Yogbir Singh Kansakar

[1] He worked to develop his mother tongue and promote Arya Samaj sect of Hinduism and Buddhism in the face of repression by the Rana rulers.

[2][3][4] Kansakar was the guru and inspiration of Chittadhar Hridaya, one of the greatest literary figures of 20th century Nepal.

[7][8] Returning to Kathmandu, Kansakar took to writing poetry, and his cloth shop was turned into a gathering place for poets.

[11][12] In 1934, all the Newar authors were summoned before the prime minister and warned to stop writing in Nepal Bhasa.

In 1931, he was fined and jailed with 11 other people including Buddhist teacher Dhammalok Mahasthavir, poet Chittadhar Hridaya and trader Dharma Man Tuladhar for trying to spread an "unorthodox religion".