Ram Raja Prasad Singh

Ram Raja Prasad Singh (1936 – 12 September 2012) was a Nepalese politician. In July 2008, Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), a Nepalese political party which merged with other communist parties and renamed to Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) , or CPN(M-C), proposed Singh as their candidate in the first presidential election in the country.

Singh was born in 1936, in the Saptari district. His father, Jaya Mangal Prasad Singh, was landlord of Indian origin.

Singh went on to study law at Delhi University. He met Latin American revolutionary leader Che Guevara while studying at the university. Guevara advised Singh to take up guerrilla struggle in Nepal.

The presiding officer of the Rastriya Panchayat was reluctant to let Singh be sworn in along with the other members of the assembly. He was arrested by plainclothes policemen inside the lobby of the assembly. A special tribunal sentenced him. On 26 August 1971, he was given a royal pardon and was later sworn in as a member of the Rastriya Panchayat. After his release, Singh continued to be a vocal advocate for democratic change and began organising public meetings in different parts of the country.

In 1976, he established Nepal Janabadi Morcha (Nepal Democratic Front), a left-wing political movement in Nepal. At least eight people were killed, including a member of parliament. In the capital, the blasts went off near the royal palace, at the deluxe Hotel de l'Annapurna owned by the royal family, Singh Durbar, the prime minister's office, and parliament. Bombs also went off at the Bhairahawa airport, Nepalganj and Mahendranagar in the west as well as Birgunj, Janakpur, Biratnagar and Jhapa in the east.

He returned to Nepal in 1990.

On 2 September 2012, Singh was admitted to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in the Kathmandu. He died on 12 September 2012 at the hospital at the age of 77. The Nepali government ordered the national flag to be flown at half-mast in all government offices in the country and Nepali embassies and missions abroad on 13 September 2012.