He served as Minister for Public Works, Communication, Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Health, and Local Self Governance in the Advisory Council government from August 1952 until June 1953.
[1] Bada Kaji Manik lal Rajbhandari was the first graduate of Nepal.
He obtained his Degree in Bachelor of Arts from the St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, affiliated with the University of Calcutta (CU), in 1906.
He brought one of the first cinema projectors, wireless gramophones, typewriters, microscopes, and telescopes to Nepal.
His residence is located in Kwalkhu, Mangalbazar in the Lalitpur district of Kathmandu Valley.