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Ram Prasad Khanal | |
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| Born | Hardineta, Dharampani, Maindanda, Gulmi Nepal |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Education | Master's Degree (Sociology) |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Singer, Actor, Business Entrepreneur & Journalist |
| Years active | Since 1983 |
| Known for | Folk Singer, writer, journalist, Actor, Business Entrepreneur |
| Spouse | Tirtha Poudel |
| Children | Gyanendra Khanal & Susma Khanal [1] |
| Parent | Bhabhishwor Khanal & Rundata Khanal |
| Awards | Gorkha Dakshin Bahu,2004, Prakhyat Trishakti Patta, 2005 |
| Website | ramprasadkhanal |
Ram Prasad Khanal (Nepali: रामप्रसाद खनाल) is a Nepalese musician, distinguished class singer, and folk-music activist.[1][2] He has worked for the growth and development of Nepali folk music for decades. He is an author, journalist, artist, actor, composer, and radio and TV program producer, director and presenter.[3][4] He serves as President[5] of the International Artists Forum.[6] He has mainly been known for his Nepali folk and duet songs and his activism in the field of folk music.[7]
Khanal moved to the United States of America a decade ago[as of?] and has been living there with his family since then. In the US, he is involved in different business activities.[8]
He started a program titled Lok Dohori, based on folk duet songs, on Nepal Television in 1998, which considerably promoted his fame in the field. This program not only popularized the Nepali folk and duet songs, but it also contributed profoundly to the renaissance of Nepali folk music.[9] The folk movement that this program pushed throughout the country created a conducive environment in which many folk singers were born.[10]
Though he is living in the US with a green card granted to him in the Extraordinary Ability EB-1 visa category,[relevant? – discuss] he is still contributing to Nepali folk songs, duet songs, folk culture, and Nepali language and literature from overseas.[11] Khanal, who has worked to promoted Nepali folk music and establish it in the international arena, has had seventeen poetry anthologies and ghazals published. While he has released forty-eight albums of Nepali folk music, he also has more than one thousand two hundred lyrics published and broadcast.[12]
He has been awarded the Prabal Gorakha Dakshina Bahu, one of the most prestigious Nepali national awards granted to civilians, for his exceptional contribution to Nepali folk music, duet songs and the entire field of Nepali music by the government of Nepal. He was also awarded the Trishakti Patta, another highly recognized Nepali national award, for his significant contributions in the field of journalism. Along with this, he has also been granted more than four hundred awards and prizes in Nepal and beyond.[13] One of the significant of them is 'Man of the Year 2004 for Nepal International Award that was awarded to him by the American Biographical Institute (ABI).
He has published 17 books and two anthologies of poems, Desh Harayako Manchhe (The Man Who has Lost the Nation) and Murdaharuko Basti (Domain of the Dead). He has also published autobiographies entitled Teeta Mitha Anubhutiharu (Feelings, Sweet and Sour) and Gulmi Dekhi America Samma (From Gulmi to the United States).[14]
- ^ "राष्ट्रियता तब मात्र बुझिन्छ जब देशबाहिर बसिन्छ". News of Nepal. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ "अमेरिका बसेर लोकभाका जोगाउँदै". अमेरिका बसेर लोकभाका जोगाउँदै. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "नेपालमा के के गरेर अमेरिका फर्किए रामप्रसाद खनाल ?". Enepalese. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "रामप्रसाद खनालले गरे एनआरएनए अमेरिकाको निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारीको घोषणा | नेपाली जनता :: Nepali Janta". 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय कलाकार मञ्च अमेरिकाको पुनर्गठन". www.filmykhabar.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "International Artists Forum अन्तराष्ट्रिय कलाकार मँच, अमेरिका". Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "नेपालमा के के गरेर अमेरिका फर्किए रामप्रसाद खनाल ?". Enepalese. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "यी हुन् अमेरिकी 'ग्रिनकार्ड' भएका ५०० नेपाली कलाकार". Lokpati.com. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "सोमबारबाट बद्रीको 'लाइभ दोहोरी' टेलिभिजनमा". artistkhabar.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "गीत, संगीत तथा साहित्य क्षेत्रमा केही गर्न चाहन्छु ः रामप्रसाद खनाल लोक दोहोरी गायक – NepalayaNews.com". 27 September 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "नेपालमै बसेर अमेरिकी ग्रिनकार्ड पाउने हैन ?". London Nepal News. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ www.Nepalmother.com. "नयाँ पाँच वटा गीत गाएर र अर्को कबिता संग्रह प्रकाशन गरेर फर्किए रामप्रसाद खनाल. एक पछी अर्को गर्दै रिलिज गर्ने तयारी". Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "अनेसास डिसीद्वारा रामप्रसाद खनाल र डा. रघुनाथ अर्याललाई सम्मान, दुई खनालका ३ कृति बिमोचन". Enepalese. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "रामप्रसाद खनालका दुई कृतिको अमेरिकामा विमोचन". kharibot.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.