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Lesson Gehendra Shumsher:
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The First Nepali Scientist

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old
FACTS problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination
to Understand and marks real advance in science.
Albert Einstein

Gehendra Shumsher was born in Poush BS 1928. He was the son of Bir Shumsher.
Bir Shumsher was in Kolkata as a foreign representative during the time of birth
of Gehendra. He got education from an English teacher in Kolkata. Later, he
got admitted to Durbar High School in Kathmandu. He was whimsical, agile,
argumentative, active and creative since his early childhood. He was interested
in games, music and new inventions and creations rather than his studies. He
was much interested to do something different from others. So, Bir Shumsher, his
father encouraged him to work in factories where arms, weapons and bullets were
made. There he was made in-charge of arms and weapons.

industry
In BS 1942, Bir Shumsher became the Prime Minister of Nepal. Many Nepali
scientists are working in and outside the country.

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