# Mahesh Chandra Regmi

_Nepalese historian and archivist (1929-2003)_

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> Mahesh Chandra Regmi was a historian and archivist of Nepal. In 1977, he became the first Nepali to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award, for creating the Regmi Research Series. It was in recognition of his “chronicling of Nepal’s past and present, enabling his people to discover their origins and delineating national options.” In honor of the contributions made by Regmi to the scholarship on Nepal, the Kathmandu-based academic NGO Social Science Baha instituted the annual Mahesh C. Regmi lecture series in 2003, the first of which was attended by Regmi himself, just weeks before his death.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** December 1929 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15429741#P569))
- **Died:** 10 July 2003 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15429741#P570))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15429741#P27))
- **Occupation:** historian; archivist; economist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15429741#P106))
- **Awards:** Ramon Magsaysay Award ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15429741#P166))

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Mahesh Chandra Regmi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahesh_Chandra_Regmi) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): महेशचन्द्र रेग्मी](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q15429741](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15429741) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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"Mahesh Chandra Regmi". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/mahesh-chandra-regmi. Retrieved 6 November 2026.