Narayan Singh Pun

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Narayan Singh Pun
Personal details
DiedFebruary 21, 2008
New Delhi, India
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepal Samata Party

Narayan Singh Pun (Nepali: नारायणसिंह पुन; died February 21, 2008, in New Delhi, India) was a Nepalese politician. Prior to starting his political career, he had been a helicopter pilot and lieutenant colonel in the Royal Nepal Army.[1]

He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[2] He was later expelled from the party on the grounds of collaborating with the king. He later founded the Nepal Samata Party.

Pun founded Karnali Air in 2001.[3]

Narayan Singh Pun died at a hospital in New Delhi, India, on February 21, 2008, from an infection that had emerged after a kidney transplant. He was 59 years old.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Election Commission of Nepal Archived 2006-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Yogi, Bhagirath (14 March 2003). "Narayan Singh Pun". Nepali Times. Retrieved 10 July 2021.