role and reputation in this area and are important political game players in the past as well as the present. Duras played a role in establishing the king of Lamjung Kingdom when Nepal was fragmented into 22–24 Kingdoms, the Bayise Chaubisi Rajyas. Historic Education Hub Duradanda is also known for its historic role in social reform and education movements. 'Halo Kranti, the plowing movement' and 'Siksha Kranti, the educational movement' are among the famous. Sarvodaya High School (now, Sarbodaya Higher Secondary School and Sarbodaya Campus) was one of the oldest schools in the entire region of Central Nepal. Thus, people from very far places used to come to Duradanda for formal school education at Sarvodaya High School. At that time, young people who wanted to come here to seek school education from far villages used to say: "Duradanda kei chhaina tadha, janchhu ma ta sikshya ko khojima" meaning that "Duradanda is no longer far and I want to go there seeking my education". There were no hostels, so the youngsters used to live as guests (paying or free) in locals' houses, preferably relatives. In return, they had to bring commodities or provide labor services for household and/or farm work. Duradanda Village Development Committee One of the Village Development Committees (VDC) in Duradanda was named 'Duradanda VDC' before the new restructuring of the local government bodies in 2015. Duradanda VDC (sensu stricto), thus, only represents a small part of Duradanda and includes a few villages in the southeastern part of Duradanda hill. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census the population of this VDC was 2135 people living in 430 households. The VDC has one high school named 'Sanskriti Sadan' in the village of Archalyani. References External links UN map of the municipalities of Lamjung District Populated places in Lamjung District