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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Gopal Rai<br />
| native_name = गोपाल राई<br />
| image = Gopal Rai, ex state minister of Nepal.jpg<br />
| caption = Gopal Rai during his early political journey<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|5|1|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Okhaldhunga]]<br />
| residence = [[Kathmandu]]<br />
| death_date = 23 September 2006<br />
| death_place = [[Ghunsa]], [[Taplejung]]<br />
| death_cause = <br />
| office = Minister of State for Forest and Soil Conservation<br />
| term_start = <br />
| term_end = <br />
| president = <br />
| primeminister = <br />
| party = [[Nepali Congress]]<br />
| spouse = Mina Rai<br />
| children = 5 (1 son and 4 daughters)<br />
| education = Bachelor of Arts<br />
| nationality = [[Nepal]]i<br />
}}<br />
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'''Gopal Rai''' ([[Nepali language|Nepali]]: गोपाल राई ) was a political leader of the [[Nepali Congress]]. He was state minister for Forest and Soil Conservation of Nepal. He became active in politics while studying bachelor's degree in [[Tri Chandra College]] against [[Panchayat (Nepal)|Panchayat System]]. He was captured while planning to attack by force in Okhaldhunga. His many friends were killed and he was put in jail.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Gopal Rai was born and raised in [[Okhaldhunga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=12578 |title=Minister Gopal Rai, Mina Rai |publisher=Nepali Times |date= |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
He died in a MI-17 chopper accident at [[Ghunsa]], [[Taplejung]] in Nepal during [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] program with other 23 passengers including his wife Mina Rai on 23 September 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwfnepal.org/?81560/Tragic-Helicopter-Crash-in-Nepal-continual-updates |title=WWF - Tragic Helicopter Crash in Nepal - continual updates |publisher=Wwfnepal.org |date=2006-10-01 |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/pdf/1583.pdf Kinshipcircle.org]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
*[http://www.wwfnepal.org/?78520/Minister-Rai-in-TAL Wwfnepal.org]<br />
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