Ghanendra Basnet

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Ghanendra Basnet (Nepali: घनेन्द्र बस्नेत; 10 October 1952 – 30 September 2026) was a Nepalese communist politician. He was one of the key leaders of the Jhapa movement in the 1970s. Basnet is known as an organiser of the 1977 Nakkhu jail break. After the introduction of parliamentary democracy, he was elected twice to parliament in the 1990s.