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Lesson National Luminaries and
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Their Contributions

FACTS Amber Gurung was born in February 26, 1938 in
to Understand Darjeeling, India became a Nepali citizen since
1970 AD. He was the music composer of national
Anthem: Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka Hamii…”. He was
popularly known as the Father of Modern Nepali
Music, who died in June 2016.

Many people are born in Nepal but the National Heroes of Nepal are only honoured
for their contribution to glory of the nation. They contributed in religious, cultural or
economic reforms, war time bravery to the cause of democracy, literature, architecture.
Some of the national luminaries gave up their lives and their labour, knowledge and
property for the nation. A committee, chaired by Bal Krishna Sama had declared 13
persons as the luminaries in BS 2018 Altogether 16 persons have been declared as the
national luminaries. The following is the brief introduction to each of them.

1. King Janak

King Janak was a wise king of Mithila pradesh
(present Janakpur). He was a sage, scholar, learned man
and a great philosopher. He was also known as “Bideha”
for his good qualities. He used to give more importance to
the soul (Aatma) than the body (Deha). The great scholars
like Maitreyi, Gargi used to live in his palace with whom
he used to discuss the importance of scriptures and the
about the religions. King Janak made Janakpur a centre
of attraction from cultural and religious point of view. He
developed Mithila as the centre of intellectual discourses.
He made cultural and religious value of Mithila popular
in the world.

2. Sita

There are several names of Sita. She was called as Janaki,
Maithili, Baidehi, etc. She was the daughter of King Janak. She
was married to Ram, the eldest son of king Dasarath of Ayodhaya.
Sita was a virtuous, idealistic, wise and spiritual woman. It is
believed that she was found as an infant in a box by king Janak
while ploughing the field. Sita is a symbol of the ideal character
of women. She proved herself loyal in every difficult situation

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