Education
Bada Kaji Manik lal Rajbhandari holds the distinction of being the first graduate of Nepal. He obtained his Degree in Bachelor of Arts from the Street.Xavier"s College affiliated with the, in the year 1906.
Bada Kaji Manik lal Rajbhandari holds the distinction of being the first graduate of Nepal. He obtained his Degree in Bachelor of Arts from the Street.Xavier"s College affiliated with the, in the year 1906.
He served as for Public s, Communication, Law & Parliamentary Affairs, Health and Local Self Governance in the Advisory Council government from the August 1952 until June 1953. Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari was the father of Late Mananiya Shree Ganapat Lal Rajbhandari and Late Mrs.Manik Laxmi Amatya. He is mentioned in Tribhuwan"s Political Experiments Chapter as one of the Councilor in the Royal Councilor"s Government of 1952-1953, in the book Democratic Innovations in Nepal.
He is believed to be amongst the first to own a car in Nepal.
The model was identified as the Austin. He also brought one of the first cinema projectors, wireless gramophones, typewriters, microscopes, and telescopes to Nepal.
The residence used by the Late Manik Lal Rajbhandari is located in Kwalkhu, Mangalbazar in Lalitpur district of Kathmandu Valley and has recently been named as The Graduate Centenary House, in honour of the hundred-plus years since his graduation from Saint Xaviers College, Calcutta. The house since has been the residence for his family members.