Nanda Kishor Pun
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Nanda Kishor Pun alias Pasang, is the chief commander of the People's Liberation Army in Nepal
. He is also a member of Central Committee
of UCPN (M).
Pun was born in Rangsi, in northwestern Rolpa district
. He became involved in radical student politics and became a district committee member of Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre)
. In 1990 he became district president of the youth wing of the party. When the party was divided in 1994, Pun sided with the wing that would become the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). His youth organization was converted into a militia, that took part in the launching of People's War
in February 1996. After the PLA was formed in 2001 he became commander of the first PLA battalion. Eventually he would become one of four deputy commanders of the PLA. During the war he led PLA forces in several battles.
On September 12, 2008, Pasang was appointed chief of the PLA by the CPN(Maoist).
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...
. He is also a member of Central Committee
Central Committee
Central Committee was the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, whether ruling or non-ruling in the twentieth century and of the surviving, mostly Trotskyist, states in the early twenty first. In such party organizations the...
of UCPN (M).
Pun was born in Rangsi, in northwestern Rolpa district
Rolpa District
Rolpa of 210,004. Livang is the district's administrative center.By Nepalese standards, Rolpa is an underdeveloped area plagued by low life expectancy and poverty . It was a major flashpoint in the 1996-2006 Civil War.Adjoining districts are Dang to the south, Pyuthan to the east, Salyan to the...
. He became involved in radical student politics and became a district committee member of Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre)
Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre)
Communist Party of Nepal , was a communist party in Nepal. CPN was formed on November 19-20 1990, through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal , Communist Party of Nepal , Proletarian Workers Organisation and Communist Party of Nepal . Soon thereafter a group led by Dr...
. In 1990 he became district president of the youth wing of the party. When the party was divided in 1994, Pun sided with the wing that would become the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). His youth organization was converted into a militia, that took part in the launching of People's War
Nepal Civil War
The Nepali Civil War was a conflict between government forces and Maoist rebels in Nepal which lasted from 1996 until 2006...
in February 1996. After the PLA was formed in 2001 he became commander of the first PLA battalion. Eventually he would become one of four deputy commanders of the PLA. During the war he led PLA forces in several battles.
On September 12, 2008, Pasang was appointed chief of the PLA by the CPN(Maoist).