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Kalpana Bista
श्रीमती कल्पना बिष्ट
Minister of Education, Science and Technology
In office
22 December 1978 – 11 October 1981
Appointed byBirendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
Personal details
Born

Kalpana Rana


(1905-04-15)15 April 1905
Kathmandu, Nepal
Died11 June 2001(2001-06-11) (aged 96)
Zürich, Switzerland
SpouseTej Pratap Bista
EducationAB
Alma materSomerville College
University of Oxford
AwardsGorkha Dakshin Bahu

Kalpana Bista (15 April 1905 – 11 June 2001) was the first female minister of education of Nepal in 1978.

She was born in Kathmandu to an aristocratic family in the Rana Dynasty.[1] Bista was appointed by late King Birendra of Nepal and late Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa as the minister of education as well as the member of the Office of the secretariat and parliament on multiple occasions.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

She was also appointed as a lifetime member of the child welfare committee of the state of Uttarakhand in India.[8]

Personal life

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She was married in to the Bista family that originates in the far western region of Nepal.

Many members of her family including her son and father-in-law as well as most of her brother-in-laws have held public office in the government of Nepal. Her son Lok Pratap Bista was also appointed by King Mahendra of Nepal as the Minister of Forestry and Agriculture.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "सुदूरपश्चिमबाट द्वारिकादेवीको बिरासतलाई जोगाउँदै राज्यमन्त्री बन्ने को हुन् आशा बिक ?". dineshkhabar.com.
  • ^ http://rajpatra.dop.gov.np/welcome/download?ref=16215
  • ^ http://rajpatra.dop.gov.np/welcome/download?ref=16232
  • ^ गृष्म बहादुर देवकोटा (२०३९). नेपालको राजनीतिक दर्पण भाग ३. डिल्लीबजार काठमाडौं: उमेश बहादुर देवकोटा. pp. 166-167.
  • ^ "परिवर्तन%20गाउँ%20कार्यपालिकाको%20८०औं%20बैठक%20२०७८।०४।०३%20का%20निर्णयहरु" [Change Village Executive 2080th Meeting202078.04.03 Decisions] (PDF). duikholimun.gov.np.
  • ^ "नयाँ शक्तिको जिल्ला परिषद्".
  • ^ (Unknown text) at the Wayback Machine (archived January 13, 2022)
  • ^ (Unknown text) at the Wayback Machine (archived June 25, 2022)
  • ^ "King Mahendra Ministry".

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