Rishikesh Shah
Nepalese politician (1925–2002)
Rishikesh Shah (May 16, 1925 – November 13, 2002) was a Nepalese writer, politician and human rights activist.
Career
Political
Shah was a member of the Nepal Prajatantrik Party from 1948 to 1949. Between 1951 and 1953, he was the general secretary of the Nepali Rastriya Congress. He then became general secretary of the joint Nepali Congress-Nepali Rashtriya Congress front until 1956. Shah was Minister of Finance from 1960 to 1962. In 1962 he became chair of the Constitution Drafting Commission. Between 1967 and 1971 he represented the graduate constituency in the National Panchayat. In the Panchayat, he was one of the most prominent advocates of democratic reforms.
Diplomatic
Shah was the Nepalese ambassador to the United States and the first Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations between 1956 and 1960. In 1961 Shah was elected by the United Nations General Assembly to chair the International Commission to investigate the death of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld, who had suffered an air crash over Congo.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7336057. VIAF identifies the subject as 49302075. The Library of Congress control number is n50002530. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1925, 2002, 1948 and 1949.
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