Thapa dynasty
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Thapa dynasty is a family of administrators, ministers and military officers during the 18th-19th century in the Kingdom of Nepal. The family provided two Mukhtiyars (Prime Minister) of Nepal, a Queen of the Kingdom, many ministers, courtiers and several regional administrators.
About Thapas[edit]
- ...a race of men who for the last fifty-five years have dragged the country and its princes at the wheels of military car.
- King Rajendra about the Thapa faction (page 155) As quoted in book Thapa Politics in Nepal: With Special Reference to Bhim Sen Thapa, 1806–1839
