# Krishna Das Shrestha

_Nepali politician_

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Last updated: 2026-10-15

> Krishna Das Shrestha is a Nepalese politician who broke away from the Bagmati District Committee - which functioned semi-autonomously - of the Communist Party of Nepal in 1969 to found the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) in 1981. Shrestha was the party president.

## Quick facts

- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16885658#P27))
- **Occupation:** politician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16885658#P106))
- **Political party:** Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16885658#P102))

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Krishna Das Shrestha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna_Das_Shrestha) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q16885658](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16885658) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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