Nepal Red Communist Party was a communist organization in Nepal. It was led by Ganga Lal Shrestha. The party grew out of the Communist League

Communist League (Nepal)

The Communist League was a Nepalese communist organization founded in Kathmandu in 1946. It is the source group from which the Nepal Red Communist Party came from....

, which had been founded in Kathmandu in 1946. Ganga Lal Shrestha had contacts with the Communist Party of India

Communist Party of India

The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...

, and had met with P. C. Joshi

P. C. Joshi

Puran Chand Joshi , one of the early leaders of the communist movement in India. He was the first general secretary of the Communist Party of India from 1935–47.-Early years:...

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The party sent a delegation, consisting of Manik Lal Shrestha and Badri Prasad Shrestha, to the second congress of the Communist Party of Nepal

Communist Party of Nepal

The Communist Party of Nepal was founded in Calcutta, India, on April 29, 1949. CPN was formed to struggle against the autocratic Rana regime, feudalism and imperialism. The founding general secretary was Pushpa Lal Shrestha....

in 1957. The Nepal Red Communist Party had hopes for a unification with CPN, but due to the split inside CPN the issue of unity with the Red Communist Party was not raised in the congress sessions. The Red Communist Party delegation withdrew from the congress, and did not participate in the last day of the congress.