get basic education and went Ludhiana for admitted to Punjab University for his graduation. After graduation, in 1945, he went to United Services Pre-Cadet College Belgaum to join the army. He was court-martialed due to his direct and open letter to a high-ranking army officer. In his letter he stated about “the dissatisfaction prevailing in 2/5 Ghurkha Rifles”, which was not engrossed by other high-ranking officers.[2] He was sent for a rigorous three months imprisonment, but was released after spending one and a half months in the jail. After resigning from the Indian Army, he went to Pokhara (Nepal) and served as a school teacher. In 1961, he sat for the Sikkim’s first Civil Service Examinations and was appointed as a magistrate in Gangtok[3]

Politics

Basnett joined the Sikkim National Congress, a political party headed by L.D. Kazi appointed as Joint Secretary of the Party. In the general election of 1967, the Sikkim National Congress won 10 out of 18 seats. Much credit for the victory goes to Basnett for his political stalwartness. Because of his divergent political views with L.D. Kazi he resigned from the Sikkim National Congress and founded the Sikkim Janata Party in 1969.[4] His party was active in the pro-democracy movement in the kingdom of Sikkim. After victory in the election of 1979,[5] he was elected as the deputy speaker of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly.

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Sikkim Janata Party - Gorkhapedia". Gorkhapedia.wikidot.com. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  2. ↑ "Late Lal Bahadur Basnet: An unforgettable figure in Sikkimese Politics". Rajen Upadhyay. 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  3. ↑ "Late Lal Bahadur Basnet: An unforgettable Sikkimese". http://isikkim.com. 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2013-03-30. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ↑ Author Search
  5. ↑ "LIST OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2013-03-30.


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