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:

• 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
• Sujata Koirala, Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
• Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician
• Prakash Koirala, Nepalese politician
• Raj Ballav Koirala, Nepalese actor
• Bharat Koirala, winner of the 2002 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism
• Kulchandar Koirala, writer
• 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.
• 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.