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19th Prime minister of Nepal

Tanka Prasad Acharya (Nepali: टंक प्रसाद आचार्य; 11 February 1912 – 23 April 1992) was a Nepali politician who served as the 19th Prime Minister of Nepal from 1956 to 1957.^[1] He was one of the founders and the leader of the Nepal Praja Parishad, the first political party in Nepal with the goal of removing the Rana Dynasty's dictatorship.^[2]

Founding of the Nepal Praja Parishad

Tanka Prasad Acharya was born to Tika Prasad Acharya and Tika Devi Acharya in 1912.^{[citation needed]}

Acharya met multiple other intellectuals seeking the end of the Rana dictatorship, primarily Dashrath Chand.

In a hotel in Bhimphedi, Makwanpur District, Acharya and Chand came up with the idea to form the Nepal Praja Parishad (Nepal People's Council). They formed the group in 1936, after getting support from other pro-democracy intellectuals like Dharma Bhakta Mathema and Gangalal Shrestha.^[3][4] A