Gyan Bahadur Yakthumba

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = IGP (Inspector General of Nepal Police)

| name = Gyan bahadur Yakthungba

| native_name = GB Limbu

| image =

| caption =

|office2 = Ambassador of Nepal to Burma

|term_start2 = 1965

|term_end2 = 1 March 1970

|monarch2 = King Mahendra

|primeminister2 = Surya Bahadur Thapa

|predecessor2 = Unknown

|successor2 = Unknown

|office1 = 3rd Inspector General of Nepal Police

|term_start1 = December 1953

|term_end1 = August 1955

|monarch1 = King Tribhuvan

|primeminister1 = Matrika Prasad Koirala

|predecessor1 = Nara Shumsher J.B.R.

|successor1 = Gopal Shumsher J.B.R.

|birth_date = 16 March 1920

|birth_place = Silange Basti

{{cite book

|last = Edingo

|first = Dilli Bikram

|date = 2010

|title = G.B. Yakthumba...A Champion of Democracy... A Biography

|edition = 1st

|isbn = 9789937100601

|page = 19 (1st stanza, 8th line)

|url = http://w.marymartin.com/web/selectedIndex?mEntry=129031

|access-date=July 26, 2015

}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|1970|3|1|1920|3|16|df=yes}}

{{cite book

|last = Edingo

|first = Dilli Bikram

|date = 2010

|title = G.B. Yakthumba...A Champion of Democracy... A Biography

|edition = 1st

|isbn = 9789937100601

|page = 12 (1st stanza, 4th line)

|url =

}}

|citizenship = Nepalese

|nationality = Nepalese

|party = Nepali Congress

|spouse = Indira Yakthumba Limbu founder of Gyanodaya Bal Batika School

|children = 2 sons, 2 daughters
Madhukar Yakthumba (eldest son),
Nirakar Yakthumba (youngest son),
Bharati Yakthumba (eldest daughter),
Poonam Yakthumba (youngest daughter)

{{cite book

|last = Edingo

|first = Dilli Bikram

|date = 2010

|title = G.B. Yakthumba...A Champion of Democracy... A Biography

|edition = 1st

|isbn = 9789937100601

|pages = 101–104

|url =

}}

|residence =

|occupation = Military officer
Police officer
Diplomat

|religion =

|allegiance = {{flag|Nepal}}

|branch = Fourth Regiment of Burmese Army
Rakshya Dal (Defense Army)

|rank = Lieutenant in the Burmese Army
Major in the Defense Army

|awards = Gorkha Dakshin Bahu Class I (1964)

{{cite book

|last = Edingo

|first = Dilli Bikram

|date = 2010

|title = G.B. Yakthumba...A Champion of Democracy... A Biography

|edition = 1st

|isbn = 9789937100601

|page = 88

|url =

}}
Tri Shakti Patta Class I (1967)

{{cite book

|last = Edingo

|first =Dilli Bikram

|date = 2010

|title = G.B. Yakthumba...A Champion of Democracy... A Biography

|edition =1st

|page = 89

|isbn =9789937100601

|url =

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Gyan Bahadur Yakthumba Limbu (16 March 1920 – 1 March 1970) was a Nepali police officer and diplomat.{{unreliable source? |date=August 2015}} He joined the Nepali Police with the rank of Major and was promoted to the rank of Inspector General of Nepal Police, after succeeding Nara Shumsher J.B.R. as the police chief. He served as the Inspector General of the Nepalese Police force from December 1953 to August 1956. He was the third chief of Nepal Police, and after retirement served as an envoy to Burma.{{cite web|author=Dr. Govind Prasad Thapa|url=http://crimejustice.blogspot.com/2008/03/community-policing-in-nepal.html|title=Community policing in Nepal|website=crimejustice.blogspot.com.au|access-date=13 April 2014|archive-date=13 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413132420/http://crimejustice.blogspot.com/2008/03/community-policing-in-nepal.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=http://www.nepalpolice.gov.np/police-history/ex-chief-of-police.html | title=Police History - Ex-Chief of Police | date=March 2008 | access-date=13 April 2014 | archive-date=29 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329181950/http://www.nepalpolice.gov.np/police-history/ex-chief-of-police.html | url-status=dead }}

The present Gyanodaya Bal Batika School in Kathmandu, Nepal, was built in 1975 in memory of him by his wife Indira Yakthumba.{{cite web |author=Subhadra Lingden |url=http://lojesub.blogspot.com.au/2009_02_01_archive.html |title=MRS. INDIRA YAKTHUMBA (LIMBU) |quote=Mrs, Indira Yakthumba founded the school as a tribute to the memory of her beloved husband, His Excellency Late Gyan Bahadur Yakthumba, who died in 1970 at the young age of 50, and to give reality to his vision of a literate and prosperous Nepal. Late Mr. Yakthumba was a man of multi-faceted personality - a soldier, freedom fighter, crusader of the oppressed and underprivileged, champion of civil liberty, human rights and justice and a diplomat - who accomplished his every role with consummate skill, courage, commitment, grace and dignity. Gyanodaya Bal Batika School Founder Principal |website=lojesub.blogspot.com |date=February 27, 2009 |access-date=August 16, 2015}}