Rimal people

The Rimal Bahun are a part of the Kaushik patri-clan (gotra) of Nepali Khas-Bahun community which forms a notable population in Nepal and India. They are Upanayana thread bearers (Tagadhari), Dvija Hindus and trace their origins to Indo-Aryan people of Nepal.[1][2] They settled first in the Karnali River basin, then the Gandaki and finally the Kosi basin as well as into Sikkim and Bhutan. A considerable population exists in the Himalayan foothills from Kashmir, Kumaon/Garhwal to North-Eastern India.[3][4][5][6]

## Notable people bearing Rimal surname[edit]

* Gopal Prasad Rimal (born 1917), poet.
* Hari Prasad Rimal (born 1925), actor, singer and film director.
* Arbind Rimal, writer.
* Hari Kumar Rimal, olympian
* Rajina Rimal, singer.
* Rachana Rimal, singer.
* Aayush Rimal, youtuber.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Sherchan 2001, p. 14. harv error: no target: CITEREFSherchan2001 (help)
2. ↑ Hofer, Andras (1979). The Caste Hierarchy and the State of Nepal: A Study of the Muluki Ain of 1854. Universitatsverlag Wagner.
3. ↑ Levine, Nancy E. (February 1987). "Caste, State, and Ethnic Boundaries in Nepal". The Journal of Asian Studies. 46 (1): 71–88. doi:10.2307/2056667. ISSN 1752-0401. JSTOR 2056667.
4. ↑ "Nepal - The people". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
5. ↑ Rimal, Durga Nath (2006). In Search of Our Nepali Roots. ISBN 9994696742.
6. ↑ Rimal, Durga Nath. Genealogy of Selected Nepali Americans Volume Two.

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