This page lists some of the notable clans within the Nepali political arena and their notable members and relatives. This list does not include all family members.

Thapa Family (Bhimsen Thapa)

Two families of Bagale Thapa clan were influential. One was the Birbhadra or Bhimsen family and other was Badakaji Amar Singh Thapa's family.

Other notable connected members

• Jung Bahadur Rana, Bam Bahadur Kunwar, Ranodip Singh Kunwar and their 4 other brothers, were grandson of Kaji Nain Singh through his daughter Ganesh Kumari.
• Ranajit Pande, maternal grandfather of Ganesh Kumari, mother of Jung Bahadur Rana

Pande Family

• Ganesh Pandey (Kaji of Gorkha)
  • Kalu Pande (Kaji of Gorkha), descendant of Ganesh Pande
    • Bamsa Raj Pandey (Dewankaji)
    • Damodar Pande (Mulkaji)
      • Rana Jang Pande (Mukhtiyar)
        • Bhim Bahadur Pande, seventh descendant of Kalu Pande^[1]
          • Prithvi Bahadur Pande, son of Bhim Bahadur
  • Tularam Pande (Kaji), descendant of Ganesh Pande
    • Ranajit Pande (Mulkaji), son of Tularam Pande
      • Dalbhanjan Pande, (Kaji), grandson of Tularam Pande

Other notable connected members

• Kehar Singh Basnyat was Kalu Pande's son-in-law.
• Kirtiman Singh Basnyat and Bakhtawar Singh Basnyat were grandsons of Kaji Kalu Pande through his daughter Chitra Devi.
• Nain Singh Thapa, son-in-law of Ranajit Pande.

Basnyat Family

Shreepali clan of Basnet were influential in the 18th-19th century.

Other notable connected members

• Kalu Pande was father-in-law of Kehar Singh Basnyat.

Kunwar family

Thapa family (Amar Singh Thapa)

Second influential family of Bagale Thapa clan; the other being Thapa dynasty.

Connected Members

• Jharana Thapa, wife of eighth descendant of Bada Kaji^[1]

Chautariya family (Chandrarup Shah)

Chautariyas are non-throne lineage descendants of Shah dynasty.

Thapa family (Bhakti Thapa)

• Bhakti Thapa, Nepalese Sardar
  • Arjun Bahadur Thapa, eighth descendant of Bhakti Thapa^[1]

Rana family

Other notable connected members

• Nain Singh Thapa was father-in-law of Bal Narsingh Kunwar.
• Ranajit Pande, maternal grandfather of Ganesh Kumari, mother of Jung Bahadur Rana
• George Jivaji Rao Scindia, father-in-law of Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.
• Sunil Bahadur Thapa, son-in-law of Himalaya Shamsher JBR
• Prithvi Bahadur Pande, son-in-law of Himalaya Shamsher JBR

Koirala family

Other notable connected members

• Sushil Koirala (ex PM & ex. president of Nepali congress) (Cousin of Matrika, BP & Girija from Mother side)
• Shailaja Acharya, former deputy PM of Nepal
• Mahesh Acharya ex. minister, Nephew of BP
• Amod Prasad Upadhyay, ex minister, nephew

Nidhi family

• Mahendra Narayan Nidhi, (Gandhian leader, a founding leader of Nepali congress, first deputy-speaker of First legislature Parliament, former Water Resource and Local Development)
• Bimalendra Nidhi, ex. deputy PM and Home minister of Nepal, vice-president of NC(Son of Mahendra Narayan Nidhi)
• Ninu Kumari Karn, Madhesh-based politician of Nepali Congress (Niece of Bimalendra Nidhi)

Mishra family

List ordered chronologically

• Bhadrakali Mishra, several ministerial portfolios, including Minister of Transport in joint Rana-Congress cabinet, 1951^[2]
• Ram Narayan Mishra, former Industry minister in B.P. Koirala cabinet, 1959
• Hari Shankar Mishra, Governor of Province no 2 since August 2021 (Son of Ram Narayan Mishra)

Bhandari family

• Madan Bhandari, Former CPN-UML general secretary
• Bidhya Devi Bhandari, wife of Madan, President of Nepal

Bhattarai-Yami family

• Dharma Ratna Yami freedom fighter, father of Hisila yami
  • Baburam Bhattarai ex. prime minister
  • Hisila Yami ex. minister, wife of Baburam

Deuba - Rana family

• Sher Bahadur Deuba Ex. Prime minister
• Arzu Rana Deuba Wife of Sher Bahadur Deuba

K.C.-Thapa family

• Arjun Narasingha K.C., Former Minister of Health, Education & Urban Development
  • Gagan Thapa, Current Member of Parliament, General Secretary of the Nepali Congress, and Former Minister of Health, son-in-law of Arjun Narasingha
  • Jagadiswor Narasingha K.C., Former Member of the 1st and 2nd Constituent Assembly. Former President of Nepali Congress Nuwakot, younger brother of Arjun Narasingha
  • Ganesh Pandit, Former Member of Parliament (CPN-UML), Nuwakot-1 1991, uncle of Arjun Narasingha
  • Kedar Narasingha K.C., Former President of the Nepal Medical Council and Former Director of the National Tuberculosis Center.
  • Late Ramjee Kunwar, Senior Vice President of NTUCII and executive member of Nepali Congress Party. He was also the former vice president and secretary of NTUCI and was acting president.He was a candidate for mayor in local election of 2016.

Mahat family

• Dr. Ram Saran Mahat, Ex Finance Minister
• Prakash Sharan Mahat, Ex Foreign/Defence Minister, younger brother of Ram Saran

Singh family

• Ganesh Man Singh a founding leader Nepali Congress
  • Prakash Man Singh Ex deputy PM of Nepal

Thapa family (Kamal Thapa)

• Kamal Thapa ex minister, royalist ^[3]
• Ganesh Thapa ex president of All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), Member of Constituent Assembly, brother of Kamal Thapa

Thapa family (Surya Bahadur Thapa)

• Surya Bahadur Thapa ex prime minister
  • Sunil Bahadur Thapa member of constituent assembly, son of Surya B.^[4]