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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name= Kashiraj Pradhan<br />
| office = Member of the [[State Council (Sikkim)|Sikkim State Council]]<br />
| constituency = Namchi<br />
| term_start = 1953<br />
| predecessor = ''New constituency''<br />
| term_end = 1967<br />
| successor = ''Constituency abolished''<br />
| party = [[Sikkim State Congress]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Kashiraj Pradhan''' (11 December 1905 – 31 March 1990) was a politician and journalist in the [[Kingdom of Sikkim]].<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Pradhan was born in [[Pakyong]], [[East Sikkim district|East Sikkim]], to Kaluram and Bhadralakshmi Pradhan. He received his early education in Sikkim, thereafter he went to high school in a government school in [[Darjeeling]] and completed his matriculation from Calcutta University in 1923. He completed his intermediate (I.A) from Banaras Hindu University (B.H.U) in the 1924, in arts. Thereafter, he graduated from Calcutta University in Arts. He was amongst the first few graduates from [[Sikkim]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
In 1933, he became a teacher in the Sir Tashi Namgyal high school. Between 1942-1947 he was the headmaster of Sir Tashi Namgyal High School. He also started a business exporting [[Sikkim]] oranges and cardamom to Calcutta (present day [[Kolkata]]). He was a leader of the pro-democracy movement in the erstwhile [[Kingdom of Sikkim]]. In the [[State Council (Sikkim)|Sikkim State Council]], he held important cabinet positions including that of Executive Councillor. He was a member of the [[Sikkim State Congress]], a party he led for many years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gangtoktimes.news/06/28/24/district/00/admin/ |title=PGPSM to celebrate Writer Ganga Prasad Pradhan Birth Anniv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sikkim-historyhunter.blogspot.com/2011/02/kashiraj-pradhan-father-of-journalism.html|title=Sikkim- A Look Back View: Kashiraj Pradhan – Father of Journalism in Sikkim|first=Dr Rajen|last=Upadhyay|date=February 10, 2011}}</ref><br />
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He was also a journalist, who started Sikkim's first monthly news magazine, ''Kanchenjunga'' in 1957 with his nephew [[Nahakul Pradhan]] as its editor.<ref>Kanchenjunga and Sikkim Press: How Media Started Its Practice in Sikkim</ref> Known as ''Father of Sikkimese Journalism'', the state government of Sikkim has instituted ''Kashiraj Pradhan Lifetime Journalism Award'' for journalists since 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/43rd-state-day-sikkim-institutes-award-journalists-1502637697.html|title=43rd State Day &#124; Sikkim institutes award for journalists|date=May 18, 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Honours==<br />
* Pema Dorji Decoration - Presented by the [[Chogyal of Sikkim]], third-highest civilian honour in the former Kingdom of Sikkim.<br />
* Government of Sikkim has named Deorali - Namnang road as ''Kashiraj Pradhan Marg''.<br />
* Bhanu Puraskar - On 13 July 1998, the [[Nepali Sahitya Parishad Sikkim]] awarded him with the first Bhanu Puraskar.<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{Cite book<br />
| last = Bareh<br />
| first = Hamlet<br />
| year = 2001<br />
| title = Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Sikkim<br />
| chapter = Introduction<br />
| publisher = Mittal Publications<br />
| isbn = 978-81-7099-794-8<br />
| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jrr7HPr8NAQC<br />
| access-date =19 June 2011<br />
}}<br />
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[[Category:Journalists from Sikkim]]<br />
[[Category:1905 births]]<br />
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