- Source: List of Nepali political clans
This page lists some of the notable clans within the Nepali political arena and their notable members and relatives. This list does not include all family members.
Thapa Family (Bhimsen Thapa)
Two families of Bagale Thapa clan were influential. One was the Birbhadra or Bhimsen family and other was Badakaji Amar Singh Thapa's family.
Other notable connected members
Jung Bahadur Rana, Bam Bahadur Kunwar, Ranodip Singh Kunwar and their 4 other brothers, were grandson of Kaji Nain Singh through his daughter Ganesh Kumari.
Ranajit Pande, maternal grandfather of Ganesh Kumari, mother of Jung Bahadur Rana
Pande Family
Ganesh Pandey (Kaji of Gorkha)
Kalu Pande (Kaji of Gorkha), descendant of Ganesh Pande
Bamsa Raj Pandey (Dewankaji)
Damodar Pande (Mulkaji)
Rana Jang Pande (Mukhtiyar)
Bhim Bahadur Pande, seventh descendant of Kalu Pande
Prithvi Bahadur Pande, son of Bhim Bahadur
Tularam Pande (Kaji), descendant of Ganesh Pande
Ranajit Pande (Mulkaji), son of Tularam Pande
Dalbhanjan Pande, (Kaji), grandson of Tularam Pande
Other notable connected members
Kehar Singh Basnyat was Kalu Pande's son-in-law.
Kirtiman Singh Basnyat and Bakhtawar Singh Basnyat were grandsons of Kaji Kalu Pande through his daughter Chitra Devi.
Nain Singh Thapa, son-in-law of Ranajit Pande.
Basnyat Family
Shreepali clan of Basnet were influential in the 18th-19th century.
Other notable connected members
Kalu Pande was father-in-law of Kehar Singh Basnyat.
Kunwar family
Thapa family (Amar Singh Thapa)
Second influential family of Bagale Thapa clan; the other being Thapa dynasty.
Connected Members
Jharana Thapa, wife of eighth descendant of Bada Kaji
Chautariya family (Chandrarup Shah)
Chautariyas are non-throne lineage descendants of Shah dynasty.
Thapa family (Bhakti Thapa)
Bhakti Thapa, Nepalese Sardar
Arjun Bahadur Thapa, eighth descendant of Bhakti Thapa
Rana family
Koirala family
Other notable connected members
Sushil Koirala (ex PM & ex. president of Nepali congress) (Cousin of Matrika, BP & Girija from Mother side)
Shailaja Acharya, former deputy PM of Nepal
Mahesh Acharya ex. minister, Nephew of BP
Amod Prasad Upadhyay, ex minister, nephew
Nidhi family
Mahendra Narayan Nidhi, (Gandhian leader, a founding leader of Nepali congress, first deputy-speaker of First legislature Parliament, former Water Resource and Local Development)
Bimalendra Nidhi, ex. deputy PM and Home minister of Nepal, vice-president of NC(Son of Mahendra Narayan Nidhi)
Ninu Kumari Karn, Madhesh-based politician of Nepali Congress (Niece of Bimalendra Nidhi)
Mishra family
List ordered chronologically
Bhadrakali Mishra, several ministerial portfolios, including Minister of Transport in joint Rana-Congress cabinet, 1951
Ram Narayan Mishra, former Industry minister in B.P. Koirala cabinet, 1959
Hari Shankar Mishra, Governor of Province no 2 since August 2021 (Son of Ram Narayan Mishra)
Bhandari family
Madan Bhandari, Former CPN-UML general secretary
Bidhya Devi Bhandari, wife of Madan, President of Nepal
Bhattarai-Yami family
Dharma Ratna Yami freedom fighter, father of Hisila yami
Baburam Bhattarai ex. prime minister
Hisila Yami ex. minister, wife of Baburam
Deuba - Rana family
Sher Bahadur Deuba Ex. Prime minister
Arzu Rana Deuba Wife of Sher Bahadur Deuba
K.C.-Thapa family
Arjun Narasingha K.C., Former Minister of Health, Education & Urban Development
Gagan Thapa, Current Member of Parliament, General Secretary of the Nepali Congress, and Former Minister of Health, son-in-law of Arjun Narasingha
Jagadiswor Narasingha K.C., Former Member of the 1st and 2nd Constituent Assembly. Former President of Nepali Congress Nuwakot, younger brother of Arjun Narasingha
Ganesh Pandit, Former Member of Parliament (CPN-UML), Nuwakot-1 1991, uncle of Arjun Narasingha
Kedar Narasingha K.C., Former President of the Nepal Medical Council and Former Director of the National Tuberculosis Center.
Late Ramjee Kunwar, Senior Vice President of NTUCII and executive member of Nepali Congress Party. He was also the former vice president and secretary of NTUCI and was acting president.He was a candidate for mayor in local election of 2016.
Mahat family
Dr. Ram Saran Mahat, Ex Finance Minister
Prakash Sharan Mahat, Ex Foreign/Defence Minister, younger brother of Ram Saran
Singh family
Ganesh Man Singh a founding leader Nepali Congress
Prakash Man Singh Ex deputy PM of Nepal
Thapa family (Kamal Thapa)
Kamal Thapa ex minister, royalist
Ganesh Thapa ex president of All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), Member of Constituent Assembly, brother of Kamal Thapa
Thapa family (Surya Bahadur Thapa)
Surya Bahadur Thapa ex prime minister
Sunil Bahadur Thapa member of constituent assembly, son of Surya B.
References
See also
Political families of India
List of political families
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of Nepali political clans
- Nepali Army
- Indian Gorkha
- Khas people
- Magars
- Government of Nepal
- Nepal
- Gorkha Kingdom
- Shah dynasty
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