Mahendra Narayan Nidhi (24 February 1922 – 4 May 1999) was a Nepali politician, democracy fighter, and Gandhian leader. He was the Minister of water resources and local development in the Interim government led by Krishna Prasad Bhattarai after the success of 1990 Nepalese revolution. He was one of the most influential leaders and General Secretary of Nepali Congress. He started his active political journey from Dhanusha in 1946. Nidhi was elected twice to the parliament, in 1959 and 1991. He was the first deputy speaker of Pratinidhi Sabha of Nepal. Nidhi had started Rajeshwor Nidhi Higher Secondary School during the Rana period in Nagrain, Dhanusha.

Personal life

Nidhi was born in 1922 in Nagarain, Dhanusha.

Mahendra Narayan Nidhi

Honors

2018 — Rastra Gaurav Man Padavi

See also

Mahendra Narayan Nidhi Awas Yojana

References

1922 births

1999 deaths

Government ministers of Nepal

Nepali Congress politicians from Madhesh Province

People from Dhanusha District

Nepalese revolutionaries

Nepal MPs 1959–1960

Nepal MPs 1991–1994

Nepalese political party founders

20th-century Nepalese nobility

Nepalese democracy activists

Nidhi family

Mahendra Narayan Nidhi