People

• Nepalese politicianBina GurungBina Gurung is a Nepalese politician of Rastriya Swatantra Party, currently serving as a member of parliament. She was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha, the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal from the Kaski 3 parliamentary constituency in the 2026 Nepalese General Election. She secured 37,750 votes and defeated Manoj Gurung of the Nepali Congress. She is the only female lawmaker elected from Gandaki Province to the Pratinidhi Sabha in 2026.
• Indian bowls playerChandan Kumar SinghChandan Kumar Singh is an Indian international lawn bowler. He is a two times Asian Champion and has represented India at three Commonwealth Games.
• Nepali politicianChandeshwor JhaChandeshwor Jha (Nepali: चण्डेश्वर झा) (born 1953) is a Nepali politician from Mohattori. He is a permanent resident of Jaleshwor Municipality Ward 7.
• Nepalese politicianDhyan Govinda RanjeetDhyan Govinda Ranjit a.k.a. Dhyan Govinda Ranjitkar is a Nepalese politician and a leader of Nepali Congress. He is a member of Nepalese constituent assembly/Nepalese Parliament. Ranjit has twice been elected to the Nepalese Constituent Assembly from Kathmandu constituency on two consecutive elections. He is an elected member of Nepali Congress parliamentary party working committee representing Province-3. He was a representative of Nepali Congress in work editing committee. He is the Past President of Kathmandu District Committee of Nepali Congress.
• Nepali politician (1940/1941–2026)Dipak Bahadur K.C.Dipak Bahadur K.C. was a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. He was elected from the Pyuthan-2 constituency, winning 12,857 votes. Bahadur died on 9 August 2026, at the age of 85.
• Nepali politicianGanesh Singh ThagunnaHonorable Ganesh Singh Thagunna(Elected From Darchula 2026 MP )(born 7 December 1968) is a Nepali politician and former Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration .He is a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. Previously, he was also elected to the 2nd constituent assembly in 2013. He is a long time member of CPN UML. He is from Darchula District, where he won both the 2013 and 2017 elections from Darchula 1 (constituency).
• Nepalese politicianGopal DahitGopal Dahit is a Nepalese politician and central committee member of the Nepali Congress. He served as the Minister of Land Reform and Management in 2017 under the governments of Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Sher Bahadur Deuba. Dahit was also a member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly from 2013 to 2017. He is a key figure in the 2015 Tharuhat Movement.
• Nepalese politician (1940–2016)Gore Bahadur KhapangiGore Bahadur Khapangi Magar (Nepali: गोरेबहादुर खपांगी) (1940–2016) was former minister and founding leader of Prajatantrik Janamukti Party of Nepal.
• Nepali politicianHari Bahadur KhadkaHari Bahadur Khadka was a member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly. He won Baglung–1 seat in CA assembly, 2013 from Nepali Congress. He died on 7 December 2014 at Neuro Hospital in Kathmandu after succumbing to injuries sustained in a jeep accident at Bhakunde, Baglung, four days earlier. He had been travelling to Piunpata VDC to attend a religious function.
• Nepali politicianKalila KhatunKalila Khatun, also Kalila Khan, is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. She was elected under the proportional representation system from CPN UML, filling the reservation seat for women as well as Muslim groups. She is a member of the parliamentary Women and Social Welfare Committee representing the newly formed Communist Party of Nepal.
• Nepalese politicianKanchan Chandra BadeKanchan Chandra Bade is a Nepali politician affiliated with the Nepali Congress. He is a member of the Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province representing Kavre-2(B). He previously served as Minister of State for Industry in the Government of Nepal from 2016 to 2017 and as Minister for Social Development of Bagmati Province from 2025 to 2026.
• Nepalese politicianKeshab Prasad BadalKeshav Prasad Badal (Nepali: केशव प्रसाद बडाल) (born October 1952, in Kavre District) is a Nepalese politician.
• Nepalese diplomatLok Bahadur ThapaLok Bahadur Thapa is a Nepalese diplomat currently serving as the permanent representative of Nepal to the United Nations. He assumed office on 1 September 2023, succeeding Amrit Bahadur Rai. He is also a former president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
• Nepalese politicianNara Bahadur KarmacharyaNara Bahadur Karmacharya was a Nepalese communist politician, belonging to Communist Party of Nepal. Karmacharya was one of the most senior political leaders of the communist movement in Nepal, and at the time of his death was the only surviving founding member of the Communist Party of Nepal, which had been born in 1949.
• Nepali politicianPramesh Kumar HamalPramesh Kumar Hamal (Nepali: प्रमेश कुमार हमाल) is a Nepalese politician belonging to CPN (Unified Socialist). He is also the Vice-president of the party.
• Nepali politicianPramila KumariPramila Kumari is a Nepali politician belonging to People's Socialist Party, Nepal. She is also a member of Rastriya Sabha and was elected in the open category.
• Nepalese politicianPramod Kumar MahatoPramod Kumar Mahato is a Nepalese politician and currently a member of Pratinidhi Sabha from Rastriya Swatantra Party. He entered into politics in 2022 and contested in 2022 Nepal province election from Mahottari 1(B) as an Independent politician, but lost to Bharat Prasad Sah of CPN.
• Nepalese politicianRaj Kishor MahatoRaj Kishor Mahato is a Nepalese politician, former teacher, managing director and currently a member of Pratinidhi Sabha from Rastriya Swatantra Party. He entered into politics in 2017, taking a general membership of then Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal and contested in 2017 Nepal province election from Dhanusha 4(B), but lost to Satrudhan Mahato of CPN, He belongs to the kushwaha(koiri) caste of Nepal.
• Nepali politician (1946–2026)Rajendra KharelRajendra Kharel was a Nepali politician and long-time member of the Nepali Congress. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 Nepalese legislative election and served as Minister of State for Education under Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai from 30 June 1999 to 20 March 2000, and subsequently as Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare in the Second Deuba cabinet under Sher Bahadur Deuba.
• Nepalese trade unionist and politicianRamjee KunwarRamjee Kunwar (Nepali: रामजी कुँवर) is a Nepal Trade Union Congress-Independent (NTUCI) leader, Senior Vice President of NTUCI and executive member of Nepali Congress Party. He was also the former vice president and secretary of NTUCI and is currently acting president.
• Nepalese politicianRanju Kumari JhaRanju Kumari Jha (née Thakur) is a Nepalese politician and former Member of Parliament, Nepal. In the 2022 Nepalese general election she was elected as a proportional representative from the Madheshi female cluster.Currently, she is associated with Nepal Janata Party and serving as a general secretary.
• Nepalese PoliticianSamina MiyaSamina Miya is a Nepalese politician and professional nurse who is member of the 7th Pratinidhi Sabha. She is a member of the Rastriya Swatantra Party since 2022, she is serving as a party central member.
• Nepalese politicianSarbottam DangolSarbottam Dangol (Nepali: सर्वोत्तम डंगोल) (Born on 30 August 1955 in Kathmandu, Nepal), politically known as 'Kailash' (Nepali: कैलाश), is a retired politician, former central committee member of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre), and former prominent leader of United People's Front of Nepal (Samyukta Jan Morcha). He stood as a candidate for the mayor post of Kathmandu Metropolitan City in May 2017.
• Nepalese politicianSaroj Kumar YadavSaroj Kumar Yadav is a Nepalese politician who served as the 2nd chief minister of the Madhesh Province from People's Socialist Party, Nepal. He was also the 1st Speaker of the Madhesh Provincial Assembly.
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• Nepali politicianShiva Prasad HumagainShiva Prasad Humagain is a Nepali politician who served as a member of the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress from 2018 to 2021 and again from 2023 to 2026. He previously served as a member of the Pratinidhi Sabha, representing Kavre 2 after winning the 1999 general election.
• Nepali politicianShivajee YadavShivajee Yadav (Nepali: शिवजी यादव) is a Nepalese politician and a member of People's Progressive Party. He is the current senior vice president of the party.
• Hon'ble Minister Shuk Maya TamangShuk Maya TamangShuk Maya Tamang (Nepali: शुक माया तामाङ) is a Nepali politician and former Minister for Industry, Commerce, Land and Administration of Bagmati Province. Tamang is also served as member of the 2nd Bagmati Provincial Assembly..
• Nepalese politicianSmriti Narayan ChaudharySmriti Narayan Chaudhary is a Nepalese politician and a member of the Provincial Assembly of Province No. 2. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election as a candidate of the Nepali Congress under the first-past-the-post voting system. He was later elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha from the proportional representation list of the party. He is a leader close to the NC Vice-president and former deputy prime minister Bimalendra Nidhi. Chaudhary and Nidhi both come from the same district and municipality.
• Nepalese politicianUpendra GhimireUpendra Ghimire (Nepali: उपेन्द्र घिमिरे) is a Nepalese politician belonging to CPN (Unified Socialist). He is also serving as member of Provincial Assembly.
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• Nepalese politicianGanga Narayan ShresthaGanga Narayan Shrestha (Nepali: गंगानारायण श्रेष्ठ) is a Nepalese politician belonging to Nepal Socialist Party. Shrestha is also serving as member of Bagmati Provincial Assembly.
• Nepali politicianGiri Prasad BurathokiGiri Prasad Burathoki was an officer in the British Indian Army and later a Nepalese politician. He is noted for serving as the first Defence Minister of Nepal.
• Nepali politicianMin Bahadur BishwakarmaMeen Bahadur Bishwakarma is a Nepali politician, a member of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Nepal, and a former minister of commerce of the Government of Nepal. He is also a member of the central working committee of the main opposition party, Nepali Congress.
• Nepalese politicianMohan Chandra AdhikariMohan Chandra Adhikari (Nepali: मोहनचन्द्र अधिकारी) is a former communist politician in Nepal. He is from a Brahmin family in Morang District. Adhikari studied B.A., but didn't appear in the final exams. Adhikari had been a follower of Pushpa Lal Shrestha, but turned more radical than his mentor. Adhikari became a leader of the group in the Jhapa District Committee of the Communist Party which in the early 1970s intended to initiate a rebellion on the lines of the Naxalite insurgency in India.
• Founder of BuddhismThe BuddhaSiddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (lit. 'the awakened one'), was a wandering religious teacher who lived in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a wandering ascetic. After leading a life of mendicancy, asceticism, and meditation, he attained nirvana at Bodh Gaya in what is now Bihar, India. The Buddha then wandered through the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain, teaching and building a monastic order (sangha). Buddhist tradition holds he died in Kushinagar (in modern day Uttar Pradesh, India) and reached parinirvana ("final release from conditioned existence").
• Software engineer, author, public speakerDona SarkarDona Sarkar is a software engineer, author, public speaker and the owner of a fashion business.
• Nepalese playwright (1903–1981)Balkrishna SamaBalkrishna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana or Bala Krishna Sama was a Nepalese dramatist. For his great contributions to Nepali literature, he was awarded the title Natya Siromani. He is considered as one of the trimurti (trinity) of Nepali literature alongside Laxmi Prasad Devkota and Lekhnath Paudyal. He is often called the Shakespeare of Nepal.
• Nepalese nurse and writerRadha PaudelDr. Radha Paudel is a Nepalese an activist, author, and founder of Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation (GSCDM) who started her career as a nurse. She won the Madan Puraskar for her memoir Khalangama Hamala .

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