Education
Father Krishna Prasad Koirala had to leave Nepal when B. P. was three years old. Everyone in the family had a warrant of arrest against him; their entire property was confiscated. They were in exile in India for twelve years [1917-1929] so B. P. had his schooling in India, and thereafter he joined his college there. The British Raj charged him and his brother, Matrika Prasad koirala, for having contacts with terrorists in 1930. They were arrested and set free after three months. Due to this, Bishweshwar began to study in Calcutta at Scottish Church College per his father’s wishes. Towards the end of 1930, he left the college and returned to Banaras . In 1932, he completed his intermediate level of studies. His father again insisted that his son join Scottish Church College in Calcutta. So for the second time, B.P. joined the college but left it soon after. In 1934, he completed his bachelor’s degree in economics and politics from Banaras Hindu Universitty. After earning his degree at the Banaras Hindu University, he later took a degree in law at the University of Calcutta in 1937.
Philosophy
B. P. Koirala was a socialist with significant inspiration from Gandhism. He was the votary of the ideal of socialism in an established democracy. The term is also used by Socialist movements and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation. Democratic socialism is contrasted with political movements that resort to authoritarian means to achieve a transition to socialism, instead advocating for the immediate creation of decentralized economic democracy from the grassroots level, undertaken by and for the working class itself. Specifically, it is a term used to distinguish between socialists who favor a grassroots-level, spontaneous revolution or gradualism over Leninism – organized revolution instigated and directed by an overarching Vanguard party that operates on the basis of democratic socialism. Some people have described Koirala as social democrat.