# Rabindra Nath Sharma

_Nepalese politician_

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> Rabindra Nath Sharma (Nepali: रविन्द्रनाथ शर्मा) (died 22 November 2008) was a Nepalese politician, leader of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party and Minister of Finance of Nepal from 1997 to 1998.

## Quick facts

- **Died:** 22 November 2008 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7278752#P570))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7278752#P27))
- **Occupation:** politician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7278752#P106))
- **Political party:** Rastriya Prajatantra Party ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7278752#P102))

## Public office

- Officeholder record: https://diginpl.com/next/explore/person/rabindra-nath-sharma

## About

Sharma was one of the few Nepali leaders that continued to advocate for a Hindu constitutional monarchy after the Parliament scrapped the Kings major powers in June 2006. His advocacy provided a much-needed backbone to those calling for a Hindu state under a constitutional monarchy at a time when the communists were engaged in political and institutional capture. In January 2008 under Sharma's leadership RPP-Nepal organized the first mass protests against the Maoist's decision to declare Nepal a republic without a referendum

In October 2006 Sharma was “unanimously” elected the chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP)-Nepal after Kamal Thapa quit the post Sharma is widely credited to have been an important political and moral force to keep the debate about future of Hinduism in a secular Republic alive. For this advocacy for a Hindu constitutional monarchy and against growing Christian proselytization, goons of the CPN-Maoists attacked Sharma and his followers in Bhitamode, Nepal and then Pokhara. In 2009, a few months after Sharma's death, the Unified Maoists-affiliated All Nepal Peasants' Organisation-Revolutionary (ANPO-R) attacked and seized is land in Nawalparasi.

Sharma's politics lead him to gain the soubriquet of ‘Chanakya’ of Nepalese politics.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Rabindra Nath Sharma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindra_Nath_Sharma) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q7278752](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7278752) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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