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Nepal Bhasa lovers took the movement to India and Tibet where they formed associations to organize writers and bring out publications to escape government suppression in Nepal. Newar merchants based in Kolkata , Kalimpong and Lhasa were major patrons of the language movement.
Their work marks the beginning of the Nepal Bhasa movement in Kathmandu, which has led to greater rights in education, the media and official recognition. The four figures honored as the four pillars of the Nepal Bhasa renaissance are author Nisthananda Bajracharya, poet Siddhidas Mahaju, educationist Jagat Sundar Malla and poet Yogbir Singh ...
Nepal Bhasa Manka Khala spearheaded the movement to restore Nepal Sambat. The Nepal Sambat campaign also became a symbol of the struggle against the suppression of indigenous cultures and languages by the politically dominant ruling classes. [10] The Panchayat regime suppressed the movement by arresting and imprisoning the activists. [11]
The language is known officially in Nepal as Nepal Bhasa, a name that has been historically used for the language. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The term " Newari " is also used to refer to the language, although the Indic -i suffix is considered inappropriate by some Newar speakers.
Many factors had an impact in the Nepal Bhasa renaissance, including: the repression of Nepal Bhasa and its banning from official use by the Rana regime; [2] the first generation of modern Nepalese scholars' attempts to modernize the Nepal Bhasa language; Hindu and Buddhist literary movements in India and Nepal; The regional language movement ...
Yogbir Singh Kansakar Title page of Yog-Sudha published in 1951.. Yogbir Singh Kansakar (Nepali: योगवीरसिं कंसकार) (alternative name: Jogbir Singh Kansakar) (16 April 1885 - 29 March 1942) was a Nepalese poet, social reformer and one of the Four Pillars of Nepal Bhasa. [1]
In order to support the emerging Nepal Bhasa movement in Nepal and promote the language at home and abroad, he established the first Nepal Bhasa literary organization Nepal Bhasa Sahitya Mandal ("Nepal Bhasa Literature Organization") in Kolkata in 1926. [11] Dharmacharya returned to Kathmandu with a master's degree in Pali.
The written and spoken forms of Nepal Bhasa had begun to grow apart as its development came to an end around 1850 with the advent of the Rana dynasty. The Ranas did not like Nepal Bhasa and suppressed its use. [4] By the time literary activities were revived during the Nepal Bhasa renaissance, [5] the old style of writing had become difficult ...