Tulsi Giri

Tulsi Giri was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 1975 to 1977, and chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1963, and again in 1964 and 1965. He was born in Siraha District, Nepal in 1926. Tulsi was a Minister in the Congress government of 1959−1960 before its dissolution by King Mahendra. He became the first Prime Minister following the two-year period of Mahendra's direct rule. He studied at the Suri Vidyasagar College, when it was affiliated with the University of Calcutta. He received a medical degree prior to entering politics.