Narayan Singh Pun
Narayan Singh Pun | |
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Personal details | |
Died | February 21, 2008 New Delhi, India |
Nationality | Nepali |
Political party | Nepal Samata Party |
Narayan Singh Pun (Nepali: नारायणसिंह पुन; died February 21, 2008, in New Delhi, India) was a Nepalese politician. Prior to starting his political career, he had been a helicopter pilot and lieutenant colonel in the Royal Nepal Army.[1]
He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[2] He was later expelled from the party on the grounds of collaborating with the king. He later founded the Nepal Samata Party.
Pun founded Karnali Air in 2001.[3]
Narayan Singh Pun died at a hospital in New Delhi, India, on February 21, 2008, from an infection that had emerged after a kidney transplant. He was 59 years old.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens[permanent dead link]
- ^ Election Commission of Nepal Archived 2006-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Yogi, Bhagirath (14 March 2003). "Narayan Singh Pun". Nepali Times. Retrieved 10 July 2021.