Naya Raj Pant (Nepali: नयराज पन्त; 1913–2002) was a Nepalese polymath who was active as a poet, astronomer, mathematician, scholar, and historian.
[1][2] He is best known for establishing Saṃśodhana Maṇḍala, research organisation, on 20 September 1952.
[3] He was born on 10 August 1913 in Mahaboudha, Kathmandu to Krishna Datta, and Yajnapriya Datta.
[4][5] In 1986–87, he won the Madan Puraskar, Nepal's highest literary honour.
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