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| Language | Nepali, Doteli, Kumaoni, Garhwali |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Languages | Nepali, Hindi |
| Word/name | Karnali, Nepal |
| Meaning | Warrior |
| Other names | |
| Variant forms | Basnyat, Basnet |
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Basnet/Basnyat (Nepali: बस्नेत/बस्न्यात) is a surname of Khasas of Nepal and India.[citation needed] It is commonly found among the Jharra Chhetri caste.[1]
Notable people with the name include:
- Abhiman Singh Basnet (1744–1800), Nepalese general
- Ambika Basnet, Nepalese politician
- Anita Basnet (born 1994), Nepalese footballer
- Arjun Kumar Basnet (born 1975), Nepalese marathon runner
- Basanta Basnet, Nepali journalist and writer
- Biren Basnet (born 1994), Bhutanese footballer
- Birendra Bahadur Basnet, Nepalese businessman and politician
- Bishal Basnet (born 2002), Nepalese footballer
- Gita Basnet, Nepalese politician
- Gopal Kumar Basnet, Nepali politician
- Gyanu Basnet, Nepalese politician
- Hari Bahadur Basnet, Nepalese politician
- Khare Basnet (born 1956), Bhutanese footballer and manager
- Krishna Bahadur Basnet (born 1959), Nepalese long-distance runner
- Kumar Basnet (born 1938), Nepalese folk singer
- Lal Bahadur Basnet (1926–1998), Indian politician
- Madhab Basnet, Nepalese journalist
- Madhur Basnet (born 1990), Nepalese cinematographer
- Mahesh Basnet (born 1975), Nepalese Communist politician
- Mahesh Basnet (born 1960), Nepali politician
- Mohan Bahadur Basnet (born 1958), Nepalese politician
- Nischal Basnet, Nepalese film director and actor
- Parshuram Basnet, Nepalese politician
- Pushpa Basnet (born 1984), Nepali social worker
- Raju Basnet (born 1969), Indian MLA from Sikkim
- Salon Basnet (born 1991), Nepali actor
- Shakti Bahadur Basnet (born 1969), Nepalese politician
- Sujita Basnet (born 1993), American model
- Tanka Basnet (born 1990), Nepalese footballer
- Tek Bahadur Basnet, Nepali politician
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ Subba, Tanka Bahadur (1989). Dynamics of a hill society: Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788173041143.
Some of the Chhetri clans are Adhikari, Baniya, Basnet, Bist, Bohra, Bura or Burathoki, Chouhan, Karki, Khadka, Khulal, Mahat, Raut, Rana, Rayamajhi, Rathour, Roka, Thapa, etc.
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