Bagale Thapa

Bagale Thapa /Bagalya Thapa
बगाले थापा/बगाल्या थापा


Above: Bhimsen Thapa · Amar Singh Thapa
Middle:Mathabarsingh Thapa
Below:Ujir Singh Thapa · Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal
Total population
unknown
Regions with significant populations
   Nepal
Languages
Nepali language (Khas Kura)
Religion
Hinduism with ancestral and tutelary deities

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.

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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pradhan 2012, pp. 22–23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "उजिरसिंह थापाको सालिक".
  3. ↑ Hamal 1995, p. 191.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Acharya 1955.
  5. ↑ Pradhan 2012.

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