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List of Madan Puraskar Winners

Established in 1955 by Queen Jagadamba, in memory of General Madan Samser Rana, Madan Puraskar is the most prestigious Nepali literary prize. The award is conferred to a literary work of high quality written in the Nepali language every year. This is the list of Madan Puraskar winners so far:

Madan Puraskar

Madan Puraskar (known in English as Madan Award or Madan Prize) is the most prestigious literary award in Nepal. Queen Jagadamba established the Award on 22 September 1955, in memory of General Madan Samser Rana.

Nepali Congress

The Nepali Congress Party (also known simply as Congress in Nepal or abbreviated as NC) is one of the biggest and oldest political parties in Nepal. The party was established in 1946 in India when most of the party’s founding leaders were living in exile.

Saroj Koirala

Saroj Koirala (also known as shaheed Saroj Prasad Koirala) was a Nepali politician belonging to the Nepali Congress party, a cabinet minister in the first democratically elected government in the history of Nepal and a Nepali martyr.

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Sita Pariyar

Sita Pariyar (also known as HottySita) is a former stripper and dancer of Nepali origin, currently based in the United States. She was trafficked in the US in early 2000s by a US citizen named Tom Sewell.

Thapa with her adopted-children.

Rekha Thapa Foundation

The Rekha Thapa Foundation (RTF in short) is a philanthropic non-profit initiated by Nepal’s popular movie star Rekha Thapa.
The foundation was established in 2013 with the objectives of working for the wellbeing of marginalized and disadvantaged communities in Nepal.