Tulsi Giri

Tulsi Giri, born on October eighth, nineteen twenty-six in Siraha District, Nepal, was a prominent Nepali politician who played a significant role in the country's political landscape. He served as the twenty-third Prime Minister of Nepal from nineteen seventy-five to nineteen seventy-seven, following a period of direct rule by King Mahendra. Giri's political journey began earlier when he held the position of chairman of the Council of Ministers in nineteen sixty-three, and again in nineteen sixty-four and nineteen sixty-five.

Before entering politics, Tulsi Giri pursued his education at Suri Vidyasagar College, which was affiliated with the University of Calcutta, where he earned a medical degree. His political career took off when he became a Minister in the Congress government from nineteen fifty-nine to nineteen sixty, prior to its dissolution by King Mahendra. Giri became the first Prime Minister after the king's direct rule, marking a pivotal moment in Nepal's governance.

In his personal life, Tulsi Giri was married three times and was the father of two sons and four daughters. His third wife, Sarah Giri, was an advocate for deaf rights, and they shared a long-lasting marriage that lasted thirty-four years as of two thousand thirteen. Giri also embraced his wife's faith, becoming a baptized member of Jehovah's Witnesses.

After resigning as chairman of the Rastriya Panchayat in nineteen eighty-six, Giri relocated to Sri Lanka for two years before settling in Bangalore, India, where he lived until two thousand five. He passed away on December eighteenth, two thousand eighteen, at the age of ninety-two, due to liver cancer, at his home in Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu.