Politician and journalist in the Kingdom of Sikkim
Kashiraj Pradhan
Executive Council of Sikkim
In office 1953–1967
Monarchs
Tashi Namgyal, Palden Thondup Namgyal
Member of the Sikkim State Council
In office 1953–1967
Preceded by
New constituency
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Constituency
Namchi
Personal details
Political party
Sikkim State Congress
Kashiraj Pradhan (11 December 1905 – 31 March 1990) popularly known as Kashi Babu was an Indian pre-merger politician and journalist in Sikkim. He was the President of Sikkim State Congress party, a member of the Sikkim State Council and Executive Council of Sikkim serving multiple terms in office. Known as the Father of Sikkimese journalism, he was the founder and publisher of Sikkim’s first news magazine Kanchenjunga.[1][2]
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KashirajPradhan (11 December 1905 – 31 March 1990) popularly known as Kashi Babu was an Indian pre-merger politician and journalist in Sikkim. He was...
political leader KashirajPradhan of whom his mother was a twin sister. He has four sons and four daughters, the eldest son is Late S.K.Pradhan, a former MLA...
are among the founder members of the party. Tashi Tshering, KashirajPradhan, Nahakul Pradhan and Chandra Das Rai were other prominent leaders who have...
the erstwhile Chogyal regime in Sikkim. He is a great-grandnephew of KashirajPradhan, another prominent leader of the democratic movement, also considered...
Council, John S. Lal and two of the elected members, Sonam Tsering and KashirajPradhan. "Election to Sikkim State Council". The Indian Express. 2 June 1953...
Bhanu Purashkar- Awarded by Nepali Sahitya Parishad, Sikkim 2018- KashirajPradhan Lifetime Journalism Award- Presented by Government of Sikkim "www.sikkimexpress...
Founded 1976 Political alignment Left Language English Headquarters KashirajPradhan Road, Nam Nam, Gangtok, Sikkim, 737101 Country India Website www.sikkimexpress...
Varanasi, 2004 Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2002 Honored by Kashiraj Trust, Varanasi, and Maharaja Travancore Svati Tirunal Award at the Dhrupad...
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