Karki (surname)
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Karki (Devanagari: कार्की) is a Chhetri surname from Nepal and a Kumaoni Rajput clan in Uttarakhand.[3][4]
Khasa Kingdom
Karki was a title given to tax collecting officers in the medieval Khasa Kingdom. A branch of Karki Chhetris were also given the title of Raja of Pyuthan.[5][1] The sub-clans of Karki Chhetris in Nepal are:
- Lama Karki: Lama Karki belong to Shreepali clan so they are also known as Shreepali Karki.[5] They belong to the Parashara gotra and are believed to be from Lamathada in the Sinja Valley of the Khasa Kingdom.[6]
- Sutar Karki: Sutar Karki trace their ancestry to Jasodhar Pandit, who obtained the Karki title in Sutarkot, Dailekh [7]
Karki Rajput clan of Kumaon
Notable people
Notable people who bear the surname Karki include:
- Bipin Karki, Nepali actor
- Dipak Karki, several Nepali politicians
- Ek Raj Karki, Nepali politician[9]
- 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 interim Prime Minister, former Chief Justice of Nepal
- 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
