In this poem, he has expressed how proud he is to describe the place Okhaldhungain eastern Nepal, where he was born and grew up. His father Bishnu Charan (novelist) worked for the government and wrote novels like "Sumati" and "Bhismapratigya".
He contributed to the struggle against the autocratic Rana regime (1846-1951) through his writings. His revolutionary poetry aroused freedom fighters, and he was sentenced to 18 years in jail for his literary activities. He wrote in Nepal Bhasa and Nepali.
His poem "My beloved Okhaldhunga" in Nepali is considered to be one of his masterpieces.
Siddhi Charan"s ancestors moved to Ombahal of Kathmandu from Bhaktapur. In the course of his service, he was transferred to Okhaldhunga in east Nepal where Siddhi Charan was born on 9th Jestha 1969 Bachelor of Surgery and spent his childhood.
Siddhi Charan"s mother was Neer Kumari Shrestha. In 1919 A.D when he was seven years old, the family returned to Kathmandu.
Siddhi Charan studied at Durbar High School.
One day in 1926, he observed an old man bent over his writing at a herbal shop at Kamalachhi near his school. The old man was renowned Nepal Bhasa poet Siddhi Das Amatya. Siddhi Charan eventually considered Amatya as his guru.
In 1940, Siddhi Charan was accused of sedition by the Rana regime and sentenced to 18 years in prison for a poem he had written in Nepal Bhasa.
lieutenant contained the line "Without revolution, there can be no proper peace". Many poets, besides political activists, had been rounded up along with Siddhi Charan.
And his fellow inmates in jail included writers Chittadhar Hridaya, Phatte Bahadur Singh and Dharma Ratna Yami and artist Chandra Manitoba Singh Maskey. The confinement of writers resulted in a creative outpouring, with many of them, including Siddhi Charan, producing epics.
Siddhi Charan"s father died while he was in prison, but he was not permitted to perform the last rites.
The grief drove him to compose poetry filled with anguish. Siddhi Charan was released in 1945. Siddhi Charan also worked as a journalist.
He was the editor of Nepal"s first daily newspaper Awaj which was launched on 19 February 1951, a day after the Ranas were overthrown in a revolution.
He was also associated with Sharada, a literary journal, and the Gorkhapatra, which was then a bi-weekly newspaper.
