Basnet

Basnet

Basnet

Family name

For the aristocratic Basnyat family of Gorkha, see Basnyat family.

Basnet/Basnyat (Nepali: बस्‍नेत/बस्न्यात) is a surname of Khasas of Nepal and India.[1] It is commonly found among Jharra Chhetri community.[2]

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There are five different branches of Basnets in Nepal:

Notable people with surname Basnet

Main article: List of people with surname Basnet

References

  1. [1]
    "Basnet Family Name". Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. [2]
    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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