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Bista (Nepali: बिष्ट) is a family name of people of North Indian Hills and Nepal belonging to Khas people group under the caste Chhetri, sub-groups of the Bahun caste. They are Hindu with a local Masto deity.
They speak Nepali language as mother tongue. In India, Bista/Bistas are spelled as Bisht/Bishts or Bist/Bists and are titled as Rajputs. They are mostly found in Indian state of Uttarakhand. Bista is also a surname belonging to the Brahmins of the Kumain Bahun subcaste.
Naming and Status
Bista is literally translated as Baron or landholder. For example; Chauhan in Eastern Nepal were referred as Bista in an explanation of assault of a Chauhan man by a Dalit man where governmental orders of capital punishment was given to the Dalit man on Poush Badi 12, 1882 V.S. (1826 A.D.) on the grounds of assaulting a high caste citizen. The excerpts from the royal orders to Bichari (Judge) Shivanidhi Padhya and Bichari (Judge) Parath Khadka on Poush Badi 12, 1882 V.S.:Bhote Kami, a resident of Dorpagaun village in Majhuwa, had a quarrel with Daulat Chuhan of the same village. They started abusing each other on the road. Sarba Budhathoki then asked Bhote Kami why, being a Kami, he was abusing a Bista in that manner. At this, Bhote Kami took out his Khukuri and his at Sarba Budathoki, chopping off half of his ear and wounding his cheek. For this crime, Bhote Kami shall have his right arm amputated. His share of the ancestral property shall be confiscated, after apportioning the shares of his brothers and sons.
Notable people with surname Bista
Adityanath Yogi, Indian politician and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Anjan Bista, Nepalese footballer
Bikash Bista, Nepalese academic
Deepak Bista, taekwondo gold medalist
Dor Bahadur Bista, Nepalese anthropologist
Gokarna Bista, Nepalese politician
Kirti Nidhi Bista, former PM of Nepal
Om Bikram Bista, Nepali pop singer
Raju Bista, member of Indian parliament from Darjeeling.
Ranjan Bista, Nepalese footballer
Notable people with title Bista
Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista, Former Titular King of Mustang
References
= Books
=Regmi, Mahesh Chandra (1987), Regmi Research Series, vol. 19, Regmi Research Centre
Subba, Tanka Bahadur (1989). Dynamics of a hill society: Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788173041143.
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