Karki (surname)

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Karki (Devanagari:कार्की) is a Nepali/Kumaoni surname found among the Chettri community of Nepal and the Kshatriya/Pahari Rajput community of Uttarakhand.^[1] Karki is one of the prominent Chettri clans in Nepal.^[2] It was also a title given to the tax collectors in the medieval Khasa Kingdom.^[3]

Notable people[edit]

Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Nepali politician
Lokman Singh Karki, Nepali civil servant
Hari Krishna Karki, Chief Justice of Nepal
Kaji Swarup Singh Karki, Dewan of the Kingdom of Nepal
Ram Karki, Nepali politician
Sushila Karki, first female Chief Justice of Nepal

References[edit]

↑ Pande, Badri Datt (1993). History of Kumaun: English version of "Kumaun ka itihas". Shree Almora Book Depot. ISBN 8190020943.
↑ Subba, Tanka Bahadur (1989). Dynamics of a Hill Society: The Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788173041143.
↑ Adhikary, Surya Mani (1997). The Khaśa Kingdom: A Trans-Himalayan Empire of the Middle Age. Nirala Publications. ISBN 8185693501.

[1] Pande, Badri Datt (1993). History of Kumaun: English version of "Kumaun ka itihas". Shree Almora Book Depot. ISBN 8190020943.

[2] Subba, Tanka Bahadur (1989). Dynamics of a Hill Society: The Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788173041143.

[3] Adhikary, Surya Mani (1997). The Khaśa Kingdom: A Trans-Himalayan Empire of the Middle Age. Nirala Publications. ISBN 8185693501.

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