Khadka
KHAS Surname list
title: "Khadka" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["surnames-of-nepalese-origin", "khas-surnames"] description: "KHAS Surname list" topic_path: "general/surnames-of-nepalese-origin" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadka" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Khadka |
| खड्का | |
| languageorigin | Khas language |
| origin | Khasa kingdom |
| derivation | Khadga (sword) |
| meaning | Sword bearer |
| cognate | Katwal, Khandayat |
| derivative | Khadka Kshatri, Khadka kaji, Maharajhi Khadka, Kalikote Khadka |
| seealso | Kunwar, Basnet, Karki, Thapa |
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| name = Khadka खड्का | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | language = | languageorigin = Khas language | origin = Khasa kingdom | derivation = Khadga (sword) | meaning = Sword bearer | variant = | cognate = Katwal, Khandayat | derivative = Khadka Kshatri, Khadka kaji, Maharajhi Khadka, Kalikote Khadka | seealso = Kunwar, Basnet, Karki, Thapa
Khadka (), anciently called as Khaḍka (), is a surname of Khas/Chhetri caste. Khadga was an ancient Paikelā (warrior) rank along with Thāpā, Rānā and Buḍhā chhetri. The last King Mansingh Khadka Magar of Majhakot (Gorkha), before Drabya Bikram Shah became King of Gorkha
Kunwar Khadka clan
Main article: Kunwar family
Prime Minister of Nepal Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana belonged to the Kunwar family of the Khadka clan. The Kunwar family genealogy also states the title of 'Kunwar Khadka' which was taken by the ancestors of the Kunwar family. |source=The Kunwar family genealogy by Daniel Wright}}
After the premiership of Jung Bahadur Kunwar, the Kunwar family through a royal order took up the title of Rana and claimed themselves as Rajput family of Chittor in India and founded the Rana dynasty.
Notable people
- Hari Khadka, football player
- Hari Bahadur Khadka, Member of 2nd Constituent Assembly
- Khum Bahadur Khadka, former minister
- Kul Bahadur Khadka, Lieutenant General
- Narayan Khadka, ex minister of urban development
- Nirajan Khadka, football player
- Paras Khadka, cricket player
- Pradeep Khadka, actor
- Shweta Khadka, actress
- Sumi Khadka, actress
- Swastima Khadka, actress
References
Books
References
- Adhikary, Surya Mani. (1997). "The Khasa Kingdom: A trans-Himalayan empire of the middle age". Nirala Publications.
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