{"id":"mahendra-sherchan","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mahendra-sherchan","language":"en","name":"Mahendra Sherchan","name_en":"Mahendra Sherchan","name_ne":"महेन्द्र शेरचन","description":"Member of Nepal Constituent Assembly","headline":"Member of Nepal Constituent Assembly","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Mahendra Sherchan was a Nepalese politician and founder of Rajdhani national daily. He served as a Member of the 2nd Constituent Assembly of Nepal from 2013 to 2017. He was elected in 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election through the proportional representation from Communist Party of Nepal.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"21 June 1953","date":"1953-06-21"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44159301#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Lalitpur District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1108338","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/lalitpur-district-nepal"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44159301#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"21 August 2021","date":"2021-08-21"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44159301#P570"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44159301#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44159301#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Member of the 2nd Constituent Assembly of Nepal (19 November 2013 – 13 October 2017)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21328597","start":"2013-11-19","end":"2017-10-13"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44159301#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra_Sherchan","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44159301"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Mahendra Sherchan born?","a":"Mahendra Sherchan was born on 21 June 1953 in Lalitpur District."},{"q":"What positions has Mahendra Sherchan held?","a":"Positions held by Mahendra Sherchan include: Member of the 2nd Constituent Assembly of Nepal (2013–2017)."}],"related":[{"name":"Sushil Koirala","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sushil-koirala"},{"name":"Madhav Kumar Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/madhav-kumar-nepal"},{"name":"Jhala Nath Khanal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jhala-nath-khanal"},{"name":"Baburam Bhattarai","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/baburam-bhattarai"},{"name":"Gagan Thapa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gagan-thapa"},{"name":"Rajeev Bikram Shah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rajeev-bikram-shah"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Mahendra Sherchan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra_Sherchan","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q44159301","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44159301","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"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 Mahendra Sherchan, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Mahendra Sherchan\". DigiNepal. Last updated 15 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/mahendra-sherchan. Retrieved 12 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-15T06:25:05Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-12","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/mahendra-sherchan","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/mahendra-sherchan","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/mahendra-sherchan?lang=ne"}}