Kathmandu, Jan. 2
The first female
ambassador of Nepal, Binda S. Shah died at the age of 92 at her home in
Kalimati, Kathmandu, on Thursday.
Known by the name
'Bindeshwari Shah', she served as the first woman envoy of Nepal to India for
about three years from April 1, 1988. Since she was appointed as the ambassador
by the King during the Panchayat regime, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala
recalled her after the restoration of democracy in 1990.
She was born in 1933
in Kurseong, India.
Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba, reached the residence of late Shah to pay her a
tribute. She expressed her condolences upon the demise of Shah.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 3 January 2025.
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