Durgananda Jha

Durgananda Jha (Maithili, Nepali: दुर्गानन्द झा) was Nepalese democratic fighter who attempted to assassinate King Mahendra of Nepal in January 1962 (Magh 9, 2018 BS) in Janakpur in southeastern Nepal. Durga was captured after he threw a bomb on a motor-vehicle carrying the king. He threw bomb in a strict security of thousands of army and police at the Janaki Temple premises in Janakpur during his visit to the eastern Terai.He was executed by shot-to-death in Magh 15, 2020 (February, 1964) at Central Jail, Kathmandu. At the time of execution he was 21 years old.

Durgananda Jha

Durgananda Jha (Maithili, Nepali: दुर्गानन्द झा) was Nepalese democratic fighter who attempted to assassinate King Mahendra of Nepal in January 1962 (Magh 9, 2018 BS) in Janakpur in southeastern Nepal. Durga was captured after he threw a bomb on a motor-vehicle carrying the king. He threw bomb in a strict security of thousands of army and police at the Janaki Temple premises in Janakpur during his visit to the eastern Terai.He was executed by shot-to-death in Magh 15, 2020 (February, 1964) at Central Jail, Kathmandu. At the time of execution he was 21 years old.