Bagale Thapa
Bagale Thapa or Bagalya Thapa (Nepali: बगाले थापा/बगाल्या थापा) is a prominent Kshatriya clan within Khas Thapa.[1] Bagale Thapa belong to Atreya Gotra and Suryavansha (solar) dynasty in Hinduism. They trace their ancestry to legendary Khas King Kalu Thapa since Saka Era 1111 or Vikram Samvat 1246.[2] Bagale Thapa were powerful family while living at Jumla[1] as per Gorkha Rajbanshawali, the Royal Genealogy of Gorkha Kingdom.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| unknown | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | |
| Languages | |
| Nepali language (Khas Kura) | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism with ancestral and tutelary deities |
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Bada Kaji Amar Singh Thapa belonged to this clan.[3] Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa, the grandson of Kaji Birbhadra Thapa, also belonged to this clan.[1] His niece Lalit Tripura Sundari and nephew Mathabarsingh Thapa went on to become Queen and Prime Minister of Nepal respectively.[4][2] War commander Ujir Singh Thapa,[2] General Ranabir Singh Thapa and Colonel Bakhtawar Singh Thapa also belonged to this clan being family members of PM Bhimsen Thapa.[4][5]
Bagale Thapa Media
- Amar Singh Thapa1.jpg
"Bada Kaji" Amar Singh Thapa, Military commander of Kingdom of Nepal
- Portrait of mathabar singh thapa.jpg
Mathabar Singh Thapa, a nobleman from Bagale Thapa clan
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pradhan 2012, pp. 22-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Hamal 1995, p. 191.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Acharya 1955.
- ↑ Pradhan 2012.
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