Koirala

Koirala कोइराला
BP Koirala
Language(s)	Nepali, Doteli, Kumaoni
Origin
Language(s)	Khas
Word/Name	Khasa kingdom
Meaning	toponym of Koirali village
Other names
Derivative(s)	Koirala Khatri
See also	Poudel, Pokharel, Bhattarai, Adhikari, Subedi,
Families
Koirala family

Koirala (Nepali: कोइराला) is a Khas surname belonging to Bahun, Khatri Chhetri of Nepal. All Koirala share the same gotra, Moudgalya (Mudgal).

Notable people with surname Koirala

• Koirala family, a dominating family in Nepalese politics
• Anuradha Koirala, Nepalese social activist, founder and director of Maiti Nepal
• Bhagawan Koirala (born 1960), Executive Director & Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
• Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (B.P. Koirala) (1914–1982), Prime Minister of Nepal from 1959 to 1960
• Bharat Koirala, winner of the 2002 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism
• Girija Prasad Koirala (1925–2010), five times Prime Minister of Nepal in the 1990s and 2000s, Head of State from 2007 to 2008
• Krishna Prasad Koirala (died 1943), political leader of Nepal
• Manisha Koirala (born 1970), Indian Bollywood actress
• Matrika Prasad Koirala (1912–1997), Prime Minister of Nepal from 1951 to 1952 and from 1953 to 1955
• Prakash Koirala, Nepalese politician
• Raj Ballav Koirala (born 1982), Nepalese actor
• Shashanka Koirala, Nepalese politician
• Siddharth Koirala, Nepalese film actor
• Sujata Koirala (born 1954), Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
• Sushil Koirala (1939–2016), Prime Minister of Nepal from 2014 to 2015
• Tarini Prasad Koirala (1923–1973), Nepalese politician, journalist and writer
• Saradha Koirala, poet and writer, New Zealand, Australia
• Pariket Koirala, (born 2002),Youtuber/Public Figure/Singer/Rapper/Programmer.
• Shreepati Koirala, ancestor of the most of the Koiralas of Pokhara. "Shreepati Koirala Guthi", a trust on his name has been established in his name in Pokhara.
• Saroj Koirala, Politician, Environmental expert, Researcher from Hetauda Municipality of Makwanpur.

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