Nepal Praja Parishad

Following many years of dictatorial rule from the Ranas as hereditary Prime Ministers,[2] people in Nepal began to support their overthrow.

[3] The group was led by Tanka Prasad Acharya, and the organization's head office was kept in Dharma Bhakta Mathema's house in Om Bahal, Kathmandu.

After the Rana government found out about the assassination plot of the Nepal Praja Parishad, Prime Minister Juddha Shumsher had the leading members of the group arrested.

Mathema, Chand and Shrestha, along with Shukraraj Shastri, another anti-Rana intellectual who was not involved with the Praja Parishad, are now recognized as the 4 Martyrs of Nepal.

The leaders of the group included Ram Hari Sharma Nepal, Dharma Bhakta Mathema, Dashrath Chand, Tanka Prasad Acharya and Gangalal Shrestha.