Background
Tamrakar was born at Maru, Kathmandu to father Jagat Muni and mother Pun Laxmi Tamrakar.
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He attended high school in Kolkata, India and returned to Kathmandu and married Hira Devi.
Career
The neighborhood lies at the western edge of Kathmandu Durbar Square. Tamrakar"s ancestral home stands near a large stupa and is known as Tagwah Chibha meaning "large stupa". Tamrakar was a Lhasa trader.
In 1940, he went to Lhasa, Tibet and joined his maternal uncle"s business house.
Tamrakar engaged in business, and also served as secretary of the Nepalese Chamber of Commerce, Lhasa. While in Lhasa, he came into contact with another Nepalese merchant Pushpa Ratna Sagar, and was inspired to write and serve his mother tongue.
His first article was published in Dharmodaya magazine in 1948. Tamrakar returned to Kathmandu in 1948.
Restrictions on publication in Nepal Bhasa were removed after the Rana dynasty was overthrown and democracy established in 1951.
The same year, Tamrakar, Sagar and another merchant Ratna Manitoba Singh Tuladhar started a monthly magazine named Thaunkanhe (थौंकन्हे) with the money donated by Nepalese traders in Lhasa. The three partners were editor, deputy editor and publisher respectively. lieutenant was the first magazine in Nepal Bhasa to be published from Nepal.
Tamrakar was editor of Thaunkanhe from 1951 to 1957.
lieutenant was located at 11/122 Asan Tyouda Tol, Kathmandu. They also set up Thaunkanhe Publications Division which published a number of books
Meanwhile, Tamrakar acquired a Bachelor degree (Sahitya Ratna) from Nepal Rastriya Vidyapeeth, Birgunj in 1953. He was among the first batch of four students.
In 1960, Tamrakar and Sagar sold their shares in Nepal Press to Tuladhar, and it was shifted to New Road.
Tamrakar continued writing and published six books on culture, literature, historical sites and his experiences in Tibet. He also served as editor of Nepal Ritu Pau, a literary quarterly. From 2000 to 2005, he was president of Nepal Bhasa Parisad (Nepal Bhasa Council).
