# Tanka Prasad Acharya

_Prime Minister of Nepal (1912–1992)_

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> Tanka Prasad Acharya, also known as Jeudo-Shahid, was a Nepali politician who served as the 19th Prime Minister of Nepal from 1956 to 1957. He was one of the founders and the leader of the Nepal Praja Parishad, the first political party in Nepal with the goal of removing the Rana Dynasty's dictatorship.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 1912 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2267636#P569))
- **Died:** 23 April 1992 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2267636#P570))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2267636#P27))
- **Occupation:** politician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2267636#P106))
- **Political party:** Nepal Praja Parishad ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2267636#P102))

## Public office

- Officeholder record: https://diginpl.com/next/explore/person/tanka-prasad-acharya

## Questions

**When was Tanka Prasad Acharya born?**  
Tanka Prasad Acharya was born on 1912.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Tanka Prasad Acharya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanka_Prasad_Acharya) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): टङ्कप्रसाद आचार्य](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q2267636](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2267636) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Tanka Prasad Acharya (cropped).jpg by 刘庆瑞 (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanka_Prasad_Acharya_(cropped).jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Tanka Prasad Acharya, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Tanka Prasad Acharya (cropped).jpg — 刘庆瑞, Public domain.

## Cite this page

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