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Karki (Devanagari:कार्की) is a Chhetri surname from Nepal and a Kumaoni Rajput clan in Uttarakhand.




Types of Karki






= In Nepal

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Karki was a government title in the medieval Khasa Kingdom. The tax collecting officers in Dara/Garkha had the title of Karki. The sub-clans of Karki in Nepal are:

Lama Karki: They belong to the Parashara gotra and are believed to be from Lamathada in the Sinja Valley of the Khasa Kingdom.
Mudula Karki
Sutar Karki
Khulal Karki




= In Uttarakhand

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Karki is a Rajput clan based in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. The Karki Rajputs of Kali Kumaon were chiefly Kiladars in the Kumaon Kingdom. They were given the title of "Budha" by the Chand kings.




Notable people


Notable people who bear the surname Karki include:

Bipin Karki, Nepali actor
Dipak Karki, several Nepali politicians
Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Nepali politician
Hari Krishna Karki, Nepali judge and former Chief Justice of Nepal
Hikmat Kumar Karki, Nepali politician and former Chief Minister of Koshi Province
Kedar Karki, Nepali politician and Chief Minister of Koshi Province
Lokman Singh Karki, Nepali civil servant and former head of CIAA
Mallika Karki, Nepali singer
Neelam Karki "Niharika", Nepali poet
Priyanka Karki, Nepali actress
Ram Karki, Nepali politician
Sushila Karki, Nepali jurist and first female Chief Justice of Nepal (2016 – 2017)
Sushma Karki, Nepali actress
Swarup Singh Karki, Kaaji and later, Dewan of the Kingdom of Nepal (c.1775 – c.1777)
Vidhan Karki, Nepali film director




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Karki (surname)
• Karki
• Baniya (surname)
• Bisht (surname)
• Rawat (surname)
• Karli (name)
• Adhikari
• Chaulagain
• Patni (surname)
• Karki, Honnavar