General Bhimsen Thapa Ra Tatkalin Nepal

General Bhimsen Thapa Ra Tatkalin Nepal is a historical book by Chittaranjan Nepali. It is a biography of the first prime minister of modern Nepal, Bhimsen Thapa. It was published in 1956 and won the first-ever Madan Puraskar.

Background

The book was funded by Nepal Sanskritik Sangh, a governmental body. Nepali was already established as a poet before publishing the book. Nepali was 26 years old when he completed the book.

Bhimsen Thapa was born on August 1775 in Gorkha district of Nepal to Amar Singh Thapa and Satyarupa Maya. He was taken to Kathmandu where he rose to the rank of Kaji. He played a key part in the expansion of Nepalese kingdom and during the Anglo-Nepalese War. He was imprisoned during the later part of his life and died of a suicide in 1839.

The book won the first ever Madan Puraskar along with Hamro Lok Sanskriti by Satya Mohan Joshi and Adhikbibhav Sthirbidhoot Utpadhak by Bala Ram Joshi in 1956.