Bhimdatta Panta (original) (raw)

Bhimdatta Panta (Nepali:भिमदत्त पन्त) was a farmer, revolutionary leader and a martyr from Dadeldhura District, of Nepal. He is known for raising a protest in the favour of peasants and oppressed farmers in the Far-Western Region of Nepal, by the landlords "elite Thakuris". He was martyred with the charges of treason by Local Elites on 1953 A.D aged 27. The town Bhimdatta Municipality in Kanchanpur district is named after him (until 2008 the town was named Mahendranagar). A Non-Profit organization was Named by Two farmers leader Dr. and Bhimdatta Panta as for .