Matrika Prasad Koirala (Nepali: मातृका प्रसाद कोइराला Listenⓘ; 1 January 1912 – 11 September 1997)[1] was the Prime Minister of Nepal for two separate terms from 16 November 1951 to 14 August 1952 and again from 15 June 1953 to 11 April 1955.

He stayed in the house of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of free India and was influenced by the Indian independence struggle.

[3] He was made President of the Congress Party in Bihar by Dr Rajendra Prasad for a while as all the other senior Indian leaders were jailed during the Quit India Movement.

He later joined the Nepali National Congress led by Tanka Prasad Acharya and fought against the Rana regime.

[citation needed] In 1952, he was expelled from the Nepali Congress for "violating the party principles and acting against the Constitution of 1951".