Iman Sing Chemjong was born on January 1st 1904 A.D. in Renkebung village of West Bengal, Darjeeling District. He is very popular scholar of culture, language, literature, script and history of Kirat community. He has written a lot of books in the field. Kirat Itihas (Kirat history) 1948, Kirat Sahitya ko Itihas (History of Kirat literature) 1952, Kirati Dantya Katha (Kirat folklore) 1961, Kirat Mundhum (Kirat scripture) 1961, Limboo-Nepali-English Dictionary 1961, Kirat Mundhum Khahun (Kirat religion) 1965, Kirat History and Culture 1967, Kirat Darshan ko Saransh (about kirat philosophy) 1969, Lepcha-Nepali-English Dictionary 1969, Kiratkalin Bijayapur ko Itihas (about kirat bijaypur history) 1974 are the mainly published books of his contribution. He had worked as Kiratologist in CENAS of Trivuwan University. Some of his important manuscripts are still left to be published. Nepal Government, Postal Services Department, Nepal Philatelic Bureau, Kathmandu has issued his Postal ticket as in Personalities Series in 1998.
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