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| Basnyat dynasty बस्न्यात वंश/बस्न्यात काजी खलक Basnyats/Basnets of Gorkha | |
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| Noble house | |
| Parent house | Shreepali Basnyat clan of Lamjung |
| Country | |
| Founded | 18th century |
| Founder | Shivaram Singh Basnyat |
| Current head | currently as pretender |
| Final ruler | Birdhwaj Basnyat (head of Basnyat clan on 1846) |
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| Traditions | Tagadhari Chhetri |
| Deposition | 1846 Bhandarkhal massacre |
Basnyat/Basnet family or Basnyat/Basnet dynasty (Nepali: बस्न्यात वंश/बस्न्यात काजी खलक) was a Khas-Chhetri and a warlord clan family involved in the politics and administration of the Gorkha Kingdom and Kingdom of Nepal.[1] This family got entry into Thar Ghar aristocracy group of Gorkha at the time of King Prithvi Narayan Shah.[2] It was one of the four noble families to be involved in active politics of Nepal together with the Shah dynasty, Pande family and the Thapa dynasty before the rise of the Rana dynasty.[3] This family is descended from Shivaram Singh Basnyat, the commander of Gorkhali forces and a member of Shreepali Basnyat clan of Gorkha.[4] This family was maritally linked to Kala (Black) Pande section of the Pande dynasty through Chitravati Pande who married Kaji Kehar Singh Basnyat.[5] This family was the last Kshatriya (Chhetri) political family to be wiped out from the central power by Jung Bahadur Rana of Kunwar family during the Bhandarkhal Massacre in 1846 for the conspiracy to take the power leading to people suffering from 104 long years of the Rana rule. [6]
- ^ Joshi & Rose 1966, pp. 23–25.
- ^ Pradhan 2012, p. 21.
- ^ Joshi & Rose 1966, p. 23.
- ^ Hamal 1995, p. 182.
- ^ Regmi 1995, p. 44.
- ^ Joshi & Rose 1966, p. 32.