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Matrika Prasad Koirala
First Lion President of Nepal

The first Lion President of Nepal, Late Lion Matrika Prasad Koirala was born on
1st January 1912 in Biratnagar, Morang, the eastern part of Nepal. He took the
opportunity to become the First Lion President of Nepal establishing the Lions Club
of Biratnagar in 1971. Lion P. C. Jain of LC Ajmer was the extension chairperson of
Lions Club of Biratnagar.
Lion Koirala was a well known political leader. Apart from his political background,
he had an immense involvement in social areas as well. In 1953, he had established
Nepal Tuberculosis Eradication Association and became founder vice president. He
was also member of the Nepal Red Cross Society, Biratnagar from very beginning
and subsequently held the position of President. He was the founder chairman of
Morang Higher Education Development Trust. In course of his social career, he had
established Koirala Memorial Child Trust.

He had actively contributed and assisted in constructing Tribhuwan Memorial
Hospital building, Ratna Maitri Sadan Red Cross building, Blood Bank building etc. He
was very active in politics and assisted his father Mr. Krishna Prasad Koirala in the
political movement of Nepal. He was the executive chairman of Nepalese National
Congress in 1948. He was a successful commander of 1950 democratic revolution.
He was also the founder president of Rastriya Praja Party and established National
Janata Parishad in 1991 B.S.
Lion Koirala had greatly contributed in the field of literature. He was a man of high
oratory power and recognized as one of the famed contemporaies in Nepal. He
had good command over English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Maithali, Rajasthani(Marwari),
Bhojpuri languages.
After the downfall of Rana Regime in 1950, Lion Matrika Prasad Koirala was the
Prime Minister from the General public. He held the position of Prime Minister
during fifties. He was nominated as a permanent representative of United Nations
Organization and was appointed as Nepal's Ambassador to United States of America
from 1961-64. He was an honest, sincere, polite and kindhearted person.

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