He had been awarded Stanford University´s prestigious Fellowship Program on Democracy and Development during the accident. People remembered him as forerunner of the Dalit movement and an independent Dalit leader. [break]
Speaking at the function, Minister for Information and Communications Madhav Paudel said Darnal had worked to improve the lives of Nepal´s Dalits. He also assured to issue a postal ticket in Darnal´s name. Palpa based journalist Madhav Aryal, Biratnagar based journalist Bijaya Mishra and family of late Man Bahadur Biswokarma, who contributed to Dalit movement, were awarded at the function.
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