Koirala

Koirala (Nepali: कोइराला) is a predominantly Brahmin (Bahun) as well as Khatri Chhetri surname of Nepal. All koirala share the same gotra, Moudgalya (Mudgal), which means all of them share the same forefather, so a koirala can't marry another koirala.

It can refer to:

• Moudgalya also known as Mudgal, an ancient Monk, common forefather of all koiralas
• Manu Koirala Served as Prime minister of Sen thakuri kings of Udayapur (Chaudandi, Bijayapur)
• Damoder Koirala Served as commander in Chief as well as Prime minister of Sen thakuri kings of Makawanpur probably the only Brahmin, who served as an army chief in Nepalese history
• Krishna Prasad Koirala, the patriarch of the Koirala family
• Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal from 1959 to 1960
• Bhagawan Koirala, Executive Director & Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
• Manisha Koirala, Bollywood actress
• Bhairab Parsad Koirala,
• Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician
• Prakash Koirala, Nepalese politician
• Mitra Lall Koirala, Sikkimese Businessman & Freelance Computer Engineer
• Raj Ballav Koirala, Nepalese Actor
• Bharat Koirala, winner of the 2002 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism
• Saroj Prasad Koirala, Nepalese Politician
• Lila Koirala Nepalese Politician and First Woman and Social Welfare Minister
• Matrika Prasad Koirala (1912–97) was the first Prime Minister after the fall of the hereditary Rana Prime Ministers in 1951.
• Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (B.P Koirala) (1915–82) was Prime Minister but was forced into exile, and was known internationally as a leading voice for democracy in Nepal.
• Girija Prasad Koirala (1925–2010), five times Prime Minister after directly elected parliaments were restored in the 1990s.
• Manisha Koirala, also of the next generation of the family, was one of the biggest Bollywood stars of the 1990s.
• Indira Koirala (Acharya) - mother of Shailaja Acharya, a prominent senior politician of Nepali Congress.
• Vijaya Laxmi Koirala (Zaki) – She married a Pakistani diplomat Muhammad Akram Zaki. Zaki is now a Senior Vice President in Nawaz Sharif's Party, PML-N.
• Kamal Prasad Koirala was a parliamentarian with the CPNUML, is at present he is situated in Seoul, South Korea as an Ambassador.
• Richa Koirala is from a prominent background of Nepali Congress.
• Amit Koirala is the Chief of American Express Bank in Nepal, is married to Srijana Prasai Koirala who is a prominent business woman and runs an international school and travel agency in Kathmandu.
• Prakash Koirala, a staunch Royalist - was a minister in 2005 King's cabinet. Twice elected as the Member of Parliament, as Nepali Congress candidate in 1994 and 1999, but supported the King and finally joined King's cabinet in 2005. Expelled from the NC Party for his support of the King's 2005-06 autocratic regime ( he joined as a minister). His daughter is a prominent Bollywood actress - Manisha Koirala. Prakash Koirala’s wife’s name is Sushma Koirala, and his son’s name is Siddhartha Koirala.
• Shashank Koirala, the third son of B.P. Koirala who is a prominent Eye Specialist, Quit the job in 2005 and joined politics, Elected as CWC member in September 2005 Nepali Congress Party election. Shashank's wife Suphatra Koirala, a Thai national, is a famous Gynecologist in Kathmandu
• Nona Koirala Nona Koirala, was living with GP Koirala and was a Central Committee Member, nominated by GP Koirala. She died in 2007 Jan 28.
• Tarini Prasad Koirala Journalist, Writer, served in Radio Nepal also.
• Naresh Prashad Koirala is an engineer in Canada
• Dr. Bimal Prasad Koirala, International Finance Corporation Senior Reform Advisor, Nepal.
• Dr. Sarun Koirala : BDS, BPKIHS, M.S. Anatomy, Clinical Anatomist, BPKIHS, Nepal.
• Barun koirala : A director in Advance engineering college, Kathmandu, Nepal. Mahendra bidhya bhusan awardee.
• DIGP Kumar Koirala, a prominent figure in Nepal Police.
• Ananta Koirala, a Blogger, Youth Enthusiast, Founder- Associate editor of Online portal http://www.newnepalicinema.com/. You can visit his personal blog http://sanubhai.wordpress.
• Damodar Koirala is a secondary Teacher in Kathmandu bernhardt school, kathmandu
• Dharni Dhar Koirala(Sharma) is retired Chief Conservator of Forest, Indian Forest Service (IFS) in the state of Sikkim in India.
• Prajapati Koirala : Royalist -served as Narayani Zone Administrator from 2005 - 2006 during King Gyanendra taken over the power. Central Member of Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, a pro royalist party supporting constitutional monarchy and multiparty democracy.