Lok Pratap Bista
Zamindar Shri Lok Pratap Bista (Nepali: श्री लोक प्रताप बिस्ट ), was appointed by late King Mahendra of Nepal as the minister of Forest and Environment under the government led by Prime minister Surya Bahadur Thapa. He is responsible for setting up the Shuklaphanta National Park and Bardiya National Park as a Wildlife Reserve in 1969 under his tenure as Minister of Forests from 1968 to 1972.[1] [2]When the Democratic Government was dissolved by King Mahendra, he was nominated to the National Panchayat and made a Minister of Forests and Environment in 1968. [3] He is the nephew of the late Chief Justice Ratna Bahadur Bista. He was also elected as a Member of Vidhan Sabha twice.[4][5]
Lok Pratap Bista MBE | |
|---|---|
| श्री लोकप्रताप बिस्ट | |
 Lok Pratap Bista after being appointed as the Minister of Forests and Environment in 1968 at Narayanhiti Palace | |
| Ministry of Forests and Environment (Nepal) | |
| In office 25 September 1968 – 31 January 1972 | |
| Monarch | King Mahendra |
| Prime Minister | Surya Bahadur Thapa |
| Most Excellent Order of the British Empire | |
| Gorkha Dakshin Bahu | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 21, 1930 Dadeldhura , Nepal |
| Died | 21 August 2010 (aged 79) Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Resting place | Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Citizenship | British Raj |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Relations | Ratna Bahadur Bista |
| Parent | Tej Bahadur Bista |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Committees | Vidhan Sabha |
Personal life
Lok Pratap Bista was born to Tej Bahadur Bista on 21 September 1930 in Dadeldhura, Nepal. He was the heir of a landowning aristocracy that was facing heavy opposition from Bhimdatta Panta.[6] As the public was uprising under Bhimdatta Panta against the landowning families he was forced to legitimize the family name and follow in the footsteps of his uncle Ratna Bahadur Bista by assuming office under the King of Nepal. Many have associated his family with the assasination of the revolutionary political figure Bhimdatta Panta due to their rivalry which quelled unrest in the Mahakali, Darchula region.[7] Bhimdatta Panta was killed in Jogbudha forest and his head was hung in the market of Dadeldhura as a warning to any insurgents. [8] Bista spent his later years with his family in Pipaladi as a Zamindar until the maoist insurgency. [9]
References
- ^ "Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve upgraded to national park status | WWF". www.wwfnepal.org. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ^ Thing, Sudeep Jana; Jones, Roy; Jones, Christina Birdsall (2017). "The Politics of Conservation: Sonaha, Riverscape in the Bardia National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal". Conservation and Society. 15 (3): 292–303. ISSN 0972-4923.
- ^ "King Mahendra Ministry".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Vidhan Sabha Committee" (PDF).
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Bista and Bhimdutta - Why did he call himself a madman?".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The Revolution in Far West - Tales of Bhimdutta and the Bista Family".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The Death of Revolution in the Far West".
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