There is a question that is often asked in public service exams and attendance interviews – who is the first female ambassador of Nepal? Whoever does not write 'Bindashwari Shah' in the answer will not get marks.

 'She was not only the first female ambassador, she was also the first Nepali woman to go to the US and get a bachelor's and master's degree,' says former foreign secretary Madan Kumar Bhattarai, who considers Shah as the 'godmother' of her diplomatic career, 'she was also the first female foreign officer, whose diplomatic skills It was a matter of inspiration for us.'' Foreign affairs were dominated by men.

'When King Mahendra sent former Prime Minister Matrik Prasad Koirala as ambassador to the US, Bindaswari was the deputy head of the mission,' says Bhattarai, 'After Matrik returned from the US, when he took over as the acting ambassador, there was no female ambassador in the US at that time. There are many references to it being discussed and printed by newspapers.' 

That successful diplomat Shah has passed away at the age of 92. According to his son Anilkeshari Shah (banker), Shah passed away at his home on Thursday morning. Recently, his grandson and granddaughter came from America to meet Bindashwari, who was not known to anyone. "Maybe the mother was waiting for them," said son Anil, "after meeting her grandchildren, she took a break." 

Foreign affairs experts call Shah a mature and able diplomat. Bindashwari was the Nepalese ambassador to Delhi when India imposed blockade before the multi-party system.

'When relations with India were very bitter, he played the role of a diplomat in a very restrained, mature and skilled manner which is always memorable for all young diplomats,' says former foreign minister Rameshnath Pandey, 'Today Nepal's diplomatic sector has lost such a diplomat, whose fulfillment It's not easy.' She was a diplomat. "He had the ability to speak his mind clearly and logically with confidence, which is not common in everyone," Lohani said. In her later years, Bindashwari was suffering from dementia. When his cremation was held on Thursday afternoon at Aryaghat, Foreign Minister Arju Deuba Rana, Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai and a large community of the diplomatic sector were present to pay their respects. 

'She was an ideal diplomat not only for women but for everyone interested in foreign service,' Foreign Minister Rana paid tribute to Bindashwari, 'His death is an irreparable loss of a diplomatic personality.' Mahendra decided to set up a diplomatic mission and in 1972 appointed Bindashwari as 'charge of the affair' and sent him to Dhaka. While Bindashwari was in Bangladesh, there was a military coup on August 15, 1975. Most of the family members including the first president Sheikh Mujibar Rahman were killed. Bindashwari stayed in Bangladesh even in such a complicated situation. Bindashwari sent her two young sons by boat from Dhaka to Delhi, where Narayan Keshari was waiting to receive them at the WHO office in Delhi. 

'Two Bangladeshi women, Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina, were very impressed by his courage and fighting spirit, both of them later became the Prime Minister of Bangladesh,' says former Foreign Secretary Bhattarai, 'They felt more proud than when they met me.'

Bindashwari's father, Padmasundar Malla, graduated in electrical engineering in Japan and received a master's degree in the same subject from the University of Mississippi in the United States in 1922. were According to Bhattarai, Malla was the first Nepali to go to America.

In an interview with Kantipur, Shah said that his grandfather's caste was removed in 1925 by the Rana government because he learned too much. Unable to bear that insult of Shri 3 Chandrashamsher, Bindashwari's father went to Kharsang in Darjeeling. Bindashwari was born on February 13, 1933 in Kharsang. Bindashwari's schooling was done in the famous St. Helen's School in Kharsang.

  At that time, the New York Post, which has been published continuously since 1801, organized a global essay competition under the title "The World of Tomorrow". The magazine announced that it would give one hundred of the world's best essay writers the opportunity to visit America. Bindashwari also participated in it and her essay managed to get into the top 100.

It gave him the opportunity to tour America. In 1952, she reached America and visited various places there. At the same time, Barnard College at Columbia University gave him a full scholarship for higher education, where he graduated with a degree in liberal arts and government, Bhattarai said. After that, she got a postgraduate scholarship to study international relations at the famous John Hopkins University and became the first Nepali woman to get higher education in America. 

Binda returned to Nepal in 1958 after completing her master's degree in international relations. Kathmandu environment was small for him. Moreover, there was a situation where he could not speak Nepali and had no friends. While deciding what to do in this situation, the American Library was opened on New Street. There he got an opportunity to work as a chief librarian. 

 Both King Mahendra and Prime Minister BP Koirala arrived to inaugurate the library. Seeing that Bindashwari spoke only English, when BP asked him which country are you from, he replied, "I am Nepali, Mr. Prime Minister." BP was shocked.

According to Bhattarai, Bindashwari also wrote a letter to both Mahendra and BP to become members of the library.  Accepting that, they both became members of the library,' says Bhattarai, 'Mahendra is member number one and BP is number two.' After some time, with BP's encouragement, she took the public service exam and succeeded in becoming the first foreign officer. Shortly after being authorized, his first posting was at the Nepali Embassy in America. At that time, Narayan Keshari went to America to study medicine at John Hopkins University. He met Bindashwari there. Which later turned into love and marriage in 1965. After the

, Narayan Keshari became an employee of the World Health Organization. Bindashwari and Narayan Keshari used to meet only during long holidays as they were working in different areas. After the advent of democracy, it was Shah who made the diplomatic arrangements for the visit of interim Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai to India as an ambassador. Later, Girijaprasad Koirala became Prime Minister and recalled Shah. She then worked as an additional secretary in the ministry.