Nirgun Sthapit

Nirgun Sthapit (Nepali: निर्गुण स्थापित) (8 July 1968 - 6 April 1990) was a fighter for democracy who was martyred during the 1990 People's Movement in Nepal.

The movement put an end to absolute monarchy and the repressive Panchayat system, and reinstated multiparty democracy in the country.

[2] The Panchayat system was established by King Mahendra in 1960 after ousting Nepal's first democratically elected government and dissolving Parliament.

The Panchayat system pursued a policy promoting one religion, language and values that aroused resentment in Nepal's multicultural society.

[3][4] Sthapit's statues have been installed at a crossroads at Yatkha and at Public Youth Campus, the college where he studied, to commemorate his memory.