Koirala family
Koirala family कोईराला परिवार | |
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Political family | |
Ethnicity | Khas Bahun(Brahmin) |
Current region | Nepal |
Place of origin | Dumja, Sindhuli |
Members |
Krishna Prasad Koirala Matrika Prasad Koirala Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala Girija Prasad Koirala Tarini Prasad Koirala Sujata Koirala Shashanka Koirala Shekhar Koirala Manisha Koirala Siddharth Koirala |
Connected members |
Amod Prasad Upadhyay Sailaja Acharya Sushil Koirala Mahesh Acharya |
Traditions | Brahmin-Hill |
Krishna Prasad Koirala was the first prominent member of this family. |
Koirala family (Nepali: कोईराला परिवार) is one of the important political families of Nepal in the Republican Era. The family was founded by Krishna Prasad Koirala, a Rana Era socio-political activist who was exiled to Bihar, India by then Prime Minister Maharaja Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.[1] 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 Dumja village, Sindhuli district[2] belonging to the Hill-Brahmin caste.[note 1]
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:
- Nalini Koirala (Upadhaya)
- Indira Koirala (Acharya)
- Vijaya Laxmi Koirala (Zaki)
- Sauri Koirala (Arjel)
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: Aaneel Aadicarree)
- Ajay Koirala, deceased Son: Amit Koirala (wife: Srijana Prasai 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
Daughters:
- Sabita Koirala (Aryal) (deceased) (husband: Dhruba Aryal)
- Kabita Koirala ( Acharya) ( deceased) (husband: Madhav Acharya)
Family of Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala
Wife: Shushila Koirala
Sons:
- Prakash Koirala, (married to Sushma Koirala)
- Siddharth Koirala, Grandson
- Manisha Koirala, Granddaughter, 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, Prasanna Basnet (Husband Siddharth Mani Rajbhandari), Priyanka Basnet (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:
- Nirja Khanal, Sons: Nirmesh Khanal, Rajesh Khanal Daughter: Naina Khanal
2. Daughter: Neeta Dhungel Husband: Dr. Sanat Dhungel Son: Abinash Dhungel wife: Shreeya Dhungel Daughter: Ava Sauree Dhungel Son: August Ayush Dhungel
Son: Amit Dhungel
3. Daughter: Nupur Khanal Husband: Deepak Kumar Khanal Son: Aditya Kumar Khanal Wife: Aishwarya Gautam Khanal
Related Koirala Family (Famous people with Koirala Surname)
- 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
- 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.
Gallery
- Matrika Prasad Koirala, then Prime Minister of Nepal 1951
- Girija Prasad Koirala in his youth
- Sushil Koirala, then Prime Minister of Nepal 2014
- Sujata Koirala, Former Minister
- Manisha Koirala, Bollywood Actress
- Amod Prasad Upadhyay, Former Education Minister
- Bishweshwar Prasad (BP) Koirala as Home Minister of Nepal in Delhi 1951
- Matrika Prasad Koirala with US President John F Kennedy
- Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala as Nepalese PM with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion 1960
- Girija Prasad Koirala as Acting Head of state of Nepal (2008)
- Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala
Notes
- ↑ Krishna Prasad Koirala, founder of the family, was a Hill-Brahmin.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Girija Prasad Koirala: The architect of democracy in Nepal". Dawn. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ↑ "NC to measure 'BP jail route' on foot - Nepali Headlines". nepaliheadlines.com. Retrieved 10 September 2017.