Shukraraj Shastri

[1][2][3] Shastri was also a social reformer and author who wrote a number of books in Nepali and Nepal Bhasa.

[4] Shastri was born in Varanasi, India where his father Madhav Raj and mother Ratna Maya Joshi were living in forced exile due to political reasons.

He was subsequently sentenced to death, and on 24 January 1941, he was hanged from a tree on the side of the road at Pachali, Teku, Kathmandu.

[11][12] It is believed that Shastri was executed more for his work in social reform and efforts to develop his mother tongue Nepal Bhasa than his involvement in politics.

[16] Shastri's statues have been erected at a number of places, and the Postal Service Department has issued commemorative postage stamps depicting his image.

[17] A monument known as Shahid Gate containing the busts of the four martyrs and King Tribhuvan was built in central Kathmandu in 1961.