“GP was heartened by Tagore’s Verse: Ekla Cholo Re..”

The politics for democracy and tirade against autocracy was in the blood of Girja Prasad Koirala. As she was born while his father Krishna Prasad Koirala and entire family had been living an exiled life in Tedi village of Saharsha district in Bihar, India. He was the 3rd child from KP Koirala’s 3rd wife Divya Devi Koirala. GP grew up in a family that had revolted against the Rana tyranny, which was responsible for utter socio-economic inequalities in society. Being in exile, this family had also been actively taking part in the Quit-India movement as the senior Koirala in the family had recognized that Rana oligarchy, which had intimate relationship with British empire and receiving support for its authoritarian rule, could be uprooted only with the end of British-raj in India.