{"id":"chandra-bahadur-thapa","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chandra-bahadur-thapa","language":"en","name":"Chandra Bahadur Thapa","name_en":"Chandra Bahadur Thapa","name_ne":"चन्द्रबहादुर थापामगर","description":"Nepalese politician","headline":"Nepalese politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Chandra Bahadur Thapa (Nepali: चन्द्रबहादुर थापा), a.k.a. 'Sagar', was a Nepalese politician, belonging to the then Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Thapa was the Kathmandu Valley in-charge of the Young Communist League. During the people's war period, he was the commander of the Dinesh-Ramji Smriti Brigade of the People's Liberation Army. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Gulmi-3 constituency, winning 16581 votes. Then he left communist ideology and joined Tribhuvan University Kirtipur based socio-academic movement called \"Aarthik Krantiko Abhiyan\". The movement which was led by KP Bhusal, the then Tribhuvan University student who is now known as one of the Nepalese motivational speakers.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5071262#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5071262#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18056060"},{"text":"Member of the Parliament of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19694523"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5071262#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_Bahadur_Thapa","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5071262"],"faq":[{"q":"What positions has Chandra Bahadur Thapa held?","a":"Positions held by Chandra Bahadur Thapa include: Member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly; Member of the Parliament of Nepal."}],"related":[{"name":"Ram Baran Yadav","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ram-baran-yadav"},{"name":"K. 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Chandra Bahadur Thapa.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Chandra Bahadur Thapa\". DigiNepal. Last updated 18 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/chandra-bahadur-thapa. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-18T04:55:34Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/chandra-bahadur-thapa","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/chandra-bahadur-thapa","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/chandra-bahadur-thapa?lang=ne"}}