Career highlights of Late Ganesh Man Singh (1915-1997)

• Born 1915
• Begins public life -- 1936
• Member, Nepal Praja Parishad (Nepal's first political party)-- 1939
• Life imprisonment and confiscation of property for anti-Rana activities --1940
• Escapes jail and flees to Calcutta where he came in contact with BP Koirala-- 1944
• Founding member of Nepali National Congress--1946
• Arrested for the second time--1950
• Minister for Industry and Commerce in the Rana-Congress government-- 1951
• Food, Agriculture and Land reforms minister under Matrika P Koirala-- 1951
• Candidate for NC presidency, defeated by Subarna Shumsher -- 1955
• Leads the civil disobedience movement-- 1957
• Elected to the House of Representatives-- 1958
• Minister for Works and Transport under BP Koirala -- 1958- 60
• Jailed after the Royal Coup -- 1960-68
• In exile in India -- 1968-76
• Returns back to Nepal with the policy of national reconciliation -- 1976
• Faces various charges framed by the then government-- 1977
• Becomes leader of the Nepali Congress -- 1978
• Differences with BP on the issue of participation in the National Referendum-- 1980-81
• Supreme Leader of the Nepali Congress (after BP's death) -- 1982
• Leads civil disobedience movement-- 1985
• Commander of the successful People's Movement -- 1990
• Declines offer to become Prime Minister--1990
• Receives US Peace Run Award --1991
• Differences with Prime Minister GP Koirala-- 1993
• Becomes first South Asian to win the UN Human Rights Award -- 1994
• Quits the Nepali Congress -- 1994
• Leads Public Awareness movement -- 1994
• NC convention reconfers the title of Supreme Leader -- 1996
• Dies September 18, 1997

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