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[[File:Karuna Ratna Tuladhar.jpg|thumb|200px|Karuna Ratna Tuladhar in 1964]]
[[File:Karuna Ratna Tuladhar.jpg|thumb|200px|Karuna Ratna Tuladhar in 1964]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-12-35-20, Tibetexpedition, Lhasa, Markt.jpg|thumb|200px|Tuladhar's shop Ghorasyar on the ground floor of the Thumsikhang building on the Barkhor, Lhasa's main shopping street. Photo dated 1938.]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-12-35-20, Tibetexpedition, Lhasa, Markt.jpg|thumb|200px|Tuladhar's shop Ghorasyar on the ground floor of the Thumsikhang building on the Barkhor, Lhasa's main shopping street. Photo dated 1938.]]
[[File:Chevrolet bus of Nepal Transport Service.jpg|thumb|200px|1959 model Chevrolet Viking bus of Nepal Transport Service shown in 1961.]]
[[File:Chevrolet bus of Nepal Transport Service.jpg|thumb|200px|1959 model Chevrolet Viking bus of Nepal Transport Service shown in 1961. {{deletable image-caption|Sunday, 4 November 2012}}]]
'''Karuna Ratna Tuladhar''' ([[Devanagari]]: करुणा रत्न तुलाधर) (23 October 1920 – 19 July 2008) was a pioneer of Nepalese public transport.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thenewah.blogsome.com/2008/07/20/first-motorcycle-importer-lhasa-newah-passes-away/ |title=First motorcycle importer to Tibet, Lhasa Newah passes away! |date=20 July 2008 |publisher=The Newah (नेपाल भासँ थःगु बिचाः प्वन्केगु हलिमे छगुहे जक नेवाः ब्लग्) |accessdate=28 January 2011}}</ref> He was proprietor of [[Nepal Transport Service]] which he and his brother [[Lupau Ratna Tuladhar]] founded in 1959.<ref name=Nepal>{{cite news|last=Tuladhar|first=Kamal Ratna|title=Nepal took the bus half a century ago|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2008/09/28/expression/nepal-took-the-bus-a-half-century-ago/162128/|accessdate=23 January 2011|newspaper=The Kathmandu Post|date=26 September 2008}}</ref> This was Nepal's first public bus service which linked the capital [[Kathmandu]] with the railhead of [[Amlekhganj]] 190 kilometers to the south near the Indian border.<ref name=krtgf>Shrestha, Bijaya Lal (11 August 1989). "All Those Years Ago: A trip through the early days of bus transport", ''The Rising Nepal''.</ref><ref name=chevyb/>
'''Karuna Ratna Tuladhar''' ([[Devanagari]]: करुणा रत्न तुलाधर) (23 October 1920 – 19 July 2008) was a pioneer of Nepalese public transport.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thenewah.blogsome.com/2008/07/20/first-motorcycle-importer-lhasa-newah-passes-away/ |title=First motorcycle importer to Tibet, Lhasa Newah passes away! |date=20 July 2008 |publisher=The Newah (नेपाल भासँ थःगु बिचाः प्वन्केगु हलिमे छगुहे जक नेवाः ब्लग्) |accessdate=28 January 2011}}</ref> He was proprietor of [[Nepal Transport Service]] which he and his brother [[Lupau Ratna Tuladhar]] founded in 1959.<ref name=Nepal>{{cite news|last=Tuladhar|first=Kamal Ratna|title=Nepal took the bus half a century ago|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2008/09/28/expression/nepal-took-the-bus-a-half-century-ago/162128/|accessdate=23 January 2011|newspaper=The Kathmandu Post|date=26 September 2008}}</ref> This was Nepal's first public bus service which linked the capital [[Kathmandu]] with the railhead of [[Amlekhganj]] 190 kilometers to the south near the Indian border.<ref name=krtgf>Shrestha, Bijaya Lal (11 August 1989). "All Those Years Ago: A trip through the early days of bus transport", ''The Rising Nepal''.</ref><ref name=chevyb/>


The same year, Nepal Transport Service also started the first local shuttle<ref>{{cite news|last=Poudel|first=Keshab|title= Big Wheels Keep on Turnin'|url=http://www.ecs.com.np/feature_detail.php?f_id=332|accessdate=20 February 2011|newspaper=ECS NEPAL|date= November 2003}}</ref> between Kathmandu and Patan ([[Patan, Nepal|Lalitpur]]), one of the three cities in the [[Kathmandu Valley]].<ref name=Nepal/>
The same year, Nepal Transport Service also started the first local shuttle<ref>{{cite news|last=Poudel|first=Keshab|title= Big Wheels Keep on Turnin'|url=http://www.ecs.com.np/feature_detail.php?f_id=332|accessdate=20 February 2011|newspaper=ECS NEPAL|date= November 2003}}</ref> between Kathmandu and Patan ([[Patan, Nepal|Lalitpur]]), one of the three cities in the [[Kathmandu Valley]].<ref name=Nepal/>


==Early life==
==Early life==
[[Tuladhar]] was born at Dhalasikwa in [[Asan, Kathmandu|Asan]], Kathmandu, the second of three sons of trader [[Pushpa Sundar Tuladhar]] and his wife Dhan Maya. Pushpa Sundar owned a business house in [[Lhasa]], Tibet which conducted trade between Nepal, Tibet and India, transporting merchandise over the [[Himalaya]] by mule caravan.<ref name=krtgf/><ref>Tuladhar, Prem Hira (2009) ''The Past Lives of the Buddha.'' Kathmandu: Hira Shobha Tuladhar. ISBN 978-9937-2-1497-1. Pages 9-11.</ref>
[[Tuladhar]] was born at Dhalasikwa in [[Asan, Kathmandu|Asan]], Kathmandu, the second of three sons of trader [[Pushpa Sundar Tuladhar]] and his wife Dhan Maya. Pushpa Sundar owned a business house in [[Lhasa]], Tibet which conducted trade between Nepal, Tibet and India, transporting merchandise over the [[Himalaya]] by mule caravan.<ref name=krtgf/><ref>Tuladhar, Prem Hira (2009) ''The Past Lives of the Buddha.'' Kathmandu: Hira Shobha Tuladhar. ISBN 978-9937-2-1497-1. Pages 9–11.</ref>


==Business in Lhasa==
==Business in Lhasa==
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Tuladhar decided to downsize his Tibet business and concentrate on home after Nepal's first highway [[Tribhuvan Highway]] opened to jeep traffic in 1956. After the road was improved to handle larger vehicles, Nepal Transport Service went into operation hauling freight with two Tata Mercedes-Benz trucks in March 1959.<ref name=Nepal/>
Tuladhar decided to downsize his Tibet business and concentrate on home after Nepal's first highway [[Tribhuvan Highway]] opened to jeep traffic in 1956. After the road was improved to handle larger vehicles, Nepal Transport Service went into operation hauling freight with two Tata Mercedes-Benz trucks in March 1959.<ref name=Nepal/>


The company started passenger service in July the same year with a lone bus. Subsequently, its fleet grew to 11 Tata Mercedes-Benz, Chevrolet and Bedford buses.<ref name=Nepal/><ref name=chevyb>{{cite web |url=http://www.classicbusdepot.com/bus-photos/99_0_1_0_C/ |title=1959 Chevrolet Viking Bus - Nepal Transport |publisher=Classic Bus Depot.com |accessdate=28 January 2011}}</ref> Its head office was situated at the family home at 122 Asan Tyouda Tol, Kathmandu.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bajracharya|first=Himesh|title=Bas Yatayatko 50 Barsha ("Fifty Years of Bus Transport")|url=http://202.166.193.41/epaperhome.aspx?issue=2312010|accessdate=29 February 2012|newspaper=Kantipur|date=23 January 2010}} Page 23.</ref>
The company started passenger service in July the same year with a lone bus. Subsequently, its fleet grew to 11 Tata Mercedes-Benz, Chevrolet and Bedford buses.<ref name=Nepal/><ref name=chevyb>{{cite web |url=http://www.classicbusdepot.com/bus-photos/99_0_1_0_C/ |title=1959 Chevrolet Viking Bus – Nepal Transport |publisher=Classic Bus Depot.com |accessdate=28 January 2011}}</ref> Its head office was situated at the family home at 122 Asan Tyouda Tol, Kathmandu.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bajracharya|first=Himesh|title=Bas Yatayatko 50 Barsha ("Fifty Years of Bus Transport")|url=http://202.166.193.41/epaperhome.aspx?issue=2312010|accessdate=29 February 2012|newspaper=Kantipur|date=23 January 2010}} Page 23.</ref>


The initial years were profitable, but the company began racking up losses due to the long periods of downtime as major repairs needed to be done in India. Nepal Transport Service folded in 1966. Tuladhar died in Kathmandu in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Post staffer bereaved|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2008/07/22/top-story/newsline/154334/|accessdate=23 January 2011|newspaper=The Kathmandu Post|date=22 July 2008}}</ref><ref>''Sandhya Times'' (19 July 2008). Page 1.</ref>
The initial years were profitable, but the company began racking up losses due to the long periods of downtime as major repairs needed to be done in India. Nepal Transport Service folded in 1966. Tuladhar died in Kathmandu in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Post staffer bereaved|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2008/07/22/top-story/newsline/154334/|accessdate=23 January 2011|newspaper=The Kathmandu Post|date=22 July 2008}}</ref><ref>''Sandhya Times'' (19 July 2008). Page 1.</ref>

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File:Karuna Ratna Tuladhar.jpg
Karuna Ratna Tuladhar in 1964
Tuladhar's shop Ghorasyar on the ground floor of the Thumsikhang building on the Barkhor, Lhasa's main shopping street. Photo dated 1938.
1959 model Chevrolet Viking bus of Nepal Transport Service shown in 1961.
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Karuna Ratna Tuladhar (Devanagari: करुणा रत्न तुलाधर) (23 October 1920 – 19 July 2008) was a pioneer of Nepalese public transport.[1] He was proprietor of Nepal Transport Service which he and his brother Lupau Ratna Tuladhar founded in 1959.[2] This was Nepal's first public bus service which linked the capital Kathmandu with the railhead of Amlekhganj 190 kilometers to the south near the Indian border.[3][4]

The same year, Nepal Transport Service also started the first local shuttle[5] between Kathmandu and Patan (Lalitpur), one of the three cities in the Kathmandu Valley.[2]

Early life

Tuladhar was born at Dhalasikwa in Asan, Kathmandu, the second of three sons of trader Pushpa Sundar Tuladhar and his wife Dhan Maya. Pushpa Sundar owned a business house in Lhasa, Tibet which conducted trade between Nepal, Tibet and India, transporting merchandise over the Himalaya by mule caravan.[3][6]

Business in Lhasa

After a brief period of schooling, Karuna Ratna Tuladhar went to Lhasa and joined the family business.[7] He travelled to Tibet for the first time in 1934. As his son Kamal Ratna Tuladhar explained,[8] the journey at that time involved walking for two days, riding a vintage lorry and then a steam locomotive to the Indian border at Raxaul, followed by taking the Indian railway and a motorcar to Sikkim. The caravan trek between Sikkim and Lhasa then took 20 days. This trade route is an offshoot of the ancient Silk Road.

Tuladhar would subsequently make two more trips, spending a total of 17 years in the Tibetan capital.[8][9] In 1948, in between his second and third tours, he married Hira Shobha Tamrakar. He served as president of the Nepalese Chamber of Commerce, Lhasa in 1952.[10] He returned from Tibet for the last time in 1954 and managed the business from Kathmandu and Kalimpong in West Bengal, India, the start of the caravan route to Lhasa.[8][11]

Nepal Transport Service

Tuladhar decided to downsize his Tibet business and concentrate on home after Nepal's first highway Tribhuvan Highway opened to jeep traffic in 1956. After the road was improved to handle larger vehicles, Nepal Transport Service went into operation hauling freight with two Tata Mercedes-Benz trucks in March 1959.[2]

The company started passenger service in July the same year with a lone bus. Subsequently, its fleet grew to 11 Tata Mercedes-Benz, Chevrolet and Bedford buses.[2][4] Its head office was situated at the family home at 122 Asan Tyouda Tol, Kathmandu.[12]

The initial years were profitable, but the company began racking up losses due to the long periods of downtime as major repairs needed to be done in India. Nepal Transport Service folded in 1966. Tuladhar died in Kathmandu in 2008.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ "First motorcycle importer to Tibet, Lhasa Newah passes away!". The Newah (नेपाल भासँ थःगु बिचाः प्वन्केगु हलिमे छगुहे जक नेवाः ब्लग्). 20 July 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d Tuladhar, Kamal Ratna (26 September 2008). "Nepal took the bus half a century ago". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b Shrestha, Bijaya Lal (11 August 1989). "All Those Years Ago: A trip through the early days of bus transport", The Rising Nepal.
  4. ^ a b "1959 Chevrolet Viking Bus – Nepal Transport". Classic Bus Depot.com. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  5. ^ Poudel, Keshab (November 2003). "Big Wheels Keep on Turnin'". ECS NEPAL. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  6. ^ Tuladhar, Prem Hira (2009) The Past Lives of the Buddha. Kathmandu: Hira Shobha Tuladhar. ISBN 978-9937-2-1497-1. Pages 9–11.
  7. ^ Bajracharya, Himesh (16 June 2012). "Lhasa legacy". Kantipur. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  8. ^ a b c Tuladhar, Kamal Ratna (9 January 2010). "Merchants of yore". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  9. ^ "The Vintage Motorcycle Pictures Gallery". Classic-Motorbikes.net. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  10. ^ Tuladhar, Kamal Ratna (2011) Caravan to Lhasa: A Merchant of Kathmandu in Traditional Tibet. Kathmandu: Lijala & Tisa. ISBN 99946-58-91-3. Page 107.
  11. ^ Kalimpong. New Delhi: Nest & Wings. ISBN 81-87592-01-X. Page 20.
  12. ^ Bajracharya, Himesh (23 January 2010). "Bas Yatayatko 50 Barsha ("Fifty Years of Bus Transport")". Kantipur. Retrieved 29 February 2012. Page 23.
  13. ^ "Post staffer bereaved". The Kathmandu Post. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  14. ^ Sandhya Times (19 July 2008). Page 1.

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