# Dharma Ratna Yami

_Nepalese activist (1915-1975)_

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> Dharma Ratna Tuladhar, popularly known as Dharma Ratna Yami (Nepali: धर्मरत्न यमी) was a Nepalese government deputy minister, activist and Newa language writer

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 18 August 1915 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13182433#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Asan ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13182433#P19))
- **Died:** 10 September 1975 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13182433#P570))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13182433#P27))
- **Occupation:** poet; politician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13182433#P106))

## About

While serving eighteen years jail term, he changed his surname from Tuladhar to Yami (meaning an inhabitant of Kathmandu in Nepal Bhasa) and identified himself as Newa. He in the jail to unite and organized communities against the Rana rulers.

## Questions

**When was Dharma Ratna Yami born?**  
Dharma Ratna Yami was born on 18 August 1915 in Asan.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Dharma Ratna Yami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma_Ratna_Yami) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): धर्मरत्न यमी](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q13182433](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13182433) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Dharma ratna yami.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (CC0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dharma_ratna_yami.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

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## Cite this page

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