Koirala family

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{{Short description|Nepalese political family}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox family
| name = Koirala family कोईराला परिवार
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|image_caption = Koirala family in the mid-70s
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|type = [[Political family]]
| ethnicity = [[Khas people|Khas]] [[Bahun]]([[Brahmin]])
| region = [[Nepal]]
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| origin = [[Kusheshwar Dumja|Dumja]], [[Sindhuli district|Sindhuli]]
| members =[[Krishna Prasad Koirala]] [[Pramila Prasad Koirala]] [[Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala]] [[Girija Prasad Koirala]] [[Tarini Prasad Koirala]] [[Sujata Koirala]] [[Shashanka Koirala]] [[Shankar Koirala]] [[Manisha Koirala]] [[Niraj Koirala]]
|connected_members = [[Amod Prasad Upadhyay]] [[Sailaja Acharya]] [[Sushil Koirala]] [[Mahesh Acharya]]
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| traditions = [[Brahmin-Hill]]
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| footnotes = [[Krishna Prasad Koirala]] was the first prominent member of this family.
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'''Koirala family''' ([[Nepali language|Nepali]]: कोईराला परिवार) is one of the important [[List of Nepali political clans|political families of Nepal]] in the Republican Era. The family was founded by [[Krishna Prasad Koirala]], a [[Rana dynasty|Rana Era]] socio-political activist who was exiled to [[Bihar]], India by then Prime Minister Maharaja [[Chandra Sumsher|Chandra Sumsher]].<ref name="dawn.com"/> Many of the family members have remained prominent figures in the [[Nepali Congress]] party since the country's first democratic movement. Four members, three of them brothers ([[Matrika Prasad Koirala]], [[B. P. Koirala]] and [[Girija Prasad Koirala]]) and their maternal cousin [[Sushil Koirala]], have been [[Prime Minister of Nepal]]. Some members who do not have political aspirations have gone on to become prominent members in Nepali society making substantial personal contributions in the professions, the arts, academia, and the media as Bollywood actress [[Manisha Koirala]].

[[Koirala]] family were original inhabitants of [[Kusheshwar Dumja|Dumja]] village, [[Sindhuli district]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nepaliheadlines.com/nc-measure-bp-jail-route-foot/|title=NC to measure 'BP jail route' on foot - Nepali Headlines|website=nepaliheadlines.com|accessdate=10 September 2017}}</ref> belonging to the [[Bahun|Hill-Brahmin]] caste.{{refn|group=note|[[Krishna Prasad Koirala]], founder of the family, was a [[Bahun|Hill-Brahmin]].<ref name="dawn.com">{{cite news|title= Girija Prasad Koirala: The architect of democracy in Nepal|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/822354|accessdate=13 December 2017|newspaper= Dawn|date=23 March 2010}}</ref>}}

==Family members==
Father: [[Krishna Prasad Koirala]]

Sons:

# [[Matrika Prasad Koirala]] (1912–1997) ex-prime minister
# [[Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala]] (1914–1982) ex-prime minister
# Keshav Prasad Koirala (1922–1974)
# [[Tarini Prasad Koirala]] (1923–1973) journalist, writer
# [[Girija Prasad Koirala]] (1925–2010) ex-prime minister

Daughters:
# Sauri Koirala (Arjel)
# Nalini Koirala (Upadhaya)
# Indira Koirala (Acharya)
# Vijaya Laxmi Koirala (Zaki)

Grandson:
# Sudarsun Koirala

===Family of Matrika Prasad Koirala===
Sons:
# Bimal Koirala, deceased (wife: Sharda (Binita) Koirala), Sons: Bikash Koirala (wife: Ranjeeta Aryal Koirala), Ashish Koirala (wife: Poonam Bhattarai Koirala)
# Kamal Koirala, journalist, diplomat (previous Ambassador to South Korea), politician with CPNUML (wife: Dhana Koirala), children: Dr. Kanchan Koirala (wife: Dr. Regina Koirala), Richa Koirala (husband: Anil Adhikari)
# Ajay Koirala (deceased), Son: Amit Koirala (wife: Srijana Prasai Koirala) Amit Koirala, Son: Atreya Koirala.
# Bijay Koirala (wife: Anita Koirala) children: Anshu Koirala (wife: Kirti Koirala), Anisha Koirala Sapkota (husband: Deepak Sapkota)
# Sanjay Koirala, deceased (wife: Pushpa Acharya), son: Dipanker Acharya-Koirala
#Hari Koirala

Daughters:
# Sabita Koirala (Arjyal) (deceased) (husband: Dhruba Prasad Arjyal), Children: Smita Ghimire (Husband: Navin Ghimire), Sameer Arjyal (Wife: Subikshya Arjyal), Shirish Arjyal (Wife: Kalpana Arjyal), Sweta Subedi (Husband: Subarna Bhusan Subedi)
# Kabita Koirala ( Acharya) ( deceased) (husband: Madhav Acharya), Children: Anand Raj Acharya

=== Family of Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala ===

Wife: [[Sushila Koirala]]

Sons:
# [[Prakash Koirala]], (married to Sushma Koirala)
#*[[Siddharth Koirala]], Grandson
#*[[Manisha Koirala]], Granddaughter, Ex-Husband: Samrat Dahal (divorced)
# Dr. Shree Harsh Koirala, Engineer (married to Ruchira Koirala, from Mumbai)
#* Shreyas Koirala, Grandson
#* Avanti Koirala, Granddaughter
# Dr. [[Shashanka Koirala]], Eye Specialist, Leader of Nepali Congress (married to Suphatra Koirala)
#* Supriya Koirala, Granddaughter

Daughter:
# Chetana Koirala

===Family of Keshav Prasad Koirala===
Wife: Nona Koirala

Sons:
# Niranjan Koirala (Wife: Santosh Koirala, deceased, Ila Dalmia Koirala, deceased), Sons : Himanshu Koirala, Bhaskar Koirala (founder of the Nepal Institute of International and Strategic Studies in Kathmandu which launched the first China-India-Nepal Trilateral Forum in 2012)
# Dr. [[Shekhar Koirala]] (Wife: Poonam Koirala), Nepali Congress-CWC Member, current Member of the Constituent Assembly, former Vice Chancellor of B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal
#* Neha Koirala

===Family of Tarini Prasad Koirala===

Wife: Rosa Koirala

Son:
# Jyoti Koirala, Engineer, NC General Convention (Maha Samiti) Member, Wife: Indira Koirala, NC General Convention (Maha Samiti) Member, Dr. Megha Koirala, Pooja Koirala

Daughter:
# Kalpana Koirala, deceased, husband: Laxman Basnet, president of Nepal Trade Union Congress (NTUC) Daughters: Aparna Basnet (Granddaughter Adya Basnet), Prasanna Basnet, (Son in law Siddharth Mani Rajbhandari and Granddaughter Vasavi Prasanna Rajbhandari), Priyanka Basnet, (Son in Law Ninesh Tiwari).

=== Family of Girija Prasad Koirala ===
Wife: Sushma koirala

Daughter:
# [[Sujata Koirala]], Deputy Prime Minister

=== Family of Sauri Koirala (Arjel) ===
Son:
#Uday Arjel - Deceased

Son: Dr. Russ Raj Arjal
Grandchildren: Reed Kathleen Arjal, Henry Raj Arjal, Soren Rose Arjal

Daughter:
1. Nirja Khanal, Husband: Sri niwas khanal, Sons: Nirmesh Khanal, Rajesh Khanal, daughter in law: Bipnita khanal, Daughter: Naina Khanal. Grandchildren :Aahana khanal and aryan khanal

Daughter: 2. Neelam Arjel Sharma
Husband: Iswari Chandra Sharma
Daughters:
A. Nabina Sharma
Son: Abhinav Bhandari
B. Nameeta Sharma Dhital
Husband: Bhagwat Dhital
C. Dr. Niharika Sharma Parajuli
Husband: Dr. Parakram Parajuli
Son: Prabuddha Parajuli
3. Daughter: Neeta Dhungel
Husband: Dr. Sanat Dhungel
4. Daughter: Nupur Khanal
Husband: Deepak Kumar Khanal
Son: Aditya Kumar Khanal
Wife: Aishwarya Gautam Khanal

== Famous people in Koirala family ==
*[[Saradha Koirala]], poet and writer, New Zealand, Australia
*[[Tarini Prasad Koirala]] (1923–1973), Nepalese politician, journalist and writer
*[[Raj Ballav Koirala]] (born 1982), Nepalese actor
*[[Bharat Koirala]], winner of the 2002 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism
*[[Manisha Koirala]], renowned Nepalese actress predominantly working in Indian Films. She is the daughter of [[Prakash Koirala]] and granddaughter of [[Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala]]. She received Nepal's 2nd highest honor the [[Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu]], by the [[Government of Nepal]]
*[[Pariket Koirala]]. Nepalese musical artist

==Gallery==
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File:Matrika Prasad Koirala2.jpg|[[Matrika Prasad Koirala]], then [[Prime Minister of Nepal]] 1951
File:BP Koirala.jpg|[[Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala]]
File:Girija Prasad Koirala.jpg|[[Girija Prasad Koirala]] in his youth
File:Sushil Koirala.jpg|[[Sushil Koirala]], then [[Prime Minister of Nepal]] 2014
File:Sujata Koirala.jpg|[[Sujata Koirala]], Former Minister
File:Manisha.Koirala.jpg|[[Manisha Koirala]], Bollywood Actress
File:Amod Upadhyay.jpg|[[Amod Prasad Upadhyay]], Former Education Minister
File:Bp koirala delhi 1951.jpg|Bishweshwar Prasad (BP) Koirala as Home Minister of Nepal in Delhi 1951
File:JFKWHP-KN-C18540.jpg|Matrika Prasad Koirala with US President [[John F Kennedy]]
File:Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala - David Ben Gurion 1960.jpg|Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala as Nepalese PM with Israeli Prime Minister [[David Ben Gurion]] 1960
File:Girija P koirala.jpg|Girija Prasad Koirala as Acting Head of state of Nepal (2008)
File:BP. Koirala.png|Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala

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