Kumar Pradhan (Nepali: ????? ??????; 7 May 1937 – 22 December 2013) was a Nepali Indian historian and writer whose research interests include the History of the Eastern Himalayas, Genealogical studies and the Nepali literature.
Pradhan has also edited and written a number of literary journals and anthologies and published learned articles in Nepali.
He was the chief editor of Sunchari Samachar and other prominent Nepali newspapers.