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	Pushpa Kamal Dahal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pushpa Kamal Dahal, commonly known as Chairman Prachanda or Comrade Prachanda (born December 11, 1954), is the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).
		Pushpa lived underground even after the restoration of democracy in 1990.
		A little-known profile, he would control the underground extremists of the communist party while the portion with parliamentary representation in the "United People's Front" was governed by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pushpa_Kamal_Dahal (274 words)

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		Pushpa Kamal Dahal, commonly known as 'Chairman Prachanda', is the leader of the Maoist Communist Party of Nepal.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Prachanda.html (121 words)

	Nepal Maoists agree to bargain - The Washington Times: World Briefings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Nepal's Maoist rebel leader, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, said in a statement Thursday that his party would participate in the third round of talks with King Gyanendra's government to find a peaceful solution to the 7½-year-old insurgency launched by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to establish a people's republic.
		Dahal's statement expressing willingness to hold a third round of talks as a positive decision and said the government would approach the five political parties to join the dialogue.
		Dahal's positive response on Thursday to the latest government overture as a hopeful pointer for the talks, but they are cautiously optimistic about the outcome of the ongoing peace process.
	washingtontimes.com /world/20030801-093848-5469r.htm (1814 words)

	Nepalnews.com (newsflash) Arc764
		We have asked Kamal Thapa for a meeting with the King to confirm it and pass on the message to the Maoists," Tuladhar said.
		Rebel chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal made no mention of a demand the King issue a statement the government is empowered to negotiate and implement negotiated agreements in his statement Thursday.
		Dahal said the third round of talks should discuss a political agenda demanded by the rebels.
	www.nepalnews.com /archive/2003/july/arc764.htm (1638 words)

	Nepal: Truce or Consequences? : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		However, the statement sent under the insignia of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist did not have the usual signature of rebel supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Prachand.
		The rebels said the ceasefire was being made before the state of emergency, imposed by the government after the guerrillas broke a previous truce last November, expires on May 25.
		The declaration, faxed to news agencies, was not signed by the rebel leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, popularly known as Prachand.
	sf.indymedia.org /print.php?id=126915 (417 words)

	Indo-Asian News Service -> Nepal-Terrorism/Rights-Maoists -> Maoist leader's father to head peace march in Nepal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Muktiram Dahal, 76-year-old father of Pushpa Kamal Dahal, aka Prachanda, the underground revolutionary leading the banned Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), said Monday he would take part in the peace rally from "Mechi to Mahakali" - eastern to far-western Nepal.
		The state media Tuesday quoted him as saying that "no revolution that kills Nepalese could be a success" and that he has been hoping to meet his estranged son once to urge him to stop violence since there could be no development without peace.
		Dahal, father of six children, lives in Bharatpur in south-central Nepal, near the Indian border.
	www.eians.net /2005/01/18/18most.html (396 words)

	Pushpa Kamal Dahal biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Pushpa Kamal Dahal, commonly known as Chairman Prachanda or Comrade Prachanda, is the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).
		The party launched the Nepalese People's War on February 13, 1996, and through armed conflict now controls most of the country of Nepal.
		Prachanda's extension of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism to take specific account of Nepal's situation is known as the Prachanda Path.
	prachanda.biography.ms (61 words)

	Pushpa Kamal Dahal -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Pushpa Kamal Dahal, commonly known as Chairman Prachanda or Comrade Prachanda (born December 11, 1954), is the leader of the (additional info and facts about Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)) Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).
		The party launched the (additional info and facts about Nepalese People's War) Nepalese People's War on the 13th of February 1996, and through armed conflict now controls large portions of (A small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China) Nepal.
		Prachanda's extension of (additional info and facts about Marxism-Leninism-Maoism) Marxism-Leninism-Maoism to take specific account of Nepal's situation is known as the Prachanda Path.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pu/pushpa_kamal_dahal.htm (111 words)

	38 reported dead as Nepal goes on offensive with raid on Maoist stronghold
		But government spokesman Kamal Thapa said Tuesday that talks were off the cards until the Maoists committed to peace and authorities Wednesday imposed a night curfew in Kathmandu ahead of a three-day nationwide strike.
		The rebels called on all schools, businesses and transport operators to shut down from Thursday to Saturday to press their core demands, namely the abolition of the monarchy which they claim only serves the Himalayan country's wealthy minority.
		Prachanda, a former schoolteacher whose real name is Pushpa Kamal Dahal, makes few public appearances, generally relying on messengers or the internet to make statements.
	quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/aw/Qnepal-maoist.RVHp_DSG.html (615 words)

	Nepal Terrorist Groups - Maoist Insurgents
		A radical faction led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Comrade Prachanda and Baburam Bhattarai set up the CPN-Maoist and denounced the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninists) or the CPN (UML) and other mainstream communist factions as 'renegades’ and 'revisionists’ due to their participation in the parliamentary process.
		It resorted to an armed struggle on February 13, 1996, by attacking police stations in the Rukum and Rolpa districts in northwestern Nepal and thereby declaring a ‘People’s War’ in Nepal.
		The chief of operations of the CPN-M is its Chairman, Pushpa Kamal Dahal (better known as Comrade Prachanda).
	www.satp.org /tracking/Goto.asp?ID=8 (2686 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> World -> Maoists call off ceasefire, Nepal on high alert
		Kathmandu: Nepal's fragile peace collapsed on August 27, with Maoists calling off the seven-month old ceasefire, prompting the government to put the country on a security alert.
		"Since the government has ended the possibility of resolving the conflict through peace talks and ceasefire, we are declaring end of the ceasefireand peace negotiations with the government," said a statement by Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda.
		The statement comes a day after six policemen and 10 Maoists were killed as the rebels intensified their attacks against security personnel and called for a general strike on August 27 in Eastern Nepal to protest the killing of their 19 comrades.
	news.indiainfo.com /2003/08/27/27maoist1.html (291 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> South Asia -> Nepal's Maoists' offer talks after attacking district headquarters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Kathmandu: Maoist rebels in Nepal have said that they are still ready to have talks with the government just two days after attacking police and administrative installations in the country's western Dolpa district.
		"The party is ready for talks because of the frightening situation confronting the state and the people," Pushpa Kamal Dahal, nicknamed Prachanda, the general secretary of the Maoist movement, said in a statement.
		According to sources, the statement was issued after the Maoist rebels accused the government of Prime Minister G.P. Koirala of promoting an "irresponsible political culture and fascism", which was preventing an atmosphere conducive for talks.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2000/09/27/27talk.html (438 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> Spotlight -> Monarchy Massacre -> Nepal Maoist rebels seek interim government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Kathmandu: Nepal's Maoist rebels, fighting for the establishment of a republic, has called for the formation of an interim government and said that they are ready to come over ground to help the nation emerge from the current crisis.
		[an error occurred while processing this directive] "All nationalists, Left parties and groups should immediately start freely working on the formation of a joint interim government", Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of the Maoist movement, said in a statement.
		Dahal appealed to the people to be united to defend the nation's sovereignty and national dignity in the aftermath of the crisis created by the assassination of King Birendra and his family.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /spotlight/nepalroyalkillings/12nepal1.html (362 words)

	Online edition of Sunday Observer - World News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The army, meanwhile, reiterated its claim that the insurgents had mistreated and killed captured troops after Sunday's major gun battle at Pili in the western area of Kalikot.
		Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Prachanda, has branded as "baseless" charges rebels had executed 40 troops and said the captives would be freed "at an appropriate time".
		Ian Martin, the representative of the UN High Commission for Human Rights in Nepal, said he had held informal talks with unidentified Maoist leaders in the southwest of the Himalayan kingdom earlier this week.
	www.sundayobserver.lk /2005/08/14/wor05.html (311 words)

	::PeaceJournalism.com - The Peace Media Research Center's e-magazine::
		Muktiram Dahal, father of Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda, has agreed to lead a nationwide campaign to press for both the parties in Nepal conflict to cease hostilities and resume peace negotiations, reports said.
		Talking to reporters at his home at Bharatpur municipality on Sunday, senior Dahal said he was not physically fit but could not refuse the proposal to spread the message of peace throughout the country.
		Senior Dahal said he had not heard from his son for the last nine years.
	peacejournalism.com /ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=951 (268 words)

	AsiaMedia :: NEPAL: Parents of Maoist leaders call for cessation of violence
		Official RSS news agency reported that Muktiram Dahal, father of CPN (Maoist) chairman Prachanda alias Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Nanda Kumari Thapa, mother of senior Maoist leader 'Badal' alias Ram Bahadur Thapa have urged their sons to lay down arms and come to the peace talks.
		Stating that the King is the guardian of all the people, they appealed to the political parties and the Maoists to join hands with the King and save the nation by holding peace negotiations, the state-run news agency reported.
		The 77-year-old senior Dahal -- who has been living in Baidiknagar, Bharatpur municipality -- said that the present ceasefire should not be just limited to three months, but it should be perpetuated, and all should come together towards that end.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=29558 (510 words)

	WNSO Chautari > Maoists, govt. announce ceasefire (9:00 PM)
		Representatives of major political parties and other sectors of society are meeting ahead of a proposed roundtable conference representing all political groups to negotiate an end to a seven year communist insurgency that enters its eighth year Thursday.
		Rebel strongman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said Monday in a signed article 5,500 rebels died in the insurgency.
		Maoists, party strongman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said in a statement, have appointed a five-member negotiating team headed by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, the second man in the organization; government lifted the terrorist label on the party to start peace talks.
	chautari.wnso.org /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t1542.html (4068 words)

	Daily Excelsior... World
		Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal today accused the Army of continuing to arrest party activists despite a truce, and..........
		Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal today accused the Army of continuing to arrest party activists despite a truce, and denied charges of taking funds from people, local reports said.
		"Maoist Chairman Dahal (alias Prachand) said the Army has continued arresting his party activists while he refuted charges that his party was intimidating people to give them funds," Private Radio Station Kantipur FM 96.1 quoted him as saying.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/03feb17/inter.htm (3237 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Nepal's ceasefire collapses as Maoist rebels pull out of peace talks
		"We have terminated the peace process, along with the ceasefire and the code of conduct (which governs the truce) for the time being because of the government's undemocratic posture," said a statement from Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda (The Fierce).
		He held out the possibility that talks could resume "in the event that people's sovereign rights and basic interests are re-established," although he did not elaborate.
		Government negotiator Kamal Thapa voiced "deep regret" over the Maoists' decision, saying that he had been willing at least to discuss the rebels' demands at talks.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/f44bd18d215ce9a549256d900010daab (666 words)

	Deccan Herald News page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The insurgents’ supreme commander Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda on Wednesday issued a statement saying that the truce was no longer in effect and blamed the Surya Bahadur Thapa Government and the Army for the decision.
		The statement said the “rationale for the ceasefire, code of conduct and the talks process is now over for the time being”, especially in view of the security forces’ “coldblooded killing” of party cadre, gratuitous checks and forcing its members to surrender arms.
		Information and Communications Minister Kamal Thapa, who is also the government spokesman, said on Monday that the government knew that the rebels were acquiring arms and training their cadre for action even during the ceasefire.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/aug28/f1.asp (681 words)

	Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The official website of Interpol has listed Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Baburam Bhattarai, Dharmendra Banstola, Pampha Bhusal, Posta Bahadur Bogati, Netra Bahadur Chand, Ishwori Prasad Dahal, Chandra Prakash Gajurel, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, Hit Raj Pandey, Devendra Parajuli, Agni Prasad Sapkota, Matrika Yadav and Haribol Gajurel in the red corner notice.
		Netra Bahadur Chand and Ishwori Prasad Dahal are new entrants in the list while Chandra Prakash Gajurel, who featured in both the earlier list and this one, is jailed in India.
		Additional Inspector General of Police Govinda Thapa, who is the chief of Interpol Department at the Police Headquarters, told The Kathmandu Post that his office has not yet received any official notification from Interpol Headquarters regarding the red corner notice.
	www.chhahari.com /nepalnews/ktmpost/news/14ktmpost.html (259 words)

	Religious groups appeal for end to violence in Nepal
		With the Nepalese government and Maoist insurgents preparing to begin peace talks for the first time, religious groups in the Himalayan kingdom have called on both sides to stop the violence that has killed some 1,700 people and disrupted the lives of tens of thousands of Nepalese and forced Catholics to close schools.
		In one of his first acts as Nepal’s new prime minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba pledged to bring the five-year insurgency to an end and in July secured a truce agreement with the Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
		Maoists intensified their attacks in the Hindu kingdom after the murder of the Nepalese royals in late spring and installation of a new government.
	www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/archives/091401/091401f.htm (697 words)

	HIMAL SOUTHASIAN \| Reintroductory Issue \| July - August 2005
		When King Gyanendra of Nepal conducted a military-backed coup on 1 February 2005, even those who thought it was drastic and ill advised had expected that he had ‘a plan’ by which he would tackle the raging Maoist insurgency.
		Either he was aiming to bring the Maobaadi to heel by making the Royal Nepal Army effective, or he had a secret arrangement with Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the elusive Maoist chieftain.
		Indeed, all would be forgiven if the king were planning for peace and were able to deliver it.
	www.himalmag.com /2005/july/commentary_2.html (2213 words)

	Political History of the Maoists in Nepal
		The SJM was active in Parliamentary politics and became the third largest party in the House of Representatives in 1991.
		In 1995, former Parliamentarian Pushpa Kamal Dahal, known as Comrade Prachanda, left the SJM to form the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), which would remain outside of politics and begin guerilla fighting.
		The two organizations remained close, however, and the SJM was often identified as the political wing of the CPN (Maoist).
	www.preventconflict.org /portal/nepal/nepal_resources_history_maoist.php (308 words)

	Keep Nepal Free: 10/10/2004 - 10/16/2004
		The statement, issued in the name of their supreme commander Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known Prachanda, said the party had decided to observe a unilateral ceasefire from Oct 20 to 28, when Nepal will celebrate its biggest festival Dashain, out of deference to public sentiment.
		The statement took the wind out of the sails of the Sher Bahadur Deuba government that was being pressured by one of its own coalition partners, the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist, to declare a unilateral ceasefire to show that it was serious about resuming peace parleys.
		But Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda or the "fierce one," said in the statement the "inability" to reply to the rebels' demands had "clearly shown the capabilities of the present government."
	friendofnepal.blogspot.com /2004_10_10_friendofnepal_archive.html (6842 words)

	Nepal - Maoist Rebels - Worldpress.org
		Left to Right: Nepalese Maoist rebel leaders Baburam Bhattarai, Hishila Yami, Ram Bahadur Thapa (alias Badal), and Pushpa Kamal Dahal (alias Prachanda) in a photograph found by Nepalese soldiers in western Nepal, May 11, 2002 (Photo: AFP-Getty Images).
		In a statement released to the Nepalese media, Maoist Supreme Commander Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Comrade Prachanda, declared that “since the old regime has put an end to the forward-looking solution to all existing problems through the cease-fire and peace talks, we herein declare that the rationale behind cease-fire...and peace process has ended.”
		Prachanda also cited the government’s refusal to discuss the possibility of rebel political participation in Nepal’s Constituent Assembly and the Aug. 17 killing of “19 rebels and civilians” in the Ramechhap district of central Nepal.
	www.worldpress.org /Asia/1478.cfm (395 words)

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