# Mohan Chandra Adhikari

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'''Mohan Chandra Adhikari''' ({{langx|ne|मोहनचन्द्र अधिकारी}}) is a former [communist](/source/communist) politician in [Nepal](/source/Nepal). He is from a [Brahmin](/source/Brahmin) family in [Morang District](/source/Morang_District). Adhikari studied B.A., but didn't appear in the final exams.<ref>Rawal, Bhim. 
''The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development''. [Kathmandu](/source/Kathmandu): Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 109.</ref> Adhikari had been a follower of [Pushpa Lal Shrestha](/source/Pushpa_Lal_Shrestha), but turned more radical than his mentor. Adhikari became a leader of the group in the [Jhapa District](/source/Jhapa_District) Committee of the [Communist Party](/source/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Amatya)) which in the early 1970s intended to initiate a [rebellion](/source/Jhapa_rebellion) on the lines of the [Naxalite](/source/Naxalite) insurgency in [India](/source/India).<ref>Mitra, Subrata Kumar/Enskat, Mike/Spiess, Clemens. ''Political parties in South Asia''. [Westport](/source/Westport%2C_Connecticut): Praeger, 2004. p. 306.</ref><ref name="rawal85">Rawal, Bhim. ''The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development''. [Kathmandu](/source/Kathmandu): Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 91.</ref>

Adhikari was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was saved from death sentence through a royal pardon. Whilst in jail, he was associated with the [Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)](/source/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist-Leninist)_(pre-1991)). Adhikari would spend 17 years in prison. He was sometimes called the '[Nelson Mandela](/source/Nelson_Mandela)' of Nepal.<ref>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/03/14/2003246227 Taipei Times – archives<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>Rawal, Bhim. ''The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development''. [Kathmandu](/source/Kathmandu): Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 93, 97.</ref>

After being released from jail, Adhikari became an advisory-member of the [Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)](/source/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullstory.asp?filename=6a4Ra0pa.9amal&folder=aHaoamW&Name=Home&dtSiteDate=20060223 |title=The Himalayan Times: Breaking News, Views, Reviews, Sports, Business, Entertainment from Nepal<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060301225344/http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullstory.asp?filename=6a4Ra0pa.9amal&folder=aHaoamW&Name=Home&dtSiteDate=20060223 |archive-date=2006-03-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also represented the party in the [Upper House of Parliament](/source/National_Assembly_of_Nepal).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/nepal/nepalfacts.html |title=Nepal |access-date=2008-07-08 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011111111027/http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/nepal/nepalfacts.html |archive-date=2001-11-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was arrested during the 2006 [Loktantra Andolan](/source/Loktantra_Andolan).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061011083125/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/07/stories/2006040704721600.htm The Hindu : International : Hundreds arrested in Nepal<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Adhikari later broke with communism, and became a [Hindu](/source/Hindu) leader. After the declaration of Nepal as a secular state, Adhikari participated in a meeting organised by the [Shivsena Nepal](/source/Shivsena_Nepal).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/314/FromtheNepaliPress/12446 |title=Hindu communist - Nepali Times<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724190358/http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/314/FromtheNepaliPress/12446 |archive-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Awards==
*Maha Ujwaol Rastradeep awards from the President of Nepal on 2021<ref>{{Cite web| title = राष्ट्रपतिबाट विभिन्न विभूषण, अलङ्कार र पदकको घोषणा {{!}} Radio Nepal {{pipe}} रेडियो नेपाल| accessdate = 2021-12-26| url = https://onlineradionepal.gov.np/2021/09/19/206962.html}}</ref>

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Category:Nepalese prisoners sentenced to death
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Category:Recipients of Nepalese royal pardons
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Category:People from Morang District
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:People of the Nepalese Civil War

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