{"id":"harry-bhandari","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/harry-bhandari","language":"en","name":"Harry Bhandari","name_en":"Harry Bhandari","name_ne":null,"description":"American politician","headline":"American politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Harry Bhandari (Nepali: ह्यारी भण्डारी; born October 1, 1977) is a Nepalese-born American politician and educator. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the eighth district since 2019. Bhandari is the first Nepali American elected to a state legislature in the United States.","summary_more":["Bhandari unsuccessfully ran in the 2024 U.S. House of Representatives election in Maryland's 2nd congressional district, placing a distant second to Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski in the Democratic primary."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1 October 1977","date":"1977-10-01"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58333654#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58333654#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58333654#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58333654#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Democratic Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29552"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58333654#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"member of the Maryland House of Delegates","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20064986"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58333654#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Bhandari","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58333654"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Harry Bhandari born?","a":"Harry Bhandari was born on 1 October 1977 in Nepal."},{"q":"What positions has Harry Bhandari held?","a":"Positions held by Harry Bhandari include: member of the Maryland House of Delegates."}],"related":[{"name":"George Baer Jr.","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/george-baer-jr"},{"name":"Ram Chandra Mandal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ram-chandra-mandal"},{"name":"Upendra Mahato","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/upendra-mahato-q67912160"},{"name":"Onsari Gharti Magar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/onsari-gharti-magar"},{"name":"Arjun Bahadur Thapa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arjun-bahadur-thapa"},{"name":"Chautariya Pushkar Shah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chautariya-pushkar-shah"},{"name":"Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jigme-dorje-palbar-bista"},{"name":"Kamal Thapa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kamal-thapa"},{"name":"Krishna Bahadur Mahara","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/krishna-bahadur-mahara"},{"name":"Prince Bahadur Shah of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/prince-bahadur-shah-of-nepal"},{"name":"Pushpa Lal Shrestha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pushpa-lal-shrestha"},{"name":"Barsaman Pun","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/barsaman-pun"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/harry-bhandari-152df1a457.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"Maryland GovPics","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delegate_Harry_Bhandari.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Harry Bhandari","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Bhandari","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q58333654","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58333654","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Delegate Harry Bhandari.jpg by Maryland GovPics (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delegate_Harry_Bhandari.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Harry Bhandari, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Delegate Harry Bhandari.jpg — Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Harry Bhandari\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/harry-bhandari. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:57:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/harry-bhandari","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/harry-bhandari","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/harry-bhandari?lang=ne"}}