Facts: - residence: darjeeling - employer: kurseong college , darjeeling government college - notable works: '' gorkha conquest '' - spouse: poornima pradha - field: history , anthropology , nepali literature - birth date: 07 may 1937 - name: kumar pradhan - birth place: kurseong , darjeeling - religion: hinduism - alma mater: ramkrishna of calcutta high school , darjeeling darjeeling government college university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kumar pradhan .
kumar pradhan -lrb- nepali : -rrb- 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 .