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| nepli |
Posted
on 20-Jan-02 06:22 PM
Who is the most richest person in Nepal?
Who is the most richest person of Nepali origin in u.s?
Do you guys mind solving the answer?
Thanks!!!
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| KC |
Posted
on 20-Jan-02 06:50 PM
There is No Exact Account but the richest person in Nepal could be any one the following:
1. Honarable Home-Minister: Khum Bahdur Khadka- It is believed that he is worth over 65 Crore Nepali Rupees.
2. Golcha Group- Probably worth over 1-2 Arab- their total wealth is believed to be about 5-6 Arab while their outstanding loan remains around 4-5 Arab. Please note this is a group and thus if looked at individually, they might be worth less.
3. Khetan Group- 3-4 worth, 1-1.5 Arab in loans.
4. Chaudhary Group- 1-2 Arab worth, 1-1.5 Arab in loans.
5. Jyoti Group- 3-5 Arab worth, loans in access of 2 Arabs.
6. Pashupati Sumsher JBR- worth over 1 Arab, he does not have significant outstanding loan- except the Gorakhkali Rubber Udhyog in which then Panchayat Government signed a contract to offer the loan in Nepali rupess to the company, however, the government is paying the loan in US dollars to the lenders.
7. ICTC group- worth 1-2 Arab, something Lal Shresthas. These are the ones who usually get to deal with Girija to contract the Airplane deals.
8. Amatya Group- Over 2 Arab, loans exceeding 1 Arab.
9. King Gyanendra and his business- I don't know how that works now he is a King.
10. Kedia Group
Some of the others whom I am not sure if they are upto the same level as above:
1. Deepak Malhotra- he contracts the Airport from Khum Bahadurs, sole earning is from smugling Gold, things might have changed now though.
2. Chabi Lal Bhusal- same as 1 but worth about 60 crores.
3. something Lalchan- same as above.
4. Hari Neupane- same as above.
5. Agrawaala Group-- Anand Agrawaal-- major earning through LC kanda, they also run Brighter Toothpase.
6. Prakash Tibdewala-- Mayor Keshav Sthapit's best friend-- also major earning through LC kanda.
I have no clue about the Nepali living outside of Nepal- maybe that kid who was taken by this British millionaire as his adopted son??
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| Taat |
Posted
on 20-Jan-02 09:31 PM
Upendra Mahato & Bharat Aryal-- both in Russia/Ukraine, they have oil pipelines going through Ankara to Europe or something like that. Believed to be worth over 30 million US dollars each.
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| Durcheruwa |
Posted
on 20-Jan-02 09:32 PM
When you said 'The most richest person of Nepali origin of US', Suddha Shah's name comes to my mind. I read, couple months ago, in Fortune magazine ( I think) Sudha Shah who is from Nepal netted almost $800,000 in year 2000. That is a lot of money to be make in one year. I am pretty sure there are lots of Nepalis who are richer than her. I also heard in dotcom boom era, one Nepali guy working in technology company instantly became multimillionaire.
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| Taat |
Posted
on 20-Jan-02 09:37 PM
>When you said 'The most richest person of
>Nepali origin of US', Suddha Shah's name
>comes to my mind. I read, couple months ago,
>in Fortune magazine ( I think) Sudha Shah
>who is from Nepal netted almost $800,000 in
>year 2000. That is a lot of money to be make
>in one year. I am pretty sure there are lots
>of Nepalis who are richer than her. I also
>heard in dotcom boom era, one Nepali guy
>working in technology company instantly
>became multimillionaire.
I wonder if he did not loose much of it during the bubble burst, I hope not. There are a lot of people who were millionaire's on paper during 2000-2001 period. I hope some of these people sold their shares in time. Now Sudha Shah is a different story. If she keeps earning like this, she will be making quite a load of it in few years.
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| Durcheruwa |
Posted
on 20-Jan-02 09:54 PM
Taat, I wish I know the name of that guy. I would definately have sugar talked to that guy and had him financed for my education:-)....whoever he is, I wish still he is millionaire....and let me know the name if someone happens to know....who knows he could be my distant cousin :-)...hahahaha....
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| Garib Nepali |
Posted
on 21-Jan-02 08:59 AM
I dont know who is the richest person right now I dont care either. I am sure tomorrow will be my day. You guys just wish me a good luck.
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| ? |
Posted
on 21-Jan-02 04:22 PM
Jayaram Khadka, adopted by Richard Morley. he is representing Nepal in the forthcoming winter Olympics in one of the sking events. He manages a sking resort in France and for sure is a multimillionaire.
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| PC |
Posted
on 21-Jan-02 05:28 PM
Some of the missing, but don't know how much they are worth:
1. Bharat Gurung-- you know the one who Deuba gave pardon to and probably DB Lama who was not only pardoned but "prized" by Girija.
2. One I shouldn't have missed-- The Bhaidya Group (Vaidhya, i don't know how they write).
3. Jamim Shah-- he is believed to be financed by Daud Imbrahim-- the managing director of SpaceTime Dainik. He is believed to have smuggled large quantity of GOLD masterfully hidden in the Cables he imported for his Space-Time Network.
4. Bahadur Tamrakar-- Believed to be the sole agent of Ancient Statues of Bhaktapur, he would have replicas made and switched to sell to clients brought be then Prince Dhirendra Bir Bikram Shah.
5. Chandi Dhakal-- the largest exporter of Garments.
6. Lohiya Group-- I think they are the ones who marketed Puja Soap.
7. Sanghai Group
8. Mittal Group
9. Bijay Dhariwala- these are the people who brought Pepsicola into Nepal but recently sold their shares.
10. Whoever owns that Yeti Travels is stinky rich.
11. Himalaya Susmsher- major shareholder of Himalaya Bank.
12. Prithvi Bdr Pande- the one who tried to buy shares of Indosuez
13. There is this Pun who works(ed) for the Sultan of Burnei- forgot his name.
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| PC |
Posted
on 21-Jan-02 06:05 PM
Jayaram Khadka Story
Souce: http://www.daijhi.com/biography.htm
Known in the West as Richard Morley, 'Daijhi' is the affectionate name given to our columnist by his Nepali family who live on the edge of the Kathmandu Valley.
Despite an East German upbringing and family background, he was educated at Dartmouth College and served six years as an officer in the British Royal Navy, seeing active service in two campaigns against Iceland in the 1970's. He later read History and Political Science at Birmingham and Cambridge Universities but chose a career in the Theatre, launching his own Manchester Drama Company in 1984. He wrote, produced and directed the first stage version of Evelyn Waugh's famous novel 'Brideshead Revisited' in 1985 to much critical acclaim.
From the early 1980's, with the traditional family in the West under great pressure from social change, he also worked with some University friends to develop a new structure of family unit. They created a 'Molecular' model in which individuals chose to collectivise on a permanent basis adding a new member every few years. Under his leadership, the new family flourished both financially and emotionally. He built a successful computer company, moved into Hotels and property development and became a well known millionaire with a historic country estate. But he was never far from controversy. A strong critic of Margaret Thatcher's handling of the Falklands War, he published an article accusing the Conservative Government of conspiracy to encourage the conflict and became embroiled in the huge controversy over their decision to sink an Argentine warship with the loss of 350 lives. Outspoken opinions in favour of international freedom of movement and new family structures provoked some tabloid media to describe him as 'King of the Commune Castle'. But his new family unit provided stability and a sense of purpose that has kept it strong and intact to the present day.
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| PC |
Posted
on 21-Jan-02 06:06 PM
Continued....
But it was through his association with Nepal that brought Daijhi to international attention. He first travelled there in the 1970's when the early student backpackers began to discover it. In those days a cheap direct bus service ran through Europe to Kathmandu. The journey took seven days and the weary travellers were only too happy to spend many months wandering about the mountains. Daijhi thought it was the most beautiful country in the world and so he returned whenever he could.
In 1984, he fell seriously ill whilst trekking near Daulaghiri. A policeman, Basu Khadka, ran for 3 days to the nearest telephone in Jomson and called for help. It was a gesture that Daijhi never forgot. He offered a reward but the man refused any money. Worried about his own health, Basu asked Daijhi instead to care for his youngest son should anything befall him. And so a promise was made that shaped the destiny of everyone concerned.
A few years later Basu died and Daijhi kept his word. He returned in 1990 to search for the boy and, after a two-month trek, he eventually found Jayaram Khadka working in a Bakhtapur restaurant. The boy recognised him from a photograph his father had once given when explaining how a tall Westerner would rescue him one day. Jayaram knew that Daijhi was to be his adoptive father and so he promised to be a dutiful son to him. His new father promised in turn to care for him as his own son and the pact was sealed in a simple exchange of blood from their fingers. The spoken language was difficult between them and it was gesture that could not be mistaken by either.
Jayaram was taken to England for his education but the British Government stubbornly refused to recognise his adoption. Because they would not let him stay, ironically he couldn't leave Britain either. Daijhi appealed against the decision on compassionate grounds but the legal process dragged on for years during which all chance would be lost if Jayaram ever left the country.
Their story made headlines around the world. This was no ordinary immigration dispute where the State could claim a possible cost to public funds. Fortune had smiled on Daijhi, and although he had been very poor as a young man, by 1995 he had built a very successful company.
Glossy magazines pictured the once poverty-stricken youth from the Himalayas now the son and heir to a wealthy family with a large historic estate in the heart of England. TV films portrayed the dramatic mountainside rescue and the romantic integration of a simple mountain boy into sophisticated British society. Newspapers and TV broadcasts all over the world covered the twists and turns of a story that held intensive media attention for two years. Youth magazines featured Jayaram as an icon for young girls; the tabloid press looked for sensation and portrayed the whole thing as a cult. Senior politicians from every political party were questioned on their views. The Immigration Tribunal recommended a residence visa. In a national radio poll, 80% of the listeners voted that 'Jay should stay'. Even the High Court criticised Home Secretary Michael Howard on his decision. It was the just before the 1997 General Election but still the Government refused to give way. Then came the vote.
The Conservative Party had not suffered such humiliation at the polls for 150 years. 18 years of continuous government with a massive majority in Parliament was reduced to a broken party with barely enough members to fulfil its function as the opposition. Journalists explained the general opinion that the Party had seemed to lose human compassion. The new Government certainly acted swiftly. On his first day in office, Labour Home Secretary Jack Straw reversed Howard's decision and Jayaram was finally granted residence. The whole process had taken seven years.
So it was that Daijhi and Jayaram were finally able to return to Nepal in 1997. They had never forgotten Jayaram's relatives in the Valley and his two families were finally able to unite. On the festival of Tihar that year, Daijhi formally became a brother to all members of the family in a simple ceremony at their home. It was the only solution to an otherwise complicated relationship and the simplicity of it allowed everyone to talk with Daijhi as an equal.
But there was more to do in Nepal. With a wealthy family company behind him, Daijhi had the means to help the country further. His public campaign in Britain had already provoked extra media attention to the poorly paid Gurkha soldiers in the British army, the reality of child labour and the desperate plight of orphans in the third world. Now he wanted to offer practical assistance in the development of remote mountain areas.
The King, the Prime Minister and many senior political and business figures received Daijhi and considered his project to provide homes and work for unemployed city dwellers in a new rural development zone. With a long standing home in the French Alps, Daijhi thought to introduce modern European mountain agriculture into the far West of the country. Vast areas of government land were lying unused across the mountains for want of any modern agricultural organisation and techniques. But the instability of Nepali politics struck quickly and a succession of changing governments made effective liaison impossible.
A second project was more fruitful. As a younger man, Daijhi had been something of an Alpine Ski racer and, with the highest mountains in the world, he thought that Nepal should have an Olympic ski team. Besides promoting the image of Nepal abroad, any success in skiing would encourage the development of heli-ski facilities in the mountains and an increased income for those areas. He offered to train and fund the team and worked with the Nepal Olympic Committee to create a National Ski Association. After many bureaucratic obstacles, the NSA was eventually ratified in December 2000 and the first two Nepali skiers are currently under training at their base in France. Although there is a small chance of qualifying for the 2002 Winter Olympics in America, the team is expected to make its international debut at the World Championships in Switzerland in 2003
Prem Thapa.
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| HahooGuru |
Posted
on 22-Jan-02 12:45 AM
Sita Ram KC (formerly Pradhan Panch of Pokhara Nagar Panchayat)
and now Bank Investor and one of the partner of Machhapuchre
Bank Ltd. (Pokhara) is the most richest person in Pokhara NP.
Some peoples remind that his mother used do the "dhunga
fori giti banaune kaam during Prithvi highway", but, I don't think
its true. Because his father had first Honda Motobike in the
Chhinedanda Gau Panchayat, which is now Pokhara 18, 15 and
14. Well, Sitaram (Surya Bahadur KC being formal name)
worked very hard until before becoming Pradhan Panch,
defeating another new crore pati Uttam Pun, both had
7jana daju bhai, fortunately, or unfortunately, I used to
classmate of their several younger bros. After being
Pradhan Panch, Uttam Pun (head of Nepal DEvelopment
Bank) and Surya Bahadur KC (=head of Machapuchre
Bank) both turned out more rich, i.e. very rich, and no
more in my reach.
Well, before death of former Kaski jilla Panchayat Savapati
Ambar Bahadur Karki was probably the most rich person
in Kaski district even before he became Savapati. Unfortunately,
he lost his both eye visibility, many blamed for occupying
school property (land belonged to Amar Singh MB) ....
He made his house in such a way that there is special
concrete dias to give speech as a great Savapati to his
followers. It is still thtere. I get surprise, how peoples
spend their cheap money. Mr. Amar Bahadur even
encroached the land upto Seti ko dil where you can
find now Pokhara Sports Hall and stadium and SOS
Children village. . . . . .. Ankhal nadekhine jagga
thiyo re .. . .
Yaar, afu to uni haru le sampati jamma garya dekher
ryaal chuhaun man lagcha..... Because their grand
parents were as same as mine, but, .............. they
are now richest in Pokhara, and me poorest in Pokhara.
Me, here in internet, is just the HahooGuru ..........
Kohi chha mero saath dine, jaam bank forna .....
(just kidding) What a shame on me.
Power bhe pachi jati gutmutya pani
hundo rahechha. Legally earned, tax paid ... blah
blah are only applied to the commoners who own
nothing useful. .........
Oohi
HahooGuru
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| Diabolic |
Posted
on 22-Jan-02 01:10 AM
Sitaram's father had married to his 2nd or 3rd wife and received quite a bit in dowry. A lot of people talked about it and Sitaram's father always felt bad about this "swasniko sampati"ma rajaai. Sitaraam earned most of the money through NagarPanchayat land. He aquired a lot of land in his or his partners names. He also had big contracts to build the airport building in Kathamandu as well as Pokhara.
Pokharako aro RICH family is Hari Pande (former UML minister for Water and Electricity) and company, but they have worked very hard to come this far. I don't know if its true, but had heard that Hari Pande litererally started from scratch with a borrowed (loaned) welding machine. The family is worth over 30-40 crores now. They do most of the engineering works for the Kali-Gandaki and other big projects in the west and far western regions of Nepal.
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| HahooGuru |
Posted
on 22-Jan-02 01:32 AM
Hey Pallo Simalko Rukh Manika Diabolic, tya hi najik ko manche
bhayera pani kasto chinnai garoh bhako ni ho. Yatro
info. bhako manche kati bho gau chhodya ko.
Oohi Pakhuri ko botmuni Jaisi ko Kancho nati,
(tyahi ke new proposed airport ko talla patti )
now, HahooGuru
PS: Hami rich na-bhera nachine ko houla hoina,
la la nachine pani huncha ni.
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| Diabolic |
Posted
on 22-Jan-02 01:53 AM
Dubai "dhani" pariyena tyasaile chin-jaan gahrai hola. tapaai ki ta Pahari parnu vayo ki ta Parajuli, thammauna chahi sakina.
manche ta ma pani Pokhrelinai pare, baa, saanaabaako naam liye ta pakkai thammyaunu hothyo hola. dui-char jana pokhrelikai kura katiyo tysaile tapaaile malaai nachinkai besh. J hos. Gaam chodeko chai vayo thuprai, 10-12 barsha nai.
Sitaraamko vai Bivishan ta Shikharko Model, pohor Nepaljanda ta chakit, bihe pani garyo ki k ho usle ta. Daai sanga gaanth tanna vayepani vaaiharuchahi alli faraknai thiye.
Pokharamapani 10-12 carode wala sahu ta thuprai chan aaja-voli.
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| Diabolic |
Posted
on 22-Jan-02 01:59 AM
Gorkha/Naryanghatko mancheharu tara national lime-lightmai aauna-sakne: Laxman Babu/Rajesh Babu Shrestha.
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| HahooGuru |
Posted
on 22-Jan-02 02:25 AM
Dashrath ka chhora haru 4 jana hunkyare
Ram Chandra ---
Satrughan ---- I was longtime CM of him.
Laxman --
Bivishan -- So, you seems to CM /GF
(good friend, not girl friend) of kancho bhai? han.
Pahari Bhurtel or Koirala are from areas between
Old air port and Few Lake: Pardi and Baidam.
But, me from Pokhara-18 : heart of new proposed
airport (Proposed in 1961, will never be built in
real world) They spend 5crores every year, I heard
but, . . . . I am not sure why the hell they need
Bhat khane khet masi hawaijahaj. Bullshit, planners
we have. My GrandParent lost all most all
bhat khane khet on this Bullshit project, and I can not
say "OUR", because its gone. Arko tira, hera bhai,
bhedi faram le khayo hamro khet. Arko uta
Prithivi raj marg le khai diyo .... Ani hamlai
Nepal ka planners harule bhat khane khet jati
khosi khatam pare. Ke garchou. If they, make
airport, at least 500 families will become
landless. I am already.
Rich are getting rich, and poors again poor.
I am against the airport,and how is your
opinion? Why not we turn the land to
one Agricultural University, and research
center on agriculture for post graduates,
or undergraudate in a Krishi Pradhan Desh.
Why the hell, we need two airports in Pokhara?
Its just anohter plan, where Sitaram and
Hari Pandey will be getting contracts and pulling
large chunk of money.
I did not know Hari Pandey until last trip, when I met
him inside Buddha Airplane, I thought he was
current minister. Anyway, I have to drill more
on him before I make comments on him. BTW,
Hari Pandey and Sitaram are alternatively the head of
Board of Directors in one several private colleges.
Now, have become educationists. Tomorrow, they
may be your /mine own boss, and asking for
salary increment from Rs. 10,000 /m to Rs.
11,000. Hajoor ma gajoor lai lai kana.
Pakhuri ko Botmuni ko Jaishi ko Kancho Nati
Now, HahooGuru
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| Diabolic |
Posted
on 22-Jan-02 02:44 AM
Bharat ra fucche Sandesh (I think the youngest one) tapaaile birshanu vayo. Sandesh one time left for Bombay to become a Bollywood hero, later they found that he was working at an Indian store selling clothes or something.
Bharat was the one metally disturbed.
Nepal farkiye jaagir ta yeenaiko ho khanuparne.
Airport chahi bandaina, baru proposed airport vari taraaika (madhesi) sukumbasi aayera gheryachan vanne sunthe. I am not against it totally (we might need in the future), tara ahilelagi thikai cha. Airport bandaima dherai tourist aauchan vanne chaina. aru infra-structure nabanikana thulo airport banaaera kaam pani chaina, kathamandukale banaauna pani didainan.
ghar chahi aba aafno paryo Seti paari, dunghe-saun kaatera, pahile ta Syangja jilla nai parthyo kyara, ahile Kaskimai ho.
J vane pani, yee Sitaraam, Uttam Pun ra Hari Pande pokhrelika laagi accessible nai chan, unlike the "rich" folks of Kathmandu.
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| HahooGuru |
Posted
on 22-Jan-02 05:23 AM
Diabolic:
J vane pani, yee Sitaraam, Uttam Pun ra Hari Pande pokhrelika laagi accessible nai chan, unlike the "rich" folks of Kathmandu.
---
Well, what you have written in this sentence is true.
Though they are so rich, living still in Pokhara, I guess
they are much easily accessible than other mentally,
morally and monetarily poor leaders. I don't know
well, how Khagraj Adhikari was doing these days,
but, many accuse of him being little or more corrupt.
Someone in govt. office told that KA asked money by
sending a agent, because I was defending KA,
being my good friend while in Amar singh. I still believe
he has not turned to be a new rich like Govinde,
Khume, Makune (? makune has now at least couple
of house in KTM and outside KTM, nice buildings...
Who was also khajanchi in a bank, like govinde
a head master in remote Tanahu gau until 1980).
BTW, out of this forum too some of us might turn
out to be multi millionnaire (in dollar unit). I wish
them not be millionnaire like those we discused here
Khume, govinde, ...... so many fat cats.
HahooGuru
PS: Diabolic mitra, it seems you are very close
to me in our Nagarikatako praman patra, i.e.
permanent address. I wish I can meet you one
day. Do you know any one from Nirmal Pokhari?
Fulbari hotel ko pari patti ho? Hamra sahar ma aa pani
tyasta ramra ramra hotel bane hagi.
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| rekha |
Posted
on 22-Jan-02 08:52 AM
I knoew for sure #3, Jamim Shah is one of the richest in the Nepal. He was my next door neighbor in Nepal. He was highschool drop out. He had been caught several time for cocaine and put in jail, but his uncle was a minister, he got out everytime.
Rekha
>Some of the missing, but don't know how much
>they are worth:
>
>1. Bharat Gurung-- you know the one who
>Deuba gave pardon to and probably DB Lama
>who was not only pardoned but "prized" by
>Girija.
>
>2. One I shouldn't have missed-- The Bhaidya
>Group (Vaidhya, i don't know how they write).
>
>3. Jamim Shah-- he is believed to be
>financed by Daud Imbrahim-- the managing
>director of SpaceTime Dainik. He is
>believed to have smuggled large quantity of
>GOLD masterfully hidden in the Cables he
>imported for his Space-Time Network.
>
>4. Bahadur Tamrakar-- Believed to be the
>sole agent of Ancient Statues of Bhaktapur,
>he would have replicas made and switched to
>sell to clients brought be then Prince
>Dhirendra Bir Bikram Shah.
>
>5. Chandi Dhakal-- the largest exporter of
>Garments.
>
>6. Lohiya Group-- I think they are the ones
>who marketed Puja Soap.
>
>7. Sanghai Group
>
>8. Mittal Group
>
>9. Bijay Dhariwala- these are the people who
>brought Pepsicola into Nepal but recently
>sold their shares.
>
>10. Whoever owns that Yeti Travels is stinky
>rich.
>
>11. Himalaya Susmsher- major shareholder of
>Himalaya Bank.
>
>12. Prithvi Bdr Pande- the one who tried to
>buy shares of Indosuez
>
>13. There is this Pun who works(ed) for the
>Sultan of Burnei- forgot his name.
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| HahooGuru |
Posted
on 22-Jan-02 06:32 PM
Space Satelite TV in KTM is said to be belonged Jamin Shah?
Can any one confirm it.
I also heard there is another rich Nepali (a couple of Nepalis)
in russia who richest, and his property is not comparable
in Nepal. He is now head of some cartel / syndicate. He
also had share in spacetime .... rumor in KTM.
The guy imports goods to russia "TRAIN ka DIBBA KA DIBBA",
not in Suitcase, that our Madwari dajubhai do in KTM. Of
course, both of them pass the goods withou paying full
duty, but, just a gift pack.
HahooGuru
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| Taat |
Posted
on 22-Jan-02 06:41 PM
Hahooji:
I mentioned this before- The Russian Nepali are Upendra Mahato and Bharat(?) Aryal. Jamim Shah is the owner of Space-Time Network (but as some people mentioned, he might have silent partners backing), however Bahadur Tamrakar is also one of the investors of Space-Time Dainik.
Upendra Mahato has invested in CAS trading as well as Medicare Hospital. I have also heard that he (maybe not alone) has built a very large hospital in Udayapur. While back, Upendra Mahato was the one who showed Makune around in Russia while his visit in 1993-1994(?).
One of the RICH missing in all the lists is "Rajbhandari", you know the MERCANTILE group.
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