Rayamajhi

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Rayamajhi
रायमाझी
Origin
Language(s)	Nepali
Word/name	Palpa (Nepal)
Derivation	Raya (King)
Other names
Cognate(s)	Raya, Majhi,
Derivative(s)	Rayamajhi Kshatri, Rayamajhi Ekthariya
See also	Mahat, Rana, Kunwar, Rajput, Basnet, Malla

Rayamajhi (Nepali: रायमाझी) is a Rajput-Chhetri family name. Rayamajhis belong to Ekthariya^{[note 1]} Chhetri subcaste that is widely accepted to be of patrilineal Rajput origin from present day India.^[1]

Notable people with the surname Rayamajhi

Keshar Jung Rayamajhi, Advisor to late King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah
Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Deputy Prime Ministers
Deepak Rayamajhi, Nepali Film Director
Dilip Rayamajhi, Nepali Film Actor
Narayan Rayamajhi, Nepali composer, lyricist, feature-film script writer, film director, and producer.

Notes

^ The word Ekthariya is composed of two Nepali words; Ek (one) and thar (clan). Thus, it means one belonging to a single clan.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Katwal, Balendra B. (1998), The Ekthariya Chhetris of Nepal, Ekthariya Research Centre, ISBN 9780785573845

External links

Subodh Rana's blog
Subodh Rana writes how Colonel Gambir Singh Rayamajhi single-handedly captured an enemy cannon

Chhetri people related topics

Tagadhari Chhetri

Jharra Chhetri

Basnet Khaptari Basnet Shreepali Basnet Bisht/Bista Bohra Chand Dani Karki Khadka Khulal Kunwar Mahara Panwar Rana Raut Rawal Samant/Sawad/Saud Singh Thapa
Ekthariya	Bogati Bohra Budhathoki Chauhan Dangi Dikshit Katuwal Mahat Rawat Raya Rayamajhi