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The Government of Nepal legally abolished and criminalized any caste-based discrimination, including "untouchability" (the ostracism of a specific caste) - in 1963. [2] With Nepal's step towards freedom and equality, Nepal, previously ruled by a Hindu monarchy , was a Hindu nation which has now become a secular state . [ 3 ]
Guru Maharaj Narayan Gautam Khatri known as "Swami Hamsananda", Hindu saint and founder of Swargadwari Temple complex of Nepal in the 20th century Dhruba Chandra Gautam , Nepalese writer and novelist Pushpa Bhusal Gautam , former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal
Ethnographic map of Nepal (Gurung 1998) Nepal ethnic groups Magar girls in ethnic dress. Magars are the most populous Janajati group in Nepal. Ethnic groups in Nepal are delineated using language, ethnic identity or the caste system in Nepal. They are categorized by common culture and endogamy. Endogamy carves out ethnic groups in Nepal. [2]
Bahuns have the highest civil service representation with 39.2% of Nepal's bureaucracy while having only 12.1% of Nepal's total population. The civil service representation to population ratio is 3.2 times for Bahuns which is fourth in Nepal. khas/Chhetris represent 1.6 times in civil services to their percentage of population, which is the ...
KC (or K.C, K.C.) is a surname of medieval origin anglicized as an abbreviation of Khatri Chhetri in Nepal. [1] [2] The surname Khatri Chhetri was historically legally labelled to the children of Brahmin fathers and Kshatriya mothers after the introduction of Muluki Ain (the Legal Code of Nepal) in 1854 by Jang Bahadur Rana of Nepal.
Community elder Gyani Maiya Sen-Kusunda discusses the endangerment of the Kusunda language in eponymous 2019 documentary Gyani Maiya. The Kusunda (Nepali: कुसुन्डा जाति) or Ban Raja ("people of the forest"), known to themselves as the Mihaq or Myahq or Myahak), [2] are a tribe of former hunter-gatherers of the forests of western Nepal, who are now intermarried with ...
Dhimal again finds their position in H. H. Risley's "The Tribes and Castes of Bengal" where Risley pointed out that "Dhimal, Dhemal, Maulik, a non-Aryan tribe of the Darjeeling and Nepal Terai …. belong to the same main stock with Kocch … rapidly losing their tribal identity by absorption into the large heterogeneous Rajbansi caste".
Rimal people belong to the Bahun caste and are a part of the Kaushik (Nepali: कौशिक) patriclan (gotra) of Nepali Khas-Brahmin community which forms a notable population in Nepal and India. They are sacred thread bearers , twice-born Hindus and trace their origins to Indo-Aryan people. [1] [2] [3]