Background
He was born in Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal in 1927.
He was born in Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal in 1927.
He served as prime minister of Nepal from 1969 to 1970, 1971 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979. After the coup d"état of King Gyanendra in 2005, Kirti Nidhi Bista was appointed one of the vice-chairmen till the government collapsed in April 2006 after the people"s uprising.