Dahal
Dahal (Nepali: दाहाल) is a Nepali surname."Dahal" is a Surname of both Brahmin's and Kshatriya's in India and Nepal.Dahal Surname People are living at Bajhang District,Doti District,Kailali District and kanchanpur Districts of Sudhoor Pachim Pradesh State of Nepal and Some Dahal Surname People are living at Jhapa District, Kathmandu and other Eastern Part of Nepal. In India They are Living at Upper Assam like Dibrughar, Tinsukia, Jorhat Districts , at Middle Assam Sonitpur, Nagaon Districts and at Lower Assam Guwahati.They are also part of Shillong and few other parts of Meghalaya State, Darjeeling Hills, Sikkim State and Uttarakhand State.Dahal Partistan and Dahal Group are the facebook Groups which is trying to Unite all Dahal family members. Dahal belongs batsha gotra. Dahal is one of the most popular last name in Republic of Nepal. There are two kinds of Dahal. Buda Dahal and Rupakheti Dahal.
| Language(s) | Nepali, Doteli, Kumaoni |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Khas |
| Word/name | Nepal and India |
| Meaning | residents of Daha |
| Other names | |
| Derivative(s) | Dahal Khatri, Dahal Kshatri/Chhetri |
| See also | Dhakal, Bhattarai, Adhikari, Subedi, Dhungana, Sapkota |
Dahal people are Khas people and in ancient times they followed masto religion. In recent times, most of the dahal have converted into Hinduism and still follow rituals and tradition at home.
Notable people
- Bhim Prasad Dahal (born 1954), leader of Sikkim Democratic Front
Bidyapati Dahal (born 1945), a Sanskrit and Gorkha Scholar of Assam,National Awardee for Teachers and Literary Pensioner of Assam Government.
- Bhusan Dahal (born 1966), Nepalese music video director and media personality
- Chandra Devi Dahal (born 1986), Nepalese woman footballer
- Dayaram Dahal, Nepalese film director
- Nara Bahadur Dahal (born 1960), Nepalese long-distance runner
- Pushpa Kamal Dahal (born 1954), Former Prime Minister, Nepalese politician and one of the two chairmen of the Nepal Communist Party