Kumar Pradhan
Kumar Pradhan (Nepali: कुमार प्रधान; 7 May 1937 – 20 December 2013) was an 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. Early life and education. Pradhan was born on 7 May 1937 at Kurseong in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal. He started his schooling at Ramkrishna Vidyalaya, St Alphonsus Missionary School Darjeeling, Govt  College Darjeeling and completed his master's degree in History from Calcutta University in Kolkata. He received his PhD in history from Calcutta University Career. Pradhan started his career as a teacher from St Robert's High School Darjeeling and became the lecturer in the history department of Darjeeling Government College and finally made the Principal of Kurseong College in 1984. He was the author of ‘The Gorkha Conquests: The Process and Consequences of the Unification of Nepal with Particular Reference to Eastern Nepal’. He was also the author of ‘A History of Nepali Literature’, published by the Sahitya Akademi , New Delhi, in the Sahitya Akademi Histories of Literature Series. His work, Pahilo Pahar, was awarded the Bhanubhakta Puraskar in 1983 by the Nepali Academy instituted by the Government of West Bengal. He received the Nepali Sahitya Sammelan Puraskar in 2002, and the Aam Smriti Puraskar, an award given every three years for contributions to the Nepali language and literature, instituted by Nepali Sahitya Parishad in 2003. He was retired in 1996 and took the charge of the editor in his Nepali vernacular daily ‘Sunchari Samachar’. He also took the charge of the editor of Nepali daily Himalaya Darpan when  Sunchari was closed on 26 January 2008 due to internal problem. He resigned from the daily in September 2013 to take rest due to health problems. Personal life. Dr. Pradhan was married Purnima Pradhan and they blessed with daughters Indira Pradhan and Manasha Pradhan and sons Somendra Pradhan and Gehendra Pradhan. Contributions of Kumar Pradhan. Books and Edited Volumes Articles School Level History Textbooks Works in Translation Edited Journals and Newspapers