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Surya Bikram Gyawali

Surya Bikram Gyawali
Nepali stamp featuring Gyawali c. 1987
Native name	सूर्यविक्रम ज्ञवाली
Born	(1898-06-10)10 June 1898 Benaras, British India
Died	1 December 1985(1985-12-01) (aged 87) Kathmandu, Kingdom of Nepal
Occupation	Historian
Nationality	Nepali

Surya Bikram Gyawali (Nepali: सूर्यविक्रम ज्ञवाली; born 10 June 1898 – 1 December 1985) was a Nepali historian. He wrote biographies for numerous people including King Prithvi Narayan Shah and writer Bhanubhakta Acharya. Gyawali also served as a head teacherinDarjeeling. He is also a recipient of the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu (first class), the Order of Tri Shakti Patta (second class), and the Tribhuvan Puraskar (1971).

Biography[edit]

Gyawali was born on 10 June 1898 (Bikram Sambat: 1955 Jestha29) in Benaras, British India to Ditta Til Bikram and Parvati Devi.^[1] His family had migrated to Benaras from Gulmi.^[2] He made a remarkable contribution to the Nepali language, literature, culture and history.^[3] He wrote biographies for Prithvi Narayan Shah and Bhanubhakta Acharya.^[4][5] Gyawali, Dharanidhar Koirala, and Parasmani Pradhan were known as "SuDhaPa" who were living in exile in Darjeeling.^[6] From 1923 to 1953, he worked at Government High School in Darjeeling later being promoted to a head teacher.^[6]

After the 1951 Nepalese revolution, Gyawali moved to Kathmandu.^[6] Gyawali served as a Chancellor of the Nepal Academy.^[7] He also worked for the Department of Archeology and he was a member of the Rastriya Panchayat.^[2] Nepalese artist Lain Singh Bangdel was highly influenced by Gyawali.^[6] Surya Bikram Gyawali Marg, a road in Kathmandu is named after him.^[8] He was awarded the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu (first class), the Order of Tri Shakti Patta (second class), and the Tribhuvan Puraskar (1971).^[9][10]

Notable works[edit]

• Kabi Bhanubhakta ko Jivan Charitra (Nepali: कवि भानुभक्तको जीवनचरित्र); ISBN 9789937919845
• Nepali Birharu^[11]
• Bir Itihas
• Nepal Upatyakako Madhyakalin Itihas
• Prithvi Narayan Shah (1977)
• Nepalko Itihaasma Amarsingh Thapa (1944)

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Citations[edit]

• Whelpton, John (17 February 2005). A History of Nepal. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-80470-7.