Purna Kaji Tamrakar

Purna Kaji Tamrakar (Nepali: पूर्णकाजी ताम्रकार) (1920 - 2009) was a Nepalese merchant, author and journalist who worked to develop Nepal Bhasa at the time when writers were being persecuted by the government.

[4] While in Lhasa, he came into contact with another Nepalese merchant Pushpa Ratna Sagar, and was inspired to write and serve his mother tongue.

Restrictions on publication in Nepal Bhasa were removed after the Rana dynasty was overthrown and democracy established in 1951.

[5] The same year, Tamrakar, Sagar and another merchant Ratna Man Singh Tuladhar started a monthly magazine named Thaunkanhe (थौंकन्हे) with the money donated by Nepalese traders in Lhasa.

Meanwhile, Tamrakar acquired a BA degree (Sahitya Ratna) from Nepal Rastriya Vidyapeeth, Birgunj in 1953.

Tamrakar continued writing and published six books on culture, literature, historical sites and his experiences in Tibet.