Marshall Julum Shakya
| Marshall Julum Shakya मार्शल जुलुम शाक्य |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 October 1939 Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Died | 6 May 2017 (aged 77) Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Political party | Nepali Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Shalina Panday Shakya |
| Children | Shivani Shakya |
Marshall Julum Shakya (Nepali: मार्शल जुलुम शाक्य; 9 October 1939 – 6 May 2017) was a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress. He was a founder member of Nepal Student Union established in March 1970. He spent 15 years in prison during the panchayat regime. As of 1988, he was the president of the Kathmandu District of Nepali Congress. During the 1990 Jana Andolan he was the convenor of the Central Action Committee of Nepali Congress, and one of the most prominent party leaders not under arrest.
Marshall Julum Shakya was born in 9 October 1939 in Om Bahal to Tej Bahadur Shakya and Hasina Devi as their only son. He belonged to an ordinary family, his father worked for Himalaya Shumsher Rana, in His palace. He has one daughter Shivani Shakya, from his second wife.
Marshall Julum Shakya was first arrested in 15 December 1960 under the Public Security Act, immediately after King Mahendra staged a coup which removed the democratically elected government of the Nepali National Congress Party. A founder member and executive committee member of Amnesty International's Nepal Section, Mr. Shakya was again in prison from 1961 to 1967, and for one month in 1970. He was re-arrested in May 1973 in connection with a meeting organized by Ram Raja Prasad Singh. Mr Shakya had reportedly been arrested at least nine times under the Public Security Act which provided for detention without charge or trial for up to 3 years. Mr Shakya studied political science at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. He took an arts degree in Economics in prison. Altogether he was imprisoned for 14 years and spent 2 years of his life underground in various parts of the country including Kathmandu valley. He was declared Prisoner of Conscience for 3 years while imprisoned in Nakhu Jail by Amnesty International, Ontario Section of Canada.
His contribution to the foundation of democracy in Nepal is exemplary. Immediately after the coup staged by King Mahendra he started chanting slogans against the King and His actions from his jeep in New Road; he was only 20 years old then. At that time he was given the task of arranging the upcoming central action committee meeting. As he was driving from Thapathali to Tripureshwor, the Prime minister's quarter was already surrounded by the army. He returned to Thapathali and saw that the stage set for the central committee meeting was already under army's control, he then returned to New Road. He fixed some audio equipments like mike, amplifier and battery to his jeep from a local vendor. It was Friday around 2 p.m. and the government office was closed for the day, the employees had already started gathering in New Road. The shelter of Pipal tree was full of people and so was New Road. People from outside the valley coming to Kathmandu used to gather there. He started miking against the coup from his jeep from Pipal tree to then Royal Nepal Airlines office and then back and forth. He slept at Thapathali that night.
...
Wikipedia