{"id":"motiram-bhatta","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/motiram-bhatta","language":"en","name":"Motiram Bhatta","name_en":"Motiram Bhatta","name_ne":"मोतीराम भट्ट","description":"Nepalese poet (1866–1896)","headline":"Nepalese poet (1866–1896)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Motiram Bhatta (Nepali: मोतीराम भट्ट; 1866–1896) was a Nepalese poet, singer, essayist, publisher, literary critic and biographer. He is considered the first biographer and literary critic of Nepali literature and is credited for starting the first private printing press in Nepal c. 1888. He also introduced the Ghazal style of poetry and singing in Nepal. Bhatta was a polyglot and alongside Nepali, he had studied in Sanskrit, Persian, and English and was also proficient in Bengali, Urdu and Nepal Bhasa.","summary_more":["He wrote Kabi Bhanubhakta Ko Jivan Charitra, the biography of Bhanubhakta Acharya, which played a significant role in establishing Acharya as the first poet (Aadi Kabi) of the Nepali language. He is considered one of the seventeen national heroes (Rastriya Bibhuti) of Nepal and was given the title Yuba Kabi (Young Poet). The 1883 to 1919 period of Nepali literature is known as the Motiram Era."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"8 September 1866","date":"1866-09-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6917843#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Kathmandu","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3037","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6917843#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"1896","date":"1896"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6917843#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Kathmandu","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3037","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6917843#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Kingdom of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1078602"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6917843#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"poet","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49757"},{"text":"publisher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2516866"},{"text":"essayist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11774202"},{"text":"biographer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864380"},{"text":"singer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177220"},{"text":"playwright","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214917"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6917843#P106"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiram_Bhatta","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6917843"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Motiram Bhatta born?","a":"Motiram Bhatta was born on 8 September 1866 in Kathmandu."}],"related":[{"name":"Araniko","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/araniko"},{"name":"Tara Devi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tara-devi"},{"name":"Rohit Saraf","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rohit-saraf"},{"name":"Aanchal Sharma","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aanchal-sharma"},{"name":"Anmol K.C.","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anmol-k-c"},{"name":"Indira Joshi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/indira-joshi"},{"name":"Jassita Gurung","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jassita-gurung"},{"name":"Pashupati Sharma","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pashupati-sharma"},{"name":"Richa Ghimire","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/richa-ghimire"},{"name":"Thinle Lhondup","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thinle-lhondup"},{"name":"Usha Rajak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/usha-rajak"},{"name":"Dayahang Rai","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dayahang-rai"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/motiram-bhatta-2c28b21b40.jpg","width":200,"height":268,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motiram_Bhatta.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Motiram Bhatta","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiram_Bhatta","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): मोतीराम भट्ट","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q6917843","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6917843","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Motiram Bhatta.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motiram_Bhatta.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 Motiram Bhatta, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Motiram Bhatta.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Motiram Bhatta\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/motiram-bhatta. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:57:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-03","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/motiram-bhatta","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/motiram-bhatta","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/motiram-bhatta?lang=ne"}}