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Man Mohan Adhikari, Nepalese politician who dedicated most of his adult life to the fight against the monarchy and authoritarian rule; in 1994–95 he served as Nepal’s first communist prime minister for about nine months, during which he initiated a number of reforms, such as a build-your-own-village program to direct money to poor villages. BORN in 1920 in a wealthy landowning family of Biratnagar in southeastern Nepal, Adhikari never compromised with pro-monarchists. He entered politics when he joined the struggle for democratic rights against the authoritarian Rana regime in the late 1940s. India was close to Adhikari's heart when he began his political career. As a 22-year-old science graduate from Benaras Hindu University, Adhikari took part in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and was i
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