Ganga Prasad Pradhan, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Nepali pastor and translator of the bible
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About Ganga Prasad Pradhan
- Ganga Prasad Pradhan (Newar: ???? ?????? ?????? ) was born on July 4, 1851 in Kathmandu and was the first ordained Nepali Christian pastor, main translator of the Nepali Bible, co-author of an English-Nepali dictionary and author of children's textbooks.He was born to a wealthy Newari family and taught by Scottish missionaries in Darjeeling.
- He returned to Kathmandu with aims of starting educational institutions for the public, as education was available to only a handful.
- He was exiled permanently to India in 1914 by King Tribhuvan of Nepal for preaching. He was also editor of Gorkhey Khabar Kagat a monthly magazine, from 1901 to his death in 1932.
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