List of Nepali political clans

Two families of Bagale Thapa clan were influential. One was the Birbhadra or Bhimsen family and other was Badakaji Amar Singh Thapa's family.^[1]

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.^[2]
• Ranajit Pande, maternal grandfather of Ganesh Kumari, mother of Jung Bahadur Rana^[3]

The Pande family was one of the four noble families that held power in the Gorkha Kingdom.^[4]

• 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^[5]
          • 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.

Shreepali clan of Basnet were influential in the 18th-19th century. The family descended from Shivaram Singh Basnyat, the commander of Gorkhali forces.^[6]

Other notable connected members

• Kalu Pande was father-in-law of Kehar Singh Basnyat.

The Kunwar family was a noble Chhetri family in the Gorkha Kingdom, linked to the Thapa and Pande dynasties through marriage.^[7]

Second influential family of Bagale Thapa clan; the other being Thapa dynasty.^[8]

Connected Members

• Jharana Thapa, wife of eighth descendant of Bada Kaji^[5]

Chautariyas are non-throne lineage descendants of Shah dynasty.^[9]

• Bhakti Thapa, Nepalese Sardar^[10]
  • Arjun Bahadur Thapa, eighth descendant of Bhakti Thapa^[5]

• Krishna Prasad Koirala (father of 3 ex-PMs of Nepal: Matrika, BP & Girija)
  • Matrika Prasad Koirala ex. prime minister
  • Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala ex. prime minister
    • Prakash Koirala royalist politician, son of BP
      • Manisha Koirala Bollywood actress, grand daughter of BP
      • Siddharth Koirala Bollywood actor, grandson of BP
    • Dr. Shashanka Koirala politician, Son of BP
  • Keshav Prasad Koirala
    • Dr. Shekhar Koirala, nephew of BP
  • Tarini Prasad Koirala, journalist
  • Girija Prasad Koirala ex. prime minister
    • Sujata Koirala ex. deputy prime minister, daughter of GP

Other notable connected members

• Sushil Koirala (ex PM & ex. president of Nepali congress) (Cousin of Matrika, BP & Girija from Mother side)^[11]
• Shailaja Acharya, former deputy PM of Nepal^[12]
• Mahesh Acharya ex. minister, Nephew of BP^[13]
• Amod Prasad Upadhyay, ex minister, nephew

• Mahendra Narayan Nidhi, (Gandhian leader, a founding leader of Nepali congress, first deputy-speaker of First legislature Parliament, former Water Resource and Local Development)^[14]
• Bimalendra Nidhi, ex. deputy PM and Home minister of Nepal, vice-president of NC (Son of Mahendra Narayan Nidhi)^[15]
• Ninu Kumari Karn, Madhesh-based politician of Nepali Congress (Niece of Bimalendra Nidhi)^[16]

List ordered chronologically

• Bhadrakali Mishra, several ministerial portfolios, including Minister of Transport in joint Rana-Congress cabinet, 1951^[17]
• Ram Narayan Mishra, former Industry minister in B.P. Koirala cabinet, 1959^[18]
• Hari Shankar Mishra, Governor of Province no 2 since August 2021 (Son of Ram Narayan Mishra)^[19]

• Madan Bhandari, Former CPN-UML general secretary^[20]
• Bidhya Devi Bhandari, wife of Madan, President of Nepal^[21]

• Dharma Ratna Yami freedom fighter, father of Hisila yami^[22]
  • Baburam Bhattarai ex. prime minister
  • Hisila Yami ex. minister, wife of Baburam^[23]

• Sher Bahadur Deuba Ex. Prime minister^[24]
• Arzu Rana Deuba Wife of Sher Bahadur Deuba^[24]
• Prakash Bahadur Deuba Ex.Minister for Physical Infrastructure of Sudur Paschim Province and nephew of Sher Bahadur Deuba^[25]

• Arjun Narasingha K.C., Former Minister of Health, Education & Urban Development^[26]
  • Gagan Thapa, Current Member of Parliament, General Secretary of the Nepali Congress, and Former Minister of Health, son-in-law of Arjun Narasingha^[27]
  • Jagadiswor Narsingh KC, Former Member of the 1st and 2nd Constituent Assembly. Former President of Nepali Congress Nuwakot, younger brother of Arjun Narasingha^[28]
  • 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.^[29]
  • 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.^[30]

• Dr. Ram Saran Mahat, Ex Finance Minister^[31]
• Prakash Sharan Mahat, Ex Foreign/Defence Minister, younger brother of Ram Saran^[32]

• Ganesh Man Singh a founding leader Nepali Congress^[33]
  • Prakash Man Singh Ex deputy PM of Nepal^[34]

• Kamal Thapa ex minister, royalist^[35]
• Ganesh Thapa ex president of All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), Member of Constituent Assembly, brother of Kamal Thapa^[36]

• Surya Bahadur Thapa ex prime minister^[37]
  • Sunil Bahadur Thapa member of constituent assembly, son of Surya B.^[38]

Below are several additional political families that have played a significant role in Nepal's modern political landscape, though they were not included in earlier sections.