Regmi, Dilly Raman

He received a philological education in India, then graduated from Patna University with a doctorate in philosophy, and in 1961 received a doctorate in economics from the same university. He became the first Nepalese to be awarded an honorary doctorate in the Soviet Union.

He got involved in political life, working as a volunteer in the aftermath of the earthquake of 1934. In 1940, he became the ideologist of the socio-political organization Akhil Nepal Barga Mahasabha. After his appeals appeared with the call for the establishment of a republican system in Nepal and the interception of his correspondence by the British, the young politician was banned from entering the country and he was forced to live in India. During this period, he began cooperation with the leaders of the Indian national liberation movement. In 1943, he was arrested by the British colonial administration and imprisoned, where one of the leaders of the Nepalese Communists, Man Mohan Adhikari, introduced him to Marxist literature.

After his release in 1947, he became actively involved in the political life of Nepal, becoming the leader of the Karyakari Sabhapati party, which was part of the Nepalese Rashtriya Congress, after its split, became the leader of a smaller part of the Nepalese National Congress, He was a supporter of non-violent principles of political struggle of Mahatma Gandhi . He played a leading role in restoring democracy in Nepal through the non-violent incidence of the regime of the ruling Rana family and the subsequent introduction of a governance system based on Panchayat principles.

He served as Minister of Education, in 1953-1955. - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal. In this post, he normalized relations with China, Nepal became a member of the UN, the country began to emerge from the centuries-old international isolation in which it was during the reign of the Rana clan.

As Minister of the Interior of Nepal, he organized the first democratic elections in Nepal.

After King Mahendra dissolved Parliament in December 1960 and recreated the traditional management system, Panchayat Remi focused on literary work, was the author of several books on the ancient, medieval and modern history of Nepal, Among them:

• Nepal, 1948,
• “Democratic struggle in Nepal. Nepali National Congress ", 1948,
• "The Age of the Autocratic Family in Nepal", 1950,
• “Sunset of Nepal”, 1952,
• Ancient and Medieval Nepal, 1952,
• Ancient Nepal
• Medieval Nepal, parts 1–3, Calcutta: KL Mukhopadhyay, 1965,
• Modern Nepal, vol. 1, Calcutta: KL Mukhopadhyay, 1965,
• "Medieval Nepal, Part 3, Volume 2, Calcutta: KL Mukhopadhyay, 1966,
• “Medieval Nepal: Source Materials on the History and Culture of Nepal,” Calcutta: KL Mukhopadhyay, 1966,
• “Medieval Nepal. Part 4 ”, Calcutta: KL Mukhopadhyay,
• "Modern Nepal: Rise, Rise, and Fall," 1975,
• "Records of Ancient Nepal," New Delhi: Abhinav Publications. 1983
• "Modern Nepal: Vols. 1 and 2, Rupa and Company.

He was also a major collector of rare artefacts of archaeological and historical significance. His collection of books, old photographs and other exhibits is kept in a special hall of the Development Council Memorial Library that bears his name.

• http://dilliramanregmi.org
• http://www.dilliramanregmi.org/legacy.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20150212032931/http://drkrmlibrary.org/dilliraman.php