Balaram Gharti Magar
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Balaram Gharti Magar is a political leader of Nepal. He became minister 11 times in the past, during Panchayat System, and after the declaration of multi party system. Roughly, he remained in different governments as a minister for about 30 years in the past. He is a Central Committee Member, Senior Member, of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). He is still actively taking part in his party activities. He has been visiting his birth place, Rolpa, and Rolpali people time to time.
VDC, Ward No 5, Upallothar Mukhyadera, Rolpa District in Nepal
on 18 Shravan 1994 BS
. He lost his mother when he was 15 years old. When he was 16 years, due to his grandfather’s suggestion, he got married to Belmati (Ramjali) Gharti Magar of Mijhing VDC, Ward No 7, Maldhara. He has seven daughters and resides at Satdobato, Lalitpur
Sub-Metropolitan city permanently. He did not get any formal opportunity to study as present day children do get though due to his family background, he got education at home from his father and grandfather. Later he got opportunity to study informally in Kanpur, India.
party leader of Rolpa and was Member of Parliament (MP) during the Nepali Congress led Government. Subedi advised him to take active participation in politics. Gharti Magar was influenced by Nepali Congress party during that time.
became PM, he became Defence Minister. There was another election in 2038 BS, he was again reelected with huge majority of votes, with about 28,000. After becoming Defence Minister for one year, he became Local Development Minister. After one year, he became Industry Minister. Mean time, he became Health Minister too. In 2040 BS, he remained only NPM during the premiership of Lokendra Bahadur Chand
. There was another election during 2043 BS, he was reelected in NPM.
After the multiparty democracy in Nepal, in 2051BS, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) from RPP. When Surya Bahadur Thapa became PM, he was appointed as Construction and Transport Minister. Later when Sher Bahadur Deuba
became PM, he became Housing and Physical Planning Minister. Later again when Sher Bahadur Deuba became PM, he became Science and Technology Minister for the last time.
Family
He was born at MijhingMijhing
Mijhing is a village development committee in Rolpa District in the Rapti Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4391 people living in 828 individual households....
VDC, Ward No 5, Upallothar Mukhyadera, Rolpa District in Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
on 18 Shravan 1994 BS
Bikram Samwat
Vikram Samvat is the calendar established by Indian emperor Vikramaditya...
. He lost his mother when he was 15 years old. When he was 16 years, due to his grandfather’s suggestion, he got married to Belmati (Ramjali) Gharti Magar of Mijhing VDC, Ward No 7, Maldhara. He has seven daughters and resides at Satdobato, Lalitpur
Patan, Nepal
Patan , officially Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City, is one of the major cities of Nepal. It is one of the sub-metropolitan cities of Nepal located in the south-western part of Kathmandu valley. Patan is also known as Manigal. It is best known for its rich cultural heritage, particularly its...
Sub-Metropolitan city permanently. He did not get any formal opportunity to study as present day children do get though due to his family background, he got education at home from his father and grandfather. Later he got opportunity to study informally in Kanpur, India.
Early politics
In 2017 BS, he went to Kanpur where he spent a year. He was influenced by political activities there. Although political activities in Nepal were banned, in India it was free to open different unions. Every day after hearing the speeches from the Union leaders there, he learnt the methods of conducting speeches and dealing with the political masses. He returned to Rolpa in 2018 BS and met resident of Gajul VDC, Khadananda Subedi. He was Nepali CongressNepali Congress
The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the polity. It again led a democratic movement in 1990, in partnership with leftist forces, to end monarchy and...
party leader of Rolpa and was Member of Parliament (MP) during the Nepali Congress led Government. Subedi advised him to take active participation in politics. Gharti Magar was influenced by Nepali Congress party during that time.
Later politics
During the election of Pradhanpancha, he was elected as a Pradhanpancha of his village in 2018 BS. He was 24 years old when he became Pradhanpancha for the first time. The next year, there was District Panchayat’s election, he got elected as a Upasabhapati of District Panchayat. National Panchayat Member (NPM) election was held in the same year and he was elected without any opposition. In Baishakh 2020 BS, meeting of National Panchayat was held formally. One of his well wishers, knowing he was so young, had suggested him not to be a minister because that post would have destroyed him. He was only 25 years of age at that time. The third election was held in Chaitra 2030 BS and he was reelected in NPM and in the meantime, he became Assistant Minister of Home Affairs for the first time. He was 37 years old at that time. Later he became Defence State Minister. After one year, he became Construction and Transport State Minister in 2035 BS under the premiership of Dr Tulshi Giri. In 2034 BS, when Kirti Nidhi Bista became Prime Minister (PM), he became Construction and Transport Minister. Later when Surya Bahadur ThapaSurya Bahadur Thapa
Surya Bahadur Thapa has been Prime Minister of Nepal five times, under three different kings, in a political career lasting nearly 50 years. His terms were 1963-64, 1965–69, 1979–83, 1997–98 and 2003-04....
became PM, he became Defence Minister. There was another election in 2038 BS, he was again reelected with huge majority of votes, with about 28,000. After becoming Defence Minister for one year, he became Local Development Minister. After one year, he became Industry Minister. Mean time, he became Health Minister too. In 2040 BS, he remained only NPM during the premiership of Lokendra Bahadur Chand
Lokendra Bahadur Chand
Lokendra Bahadur Chand was the prime minister of Nepal four times: from 1983 to 1986, briefly during April 1990, briefly during 1997, and from October 2002 until June 2003. He is a major supporter of the Nepalese monarchy...
. There was another election during 2043 BS, he was reelected in NPM.
After the multiparty democracy in Nepal, in 2051BS, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) from RPP. When Surya Bahadur Thapa became PM, he was appointed as Construction and Transport Minister. Later when Sher Bahadur Deuba
Sher Bahadur Deuba
Sher Bahadur Deuba is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister. He is the second senior most leader of the Nepali Congress. He has twice been elected as the leader of parliamentary party of the Nepali Congress, thus enabling him to be elected twice as the Prime Minister of Nepal.He has...
became PM, he became Housing and Physical Planning Minister. Later again when Sher Bahadur Deuba became PM, he became Science and Technology Minister for the last time.