Koirala
Koirala (Nepali: कोइराला) is a Khatri/Chettri surname of Nepal as well as brahmin. 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:
- Koirala family, a dominating family in Nepalese politics
- Anuradha Koirala, Nepalese social activist, founder and director of Maiti Nepal
- Bhagawan Koirala (b. 1960), Executive Director & Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
- Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (B.P. Koirala) (1914–1982) , Prime Minister of Nepal from 1959 to 1960
- Bharat Koirala, winner of the 2002 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism
- Girija Prasad Koirala (1925–2010), five times Prime Minister of Nepal in the 1990's and 2000's, Head of State from 2007 to 2008
- Krishna Prasad Koirala (d. 1943), political leader of Nepal
- Kulchandar Koirala, writer
- Manisha Koirala (b. 1970), Indian Bollywood actress
- Matrika Prasad Koirala (1912–1997), Prime Minister of Nepal from 1951 to 1952 and from 1953 to 1955
- Prakash Koirala, Nepalese politician
- Raj Ballav Koirala (b. 1982), Nepalese actor
- Shashanka Koirala, Nepalese politician
- Siddharth Koirala, Nepalese film actor
- Sujata Koirala (b. 1954), Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
- Sushil Koirala (1939–2016), Prime Minister of Nepal from 2014 to 2015
- Tarini Prasad Koirala (1923–1973), Nepalse politician, journalist and writer
- Saradha Koirala, Poet and Writer New Zealand, Australia
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