Naya Raj Pant (; 1913âÂÂ2002) was a Nepalese polymath who was active as a poet, astronomer, mathematician, scholar, and historian. He is best known for establishing Saá¹Âà Âodhana Maá¹Âá¸Âala, research organisation, on 20 September 1952.
He was born on 10 August 1913 in Mahaboudha, Kathmandu to Krishna Datta, and Yajnapriya Datta. Pant died on 4 November 2002.
In 1986âÂÂ87, he won the Madan Puraskar, Nepal's highest literary honour.