Thirbam Malla

Thirbam Malla was a Nepalese democracy activist.

Biography

Thirbam Malla was born in 1925 in Nepal. He grew up in a privileged Thakuri family and he studied at a military school in Dehradun.
In 1950, the Nepali Congress launched a 1951 [Nepalese revolution|countrywide revolution] to remove the Rana dynasty from power. Malla had planned to capture the city of Birgunj and the fort alongside, obtaining arms and the treasury. On 10 November 1950, they managed to capture Badahakim, his guards, and their weapons without any casualties. When he was talking about "peace and order" with the guards, a Rana officer shot him and fled. Malla was taken to hospital in Raxaul where he later died on 11 November.
After his death, he received martyrdom. In 2000, the Government of Nepal issued a stamp featuring Thirbam Malla.