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The Biratnagar Jute Mill Strike (Majdur Hartal) of March 1947 was a labor strike in Biratnagar, Nepal, by workers and laborers of Biratnagar Jute Mill, Ltd.The strike was initially part of a dispute between mill workers and management regarding labor rights, but gradually the strike grew into a nationwide anti-regime movement.
Biratnagar is the economic center of eastern Nepal. The first industry in Nepal, the Biratnagar jute mills, was established here. Biratnagar is driven by a startup culture. The multi-million dollar business house, Golchha Organisation, has its roots in Biratnagar where it started as a small startup business.
On January 26, 1947, the Nepali National Congress was formed in India under the leadership of Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala. Since establishment Congress organized underground activities but on March 4, 1947 (Falgun, 2003 B.S.) Workers of Biratnagar Jute mill demonstrated and started striking against the management.
[18] As a result of this takeover, the United Kingdom and India both suspended their material support for Nepal. [ 13 ] : 337 According to reports by Nepali newspaper Kantipur , China supplied arms and military equipment to the Gyanendra regime in November 2005; it was the first time China provided arms during the decade long conflict. [ 19 ]
Category: 1947 in Nepal. 2 languages. ... Biratnagar Jute Mill Strike; Britain–India–Nepal Tripartite Agreement; J. Jayatu Sanskritam
In 1991 he became the first democratically elected prime minister in Nepal since 1959, when his brother B.P. Koirala and the Nepali Congress party were swept into power in the country's first democratic election. He was the most prominent and consequential political leader in Nepal from 2001 to 2008.
Biratnagar Jute Mill is the biggest and oldest jute mill in Nepal. It was established under Prime Minister Juddha Shamsher Rana in 1936 A.D. [1] The mill was initially run by the Government but later handed over to a private company for operation. The mill has a history of shutting down multiple times due to political situation.
Morang is the core industrial sector for the eastern region of Nepal. At the beginning of the 7th century, King Mung Mawrong Hang came to prominence in the terai lands of Limbuwan (present-day Sunsari, Morang and Jhapa area). He cleared much of the forest area in present-day Rangeli, east of Biratnagar, and built a town there.