Kashiraj Pradhan

Kashiraj Pradhan (11 December 1905 – ?) was a leader of the Pro-Democracy Movement in the erstwhile Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim. In State Council of Sikkim - a constitutional government under the erstwhile Chogyal regime - he held important cabinet positions including the Executive Councillor. He was a member of Sikkim State Congress, a party he led for many years.[1]

He was also a journalist, who started Sikkim's first monthly news magazine, Kanchenjunga in 1957 with his nephew Nahakul Pradhan as its editor.[2] Known as Father of Sikkimese Journalism, the state government of Sikkim has instituted Kashiraj Pradhan Lifetime Journalism Award for journalists since 2018.[3][4]

Honours
  • Pema Dorji Decoration - Presented by the Chogyal of Sikkim, third highest civilian honour in former Kingdom of Sikkim.
  • Government of Sikkim has named Deorali - Namnang road as Kashiraj Pradhan Marg.

References
  1. http://sikkim-historyhunter.blogspot.com/2011/02/kashiraj-pradhan-father-of-journalism.html?m=1. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Kanchenjunga and Sikkim Press: How Media Started Its Practice in Sikkim
  3. https://www.gangtoktimes.news/06/28/24/district/00/admin/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://www.thestatesman.com/india/43rd-state-day-sikkim-institutes-award-journalists-1502637697.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Bareh, Hamlet (2001). "Introduction". Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Sikkim. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-794-8. Retrieved 19 June 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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