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This year marks the eighth death anniversary of Girija Prasad Koirala, former prime minister and president of the Nepali Congress (NC). GP was born in 1924 in Tedi of Saharsha district in Bihar state in India where his father, Krishna Prasad Koirala, was living in exile.

GP followed in the footsteps of his father and elder brothers and joined the Indian independence movement and the struggle against the Rana oligarchy in Nepal. In 1947, GP shot into prominence by organising a strike at Biratnagar Jute Mill in southern Nepal.

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He also led the establishment of the Nepal Majdoor Congress in 1948 which later became the Nepal Trade Union Congress. In essence, he was a pioneer of the labour movement in Nepal.

After the Rana regime was overthrown, GP became the president of the NC in Morang district in 1952.

He held that position until he was incarcerated by the king following the 1960 royal coup. He remained in jail till 1967. After his release, he went to India, and in 1975, became t