Dharma Ratna Yami

Dharma Ratna Yami
धर्मरत्न यमी
Born
Dharma Ratna Tuladhar

(1915-08-18)18 August 1915
Asan, Kathmandu, Nepal
Died10 September 1975(1975-09-10) (aged 60)
OccupationsActivist, writer
Notable work
  • Jagat Jyoti (Nepali book)
  • Sandeyā Lisah (Newari epic)
Spouses
  • Heera Devi Kansakar (1945 -1968; her death)
  • Sabitri Devi Dahal (m. 1969)
ChildrenHisila Yami
Parents
  • Bhawani Ratna (father)
  • Devi Maya (mother)
RelativesBaburam Bhattarai (son-in-law)

Dharma Ratna Tuladhar, popularly known as Dharma Ratna Yami (Nepali: धर्मरत्न यमी) was a Nepalese government deputy minister, activist and Newa language writer

While serving eighteen years jail term, he changed his surname from Tuladhar to Yami (meaning an inhabitant of Kathmandu in Nepal Bhasa) and identified himself as Newa. He in the jail to unite and organized communities against the Rana rulers.

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