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Some of Dwarika Nath Dhungel’s classmates photographed in Pardi, Pokhara. The Lakeside of today did not exist; there were hardly any buildings on the lake’s shore. The few buildings that are visible in the background in this photo are government offices. One of those buildings is Ratna Mandir.

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Chitwan 3A Dwarika Nath Dhungel (standing fourth from the right) developed the courage to talk to girls only in 1965, during a college tour. The students were going boating for the first time, so everyone wanted to be a part of the picture. :If we were in Kathmandu, I would probably be too scared to take photos with girls”.

The students crossing the Narayani on a dugout canoe to get to Devghat.

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Dwarika Nath Dhungel in a pineapple field at Yagyapuri Farm, Rampur, Chitwan, 1966.

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Dwarika Nath Dhungel’s classmates, students of political science at the Tribhuvan University College, at the Yagyapuri Farm in Rampur, Chitwan. The students were taken on a tour of the farm during their stay in Chitwan. In the foreground are pineapple tops.

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The study trip for learning about decentralization in Nepal began with a tour of Chitwan. Here, the students are near the Bharatpur Airport. This was in January 1966. Chitwan was mostly vast stretches of sal jungle. In Chitwan, the students spent their days visiting various town and village panchayats on jeeps. To increase their understanding of decentralization, they met with government officials and locals in these places.

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Dwarika Nath Dhungel (front row, wearing daura-suruwal and Dhaka Topi) with the student group. Dhungel was in the second year of his master’s degree in political science.