Siddhicharan shrestha biography for kids
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Siddhicharan shrestha biography for kids
Siddhicharan Shrestha
Nepalese poet
Yugkavi Siddhicharan Shrestha | |
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Born | ()21 May Siddhicharan Municipality, Okhaldhunga |
Died | 4 June () (aged80) Kathmandu |
Nationality | Nepalese |
Occupation | Poet |
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Siddhicharan Shrestha (Devanagari: सिद्धिचरण श्रेष्ठ; 21 May – 4 June ) was one of the most prominent writers of Nepal.
He contributed to the struggle against the autocratic Rana regime (–) through his writings. His revolutionary poetry aroused freedom fighters, and he was sentenced to 18 years in jail for his literary activities. He wrote in Nepal Bhasa and Nepali.[1][2]
His poem Mero Pyaro Okhaldhunga (Nepali: मेराे प्याराे ओखलढुङ्गा, lit.'My Beloved Okhaldhunga') in Nepali is considered to be one of his masterpieces.
In this poem, he has expressed how proud he is to describe the place Okhaldhunga in eastern Nepal, where he was born and