Birgunj, Apr. 11:Arya Samaj organised various programmes to mark its 75th anniversary (Platinum Jubilee) at the premises of the Samaj’s Raxaul-situated building, also commemorated the historical importance of the same building where pro- democracy leaders like late Nepali Congress Supremo Ganesh Man Singh, former Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and late Gopal Prasad Bhattarai stayed while directing the movement against the autocratic Rana rule during the Revolution of 2007 B. S.

Woman leader late Mangala Devi Singh also spent six months there in the process of waging an armed struggle against the Panchayati regime after the  Royal takeover in 2017 B. S., according to Arya Samaj.

Addressing the programme, MP P L Singh said that the building was an important place for organising various political activities during the Revolution of 2007 B.S.

He also commended the contributions by Nanda Kishor Sikariya (Nandubabu), who fed and lodged the revolutionaries in the same building.

Singh released special issue of the Platinum Jubilee on the occasion.

Similarly, industrialist Shankar Lal Kedia called for the construction of a building in the memory of late Ganesh Man Singh.

Nandalal Sikoriya, who was honored at the programme, recalled that late Ganesh Man Singh lived in the building to direct the popular revolution of 2007 B.S.