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|birth_date = 1925<br />
|birth_place = [[Kathmandu]], Nepal<br />
|death_date = November 23, 2010 (aged 85)<br />
|death_place = [[Kathmandu]], Nepal<br />
|alma_mater = [[Durbar High School]]<br />
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|party = [[Nepali Congress]]<br />
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'''Hora Prasad Joshi''' (Nepali: होराप्रसाद जोशी; 1925-2010) was a [[Nepal]]i political figure who was crucial in shaping the politics of modern Nepali government. He was the Home Minister in [[Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala|B.P. Koirala's]] [[Nepali Congress]], a [[social democratic]] [[political party]]. He also drafted the 1962 constitution for [[Mahendra of Nepal|King Mahendra]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Schoenfeld, Benjamin N.|journal=[[Pacific Affairs]]|title=Nepal's New Constitution|volume=32|number=4|date=December 1959|pages=393|jstor=2752775}}</ref> He was also the Member Secretary of the National Health and Sports Council in 1958, and received a letter of felicitation for his contribution to Nepal's sports sector in 2002.<ref>[http://www.nepalnews.com/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2002/dec/dec14/sports1.htm ''The Kathmandu Post'']{{dead link|date=November 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}, December 14, 2002.</ref><br />
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Hora Prasad Joshi wrote a book in 1958 called ''The Way to Political Stability: An Analysis''<ref>Joshi, Hora Prasad. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000CQAN8 ''The Way to Political Stability: An Analysis'']. Kathmandu, Nepal: Mercantile, 1958.</ref> discussing Nepal's tense political situation.<br />
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In 2006, a biography was written about his life and his role in Nepali politics. The biography, entitled ''Nabirsane ti dinaharu''<ref>Joshi, Hora Prasad and Maghava Lamsala. [http://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg=horaprasada&searchCode=GKEY%5E*&searchType=0&recCount=25&sk=en_US ''Nabirsane ti dinaharu'']. Kathmandu, Nepal: Jamunababa Joshi, 2006.</ref> (नबिर्सने ती दिनहरु, translation: Those Days Which Cannot Be Forgotten), is available through the Library of Congress.<br />
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