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|honorific_prefix = [[Rastra Gaurav Man Padavi|Rastra Gaurav]]<br />
|name = Mahendra Narayan Nidhi<br />
|native_name = महेन्द्र नारायण निधि <br />
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|office = [[Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (Nepal)|Minister of Water Resources and Local Development]]<ref name="Minister">{{Cite book |title=Peace processes and peace accords |date=2005 |publisher=Sage Publications |isbn=978-81-321-0357-8 |location=New Delhi |pages=260 |oclc=551218243}}</ref><br />
|term_start = 19 April 1990<br />
|term_end = 26 May 1991<br />
|monarch = [[Birendra of Nepal|King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev]]<br />
|primeminister = [[Krishna Prasad Bhattarai]]<br />
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|office2 = Deputy Speaker of [[List of MPs elected in the 1959 Nepalese general election|Pratinidhi Sabha]]<ref name="Politics">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GdhmAAAAMAAJ&q=mahendra+narayan+nidhi&dq=mahendra+narayan+nidhi |title=Foreign Affairs Reports |date=1977 |publisher=Indian Council of World Affairs |language=en}}</ref><br />
|term_start2 = 27 May 1959<br />
|term_end2 = 15 December 1960<br />
|monarch2 = [[Mahendra of Nepal|King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev]]<br />
|primeminister2 = [[Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala]]<br />
|office3 = General Secretary of [[Nepali Congress]]<ref>{{Cite book |title=Local democracy in South Asia : microprocesses of democratization in Nepal and its neighbours |date=2008 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-81-321-0016-4 |location=New Delhi |pages=63 |oclc=461308209}}</ref><br />
|term_start3 = 1991<br />
|term_end3 = 1999<br />
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|birth_date = 24 February 1922<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-26 |title=गांधीवादी नेता स्व. महेन्द्र नारायण निधि |trans-title= Gandhian leader Mahendra Narayan Nidhi |url=https://nepaleaks.com/archives/10213 |access-date=2020-06-26 |website=Nepali leaks|language=Nepali}}</ref><br />
|birth_place = [[Nagarain]], [[Dhanusha District|Dhanusha]], Nepal<br />
|death_date = 4 May 1999<br />
|death_place = [[Janakpur]], Nepal<br />
|nationality = Nepali<br />
|party = [[Nepali Congress]]<br />
|spouse = Prem Sagari Nidhi<br />
|children = [[Bimalendra Nidhi]], Radha Nidhi, Janki Nidhi, Indu Nidhi,Navendra Nidhi and Nira Nidhi.<br />
|alma_mater = <br />
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'''Mahendra Narayan Nidhi''' (24 February 1922 – 4 May 1999) was a Nepali politician, democracy fighter and [[Gandhism|Gandhian]] leader. He was former [[Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (Nepal)|Minister of water resources and local development]] in the Interim government led by [[Krishna Prasad Bhattarai]] after the success of [[1990 Nepalese revolution]].<ref name="Minister"/> He was one of the most influential leaders and General Secretary of [[Nepali Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Late Mahendra Narayan Nidhi a democracy icon: CM Raut |url=https://risingnepaldaily.com/miscellany/late-mahendra-narayan-nidhi-a-democracy-icon-cm-raut |access-date=2020-06-26 |website=GorakhaPatra |language=en}}</ref> He started his active political journey from [[Dhanusha District|Dhanusha]] in 1946. Nidhi was elected twice to the parliament, in [[1959 Nepalese legislative election|1959]] and [[1991 Nepalese legislative election|1991]]. He was first deputy speaker of [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|Pratinidhi Sabha]] of Nepal.<ref name="Politics" /> Nidhi had started Rajeshwor Nidhi Higher Secondary School during the Rana period in [[Nagarain|Nagrain]], [[Dhanusha District|Dhanusha]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Collegenp|title=Rajeshwor Nidhi Secondary School, Dhanusha {{!}} Collegenp|url=https://www.collegenp.com/school/rajeshwor-nidhi-secondary-school-dhanusha/|access-date=2021-12-16|website=www.collegenp.com|language=English}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Nidhi was born in 1922 in [[Nagarain]], [[Dhanusha District|Dhanusha]].{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}<br />
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==Honors==<br />
* 2018 — [[Rastra Gaurav Man Padavi]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sansar |first=Nepali |date=2018-09-07 |title=Outstanding Nepali Citizens Receive Top Civilian Awards |url=https://www.nepalisansar.com/news/outstanding-nepali-citizens-receive-top-civilian-awards/ |access-date=2020-06-26 |website=Nepali Sansar |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Mahendra Narayan Nidhi Awas Yojana]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Nepalese revolutionaries]]<br />
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