Durgananda Jha (Maithili, Nepali: दुर्गानन्द झा) was Nepalese democratic fighter who attempted to assassinate King Mahendra of Nepal in January 1962 (Magh 9, 2018 BS) in Janakpur in southeastern Nepal. Durga was captured after he threw a bomb on a motor-vehicle carrying the king. He was executed by shot-to-death in Magh 15, 2020 (February, 1964) at Central Jail, Kathmandu. At the time of execution he was 21 years old.
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