Yuvaraj Adhikari

{{short description|Nepali politician}}

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Yuvaraj Adhikari ({{langx|ne|युवराज अधिकारी}}) (1920-1983) was a Nepalese politician belonging to the Nepali Congress Party (NCP) . He was in the forefront of the leaders who took part in 1947 Biratnagar jute mill strike{{cite book|author=Mahendra Man Singh|title=Forever Incomplete: The Story of Nepal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Av-HAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA124|date=3 September 2013|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-1658-5|pages=124–}} along with Girija Prasad Koirala, Tarini Prasad Koirala, Man Mohan Adhikari{{cite book | author = Adrian Sever | date = 1993 | title = Nepal Under the Ranas | publisher = Oxford & IBH Publishing Company | pages =76 | isbn = 9788120407701 | oclc = 29595365 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rE1uAAAAMAAJ}} He was among the six National Congress leaders i.e. Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, Girija Prasad Koirala, Tarini Prasad Koirala, Gehendrahari Sharma, Manmohan Adhikari who were taken to Kathmandu as the prisoners of conscience from Biratnagar via the land routes.{{Cite web |date=2015-02-10 |title=24-day BP Thought Journey kicks off from Biratnagar |url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=81161 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210043350/http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=81161 |archive-date=10 February 2015 |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=www.myrepublica.com}} It took 24 days for them to reach Kathmandu on foot, and was jailed at a Sundarijal-based prison after completing the walk.{{cite book|last=Koirala|first=Bisheshwor Prasad|title=Atmabrittanta: Late Life Recollections|year=2001|publisher=Himal Books|location=Kathmandu|isbn=99933-1-308-4|url=http://himalbooks.com/shop/products/B.P.-Koirala%E2%80%99s-Atmabrittanta%3A-Late-Life-Recollections.html}} He was in active role in and after abolition of Rana rule. Later he was arrested and imprisoned by King Mahendra following the 1960 royal coup. Upon his release, Adhikari, was exiled to India along with other leaders and workers of the party and returned home following a government to grant him amnesty . He was then involved in underground politics to abolish the Panchayati regime.