Chittaranjan Nepali

Chittaranjan Nepali was born Narayan Prasad Rajbhandari in Kathmandu. He earned a master’s degree in history from Tribhuvan University. He spent 52 years researching and writing about Nepali history.

His most celebrated work is Janaral Bhimsen Thapa Ra Tatkalin Nepal. It is a deeply researched study of the era of Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa. This book won him the Madan Puraskar, a top Nepali literary award. It remains a key reference on 19th-century Nepali political history.