Exactly 73 years ago today. Matrikaprasad Koirala became the Prime Minister for the first time after the revolution of 2007 ended the autocratic regime in which only the Ranas were allowed to become the Prime Minister based on the roll order.

In those days there was no separate government residence for the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister lived in a small two-storied bungalow made of wood at Lajimpat. 

is about the first week of January 2008. Information about a mutiny in the Defense Forces started reaching the Prime Minister. The Nepali Congress's Mukti Sena, which fought against Rana in the 2007 revolution, was transformed into a Raksha Dal after the revolution. During the revolution, he was the commander-in-chief of that army. The revolution that took place on the strength of that army made him the prime minister. The prime minister was restless since the news of the Raksha Dal rebellion came. 

In those days the Prime Minister's bodyguards were not of the National Army but of the Defense Forces. The National Army (Army) was restricted to sentries. On the night of January 8, 2008, Captain Parajuli, the Prime Minister's security officer, said - 'Prime Minister, the people of the Defense Forces can come here now. It is appropriate for the Prime Minister to leave this place with his family before they arrive.' 

He made such a suggestion after he lost faith that the rebel forces could be saved if they came to the residence to capture the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister's son Kamal Koirala, who was at the residence on that day, narrated the events of that day to the writer in 2076 in the following way - 'At that time, a non-military man of Guvaju origin was the Prime Minister's driver. Every evening after the Prime Minister's program, he stopped the motor at the residence and went to his house with the key in the light. The driver of the jeep carrying the Prime Minister's bodyguards also stopped the motor and went to his house in the evening.' 

On those days, Dr. who fought from the Bhairahawa Front in the revolution of 2007. K. I. Singh was a prisoner in Singha Durbar. Even though both the Rana government and the Congress declared a cease-fire, Singh continued to rebel, saying that he would not accept the Delhi Agreement, and Singh was arrested and imprisoned inside the Singh Darbar. Prime Minister Koirala was receiving unconfirmed information that the rebels of the Raksha Dal considered Dr. KI Singh as their leader and demanded that the government under his leadership should be dismissed and a new all-party government should be formed. 

KI Singh along with Ramprasad Rai, Agniprasad Kharel etc. led the main administrative center Singhdarbar. All the prisoners were released. Apart from Narayanhiti Rajdarbar and military headquarters, the main offices are under the control of the rebels. News started coming that how many ministers had escaped and reached the royal palace. The prime minister was shaking with fear of a terrible accident and bloodshed. 

When there was no other option but to leave the residence as suggested by the security officer, the Prime Minister called the palace and asked them to send a big vehicle. As he could not go before the king without the national dress, he started wearing a daura, suruwal and cap. A motor arrived from the palace as the cold January night fell. The Prime Minister sat in the front seat. Other members of the family crowded behind. The bungalow had separate gates for motor in and out. A lorry entered the residence as soon as the Prime Minister left the motorcade. It was not possible to identify who was inside the lorry in the dim light. The Prime Minister said 'Ah! Let's stop for once. They did not come to help us. The army deployed from the palace said - 'No, the Prime Minister will not stop after walking.' Then the motor went directly to the small gate on the north side of the palace and stopped dead. The army knocked on the door. A voice came from inside, "Who comes there." The military officer said, "Parole." The correct code was entered and the door opened.

The military officer said - 'Let the Prime Minister ride. Prime Minister Koirala entered first through the small door, followed by all the family members. Only after the gate of the palace was closed, the military officer said, "Prime Minister, the child survived with tears in his eyes." By the time we left, the rebel forces had reached the Prime Minister's residence. That's why I didn't stop the motor even more than the Prime Minister. And the prime minister took a long breath and said - 'Oh father. Child, saved. If the Prime Minister was captured, he would have finished it.' 

By that time, the news started coming that the armed defense forces, numbering about 2,700 in three battalions, had taken control of the main administrative center of the government, including the ammunition depot, artillery, gun depot, mulukikhana, air base, and radio station. They seized the electricity station and stopped the electricity distribution. 

Radio and telephone services were disrupted. Vehicles and means of transport within the Kathmandu Valley were seized. The staff secretly kept the electricity and telephone lines of the Rajdarbar intact so that the service could not be interrupted there. 

Koirala told the story of his son Kamal, who arrived at the Narayanhiti Palace with the Prime Minister, after entering the palace:

 When we arrived, King Tribhuvan was already asleep. There was talk of raising the king or not. Even when such an incident happened, the courtiers were debating whether to raise the king or not. Since there is a tradition that a sleeping king should not be woken up, who dares to wake up the king? Baba said you should pick it up. Now the bodyguard should not pick up. Both empresses were raised. Raja's ADC Yogvikram Rana said - 'The Prime Minister is saying, there was a rebellion in the city and the Maharajadhiraj government had to be raised. Tuli Maharani asked, "You have to wake up, Mr. Prime Minister." Baba said - 'There has been so much rebellion in the city. Singha Darbar is in their possession. should be raised And suddenly the queen went to wake up the king.

It took about half an hour for the sleeping king Tribhuvan to get ready and come to the meeting room. By then, most of the ministers had fled and taken refuge in the palace. At that time, the Indian ambassador CPN Sinha sent a message - "Now it's an emergency, the Indian Air Force had to be called." After talking for a while, the king's ADC Yogvikram said - 'The rebellion can be quelled by deploying the same force immediately.'

While the discussion was going on, senior officers including the head of the defense force, GB Yakthumba, also arrived at the palace. The prime minister's morale increased a little from that incident. He said - "Okay, let's do a trial." Can it be controlled overnight? The King looked at the face of the Prime Minister. Reassuring him, the Prime Minister said - 'The government is this rebellion against me, not against the government.' 

By then the Indian ambassador had also reached the palace. The prime minister, who is suspicious that the country's nationality and independence may be lost once a foreign army comes, said to the Indian ambassador - 'Thank you very much.' If anything happens, you will be responsible. If not, then we have to report to the Government of India. "Hum Chalte Hai" he said and left. 

When there was such a crisis in the country, due to the obstruction of the rebels, Chief of Army Staff Kiran Shamsher Jabara in Jhamsikhel 

was stuck. There was no way to come. And a plan was made to control the rebellion by mobilizing the palace forces and defense forces. Remaining as an army backup force, the Raksha Dal commanders would tell their men, ``A boy what have you done, keep your arms.'' 

That strategy worked. The first team under the command of a colonel reached Hanumandhoka in Kausitoshakhana (Dhukuti). The commander of the defense team said, "Hey boy, what did you do? Put your arms down." Everyone loved him. Nothing had to be done.' 

The army soldiers who rebelled under the orders of Lupton/Major disobeyed the orders of the superior officers. And they were all put in a lorry and taken to Narayanhiti. The formula also worked for the team occupying the warehouse. After collecting their weapons, the soldiers of the Defense Forces were also taken to Narayanhiti. Now the vacant Singha Darbar was occupied by the rebels. Minister Ganeshman Singh and leader Tank Prasad Acharya were not even aware of the rebellion on the night of the capture of Singha Darbar. The rebel army arrested both of them before dawn and took them to Singha Durbar and asked them to negotiate with the king about their demands. As the minister's bodyguards are the officers of the Defense Forces, it was through them that Ganeshman Singh was taken to the Singha Darbar. 

Until the morning of January 9, the executive director of Radio Nepal, Tarini Prasad Koirala, had not been captured by the Singhdarbar rebels. In the morning when he reached the entrance. Defense forces soldiers asked - why did you come? Tarini replied – to run a radio program. The rebels said – Now you don't run the radio program, we don't either. So they sent him back. If the insurgents had only broadcast the news that we captured Singha Darbar on Radio Nepal, it could have had a big impact. 

overnight, except for Singha Durbar, all the main bases were captured by the National Army. In the morning the cannons suddenly started firing. Kamal Koirala, the Prime Minister's son, who was in the Narayanhiti palace, inquired - 'Why was the cannon fired in such a manner?' And only then did he know that that day was the birthday of King Tribhuvan's sister Shahjayadi. In the happiness of the cannon 

has been published. It was a strange coincidence, that. 

On the one hand, there is a rebellion in the city, on the other hand, Shahzayadi's birthday is also being celebrated. The sound of cannons resounded in all the three cities, splitting the sky. That thunderous voice sent a message to the listeners at once, that the rebels were under control by the government. That worked great too. 

Minister Ganeshman Singh and Tank Prasad Acharya went to the palace to inform the king about the demands of the rebels on the morning of January 9. Their condition was to remove Prime Minister Matrik Prasad Koirala and form an all-party government with communists. By then, the morale of the Prime Minister and the army had increased as all the bases except Singha Durbar had come under the control of the National Army. In the presence of the king and the prime minister, the rebels' proposal was discussed. The Prime Minister asked Acharya and Singh, 'The talk of an all-party government came up. Communists also have two sides. To take the Red Communist Party or not to take it. What to do with the Gorkha party? I had to ask the rebels. Invited KI Singh to the palace for talks. Singh and Acharya again reached the Singha Darbar and spoke to KI Singh. He was not ready to go to the palace. Instead, he asked to talk to the king with his message of not including Gorkha Dal and Red Communists in the government. 

Purushottam Basnet has written his book on the history of Nepali Congress, quoting the statement of rebel leader Singh - 'My demand is that an all-party government should be formed immediately. The Communist Party should also be included in this. But a reactionary party like the Gorkha Dal should not be included in it. By the time the rebel's message reached the king, all the ministers, high-ranking soldiers and staff had gathered in the Narayanhiti palace, except for the commander-in-chief, so it was crowded like a bazaar. The government had already mobilized the National Army with the strategy of encircling the rebels from all sides of Almalai Singha Darbar. Talks were only his policy of wasting time by confusing the rebels.' 

Prime Minister's son Kamal Koirala narrated the experience of staying in the palace that day - 'We ate breakfast in the palace. For the king, a bowl of rice up to his nose will be prepared. Similarly, there is a rule that one must deliver eighty-four dishes. A copper kettle cooled with ice was used as a refrigerator. First of all, the king ate whatever he wanted from that rice bowl and eighty-four dishes. And the queens ate from that elbow. We were invited to eat the same. I asked what is so much rice. If this is the case for everyone. I was surprised. It is a custom in the palace that if you eat the king's lice, you will get rid of your sin.' 

After some time, the sound of gunfire was heard towards Singha Durbar. Around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, there was an exchange of fire between the defense forces from Singhdarbar and the army from Tundikhel. A driver and a security guard were killed. Two/three people were injured on the side of the army from the firing of the defense forces. There was a tragic atmosphere in the city, as the government had issued a curfew order, there was no movement in the streets and slums. On the afternoon of 9th January, KI Singh along with his aides came to the information palace from the west side of the Singha Palace via Bhadrakali. And the Prime Minister took a long breath. Steam, steam! A great national crisis averted. The country was saved from a major accident. 

– Ratnarajya Lakshmi Campus, who is also the head of journalism department, is also a professor of Nepal political history.