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. It is derived from the Sanskrit word

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. It was traditionally associated with the feudal

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, Babu and Thakur The following are notable uses of the name Kunwar.

In India

Babu Kunwar Singh Kunwar Singh (born: 13 November 1777 – died: 26 April 1858), also known as Babu Kunwar Singh, was a leader and military commander during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He led a selected band of armed soldiers against the troops under the comm ...

(1777-1858; also known as Babu Kunwar Singh and Kuer Singh), leader during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 * Kunwar Amar, Indian dancer and actor *

Kunwar Narayan Kunwar Narayan (19 September 1927 – 15 November 2017) was a poet in Indian literature in Hindi.

(1927-2017), Indian poet *

Kunwar Natwar Singh Kunwar Natwar Singh, IFS (born 16 May 1931) is an Indian diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of External Affairs from May 2004 to December 2005. Singh was selected into the Indian Foreign Service, one of the most competitive a ...

(born 1931), Indian politician * Kunwar Vikram Singh (born 1970), Indian royal *

Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar also knowns as Kunwar Sone Shah, died in 1816, ruled on Chhatarpur dynasty as Raja ''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in ...

(died 1816), Indian raja * Kunwar Manvendra Singh (born 1950), Indian politician * Kunwar Digvijay Singh (1922-1978), popularly known as "Babu", Indian field hockey player *

Kunwar Sarvraj Singh Kunwar Sarvraj Singh (born 14 August 1952) is an Indian politician for the Aonla (Lok Sabha Constituency) in Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, i ...

(born 1952), Indian politician *

Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh also known as Rakesh Singh, is a businessman who served as the Member of Parliament from Moradabad, India from Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a veteran politician from Western Uttar Pradesh who belongs to Thakur (India ...

(born 1952), Indian businessman and politician *

Lal Kunwar Imtiaz Mahal ( Persian "distinguished one of the palace"), better known by her birth name Lal Kunwar, was the Empress consort of the Mughal Empire as the wife of Mughal emperor Jahandar Shah. She was a former dancing girl who exercised supreme ...

, Empress of Mughal Empire * Kunwar Pranav Singh (born 1966), Indian politician *

Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh (born 5 October 1943) is an Indian politician from the Allahabad Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh. He played a major role in the establishment of the Samajwadi Party with SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Beni P ...

(born 1943), Indian politician * Kunwar Singh (cricketer) (1878-1959), first Indian Governor of Bombay, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (during Maharaja Hari Singh's rule) and also Dewan of Jodhpur * Kunwar Jitin Prasad (born 1973), Indian politician *

Anita Kunwar Anita Kanwar is an Indian film and television actor who is best known for her role as ''Lajjo ji'' in the 1980s Doordarshan mega soap opera ''Buniyaad''. An alumnus of the National School of Drama (1978 batch), Kanwar has also worked in films ...

, Indian actor *

Khan Shein Kunwar Shawkat Ali Khan pen-name Khan Shein Kunwar, is a short story writer from Kolkata, India, who has written hundreds of short stories on different current topics regularly published in various newspapers and magazines throughout the country. His f ...

(born 1955), Indian writer * Kunwar Bhim Singh (born 1941), Indian politician, activist, lawyer and author * Kunwar Nau Nihal Singh (1821-1840), ruler of the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent

In Nepal

Kunwar family of Gorkha The Kunwar family ( ne, कुँवर परिवार) was a noble Khas-Chhetri family in the Gorkha Kingdom and the Kingdom of Nepal. Kunwars were linked to the Thapa dynasty and family of Amar Singh Thapa by marital lineages and, thus, t ...

, a political

Chhetri Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ne, क्षेत्री ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali speakers of Khas community, some of whom trace their origin to migration from ...

family of Nepal *

Ram Krishna Kunwar Ram Krishna Kunwar or Ramakrishna Kunwar ( ne, रामकृष्ण कुँवर; IAST: ''Rāmakr̥ṣṇa kum̐vara'') was military commander (Sardar) of Gorkha Kingdom during the Unification of Nepal at the reign of King Prithvi Narayan ...

(died 1771), Nepalese warlord during rule of King

Prithvi Narayan Shah Maharajadhiraj Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723–1775) ( ne, श्री ५ बडामहाराजाधिराज पृथ्वीनारायण शाह देव) was the last ruler of the Gorkha Kingdom and first monarch of the ...

Ranajit Kunwar Ranajit Kunwar ( ne, रणजीत कुँवर) was Nepalese governor and military personnel in the Kingdom of Nepal. He was a son of Ramakrishna Kunwar of Kunwar family. He served as governor of Jumla, Pyuthan and sub-ordinate administrator ...

(1753-c.1815), Nepalese military commander and governor *

Chandrabir Kunwar Chandrabir Kunwar ( ne, चन्द्रवीर कुँवर) or Chandra Bir Kunwar Chhetri also spelled Chandravir, Chandraveer was a governor and military commander in the Kingdom of Nepal. He was a born to Jaya Krishna Kunwar of Gorkha-b ...

(died 1814), Nepalese governor and military commander *

Bal Narsingh Kunwar Bal Narsingh Kunwar or Balanarsingh Kanwar ( ne, बालनरसिंह कुँवर; 2 February 1783 - 24 December 1841) posthumously referred as Bal Narsingh Kunwar Rana was a Kaji, military officer and governor in the Kingdom of Ne ...

(1783-1841), Nepalese military officer and courtier *

Balbhadra Kunwar Balbhadra Kunwar Chhetri (30 January 1789 – 13 March 1823) was a Gorkhali military commander and administrator in the Kingdom of Nepal. He is one of the National heroes of Nepal. He was highly praised for his military skill for the defence ...

(1789-1823), Nepalese military commander, One of the

National heroes of Nepal National Heroes of Nepal ( ne, नेपालका राष्ट्रिय विभूतिहरू, translit=Nepalka Rashtriya Bibhutiharu) is a list of 18 Nepalis, Nepali people, that also includes those from Ancient history of Nepal, an ...

Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana Maharaja Jung Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji, (born Bir Narsingh Kunwar ( ne, वीर नरसिंह कुँवर), 18 June 1817; popularly known as Jung Bahadur Rana (JBR, ne, जङ्गबहादुर राणा)) () belonging to the ...

(1817-1877), Eighth Prime Minister of Nepal and Founder of

Rana dynasty Rana dynasty ( ne, राणा वंश, IAST=Rāṇā vaṃśa , ) is a Chhetri dynasty that imposed totalitarianism in the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1951, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making Prime Minister and othe ...

in Nepal *

Bam Bahadur Kunwar Bam Bahadur Kunwar Rana (1818–1857; ne, बम बहादुर कुँवर राणा) was the 9th Prime Minister of the government of Nepal. He was brother of Jung Bahadur Rana Maharaja Jung Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji, (born Bir Narsin ...

(1818-1857), Ninth Prime Minister of Nepal *

Ranodip Singh Kunwar Ranaudip Singh Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji (alternatively spelled Rana Uddip, Renaudip or Ranoddip), KCSI (3 April 1825 – 22 November 1885), commonly known as Ranodip Singh Kunwar ( ne, रणोद्दिप सिंह कुँवर) was th ...

(1825-1885), Tenth Prime Minister of Nepal and Fifth Brother of Jung Bahadur *

Dhir Shamsher Kunwar Rana Dhir Shumsher Kunwar (1828 – 1884 Kathmandu) after 1848 known as Dhir Shumsher Kunwar Ranaji ( ne, धीर शम्शेर कुँवर राणाजी) or Dhir Shumsher Jang Kunwar Ranaji or shortly Dhir Shumsher Rana posthumously ...

(1828-1884),

Commander-in-chief of the Nepalese Army The Chief of the Nepalese Army (or Gorkhali Army) ( ne, नेपाली सेनाको प्रधानसेनापति) is the military position of army head of the Nepalese Army, initially known as ''Gorkhali Army''. The Chief of th ...

, youngest brother of Jung Bahadur *

Kunwar Inderjit Singh Kunwar Indrajit Singh ( ne, कुँवर इन्द्रजीत सिंह; 1906 – 4 October 1982), popularly known as Dr. K.I. Singh or just K.I. Singh was a Nepali politician and revolutionary who served as the 20th Prime Minis ...

(1906-1982), 20th Prime Minister of Nepal. Royalty of

Doti Doti ( ne, डोटी), also known as Doti region, Dotigarh (डोटीगढ़) as used in the Jagar (folk tales; जागर), in the Farwestern region of Nepal (Sudurpashchim Province), is a region situated between River Kali bordering ...

Region. Born as Indradhwoj Shahi later adopted title of Kunwar *

Uttam Kunwar Uttam Kunwar (; 1938–1982) was a Nepalese literary journalist, critic, and writer. He served as an editor for '' Ruprekha'', one of the most popular literary magazine in Nepal, alongside Bal Mukunda Pandey. He won the Madan Puraskar in 1966 (20 ...

(1938–1982), Nepalese journalist and writer *

Ramjee Kunwar Ramjee Kunwar ( ne, रामजी कुँवर) (born 19 September 1956; Kaski District, Nepal) is a Nepal Trade Union Congress-Independent (NTUCI) leader, Senior Vice President of NTUCI and executive member of Nepali Congress Party. He was ...

(born 1956), Trade Union Activist and politician *

Baburam Kunwar Baburam Kunwar ( ne, बाबुराम कुँवर) is the first governor of Gandaki Province. He was recommended as Governor of Gandaki Province on 13 January 2018. Early life Baburam Kunwar was born in Sandhikharka Municipality, Ward ...

(born 1960), first governor of

Gandaki Province Gandaki Province ( ne, गण्डकी प्रदेश ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borde ...

Kabita Kunwar Kabita Kunwar () is a Nepali cricketer and right arm-medium bowler for the Nepal women's national cricket team. International career Kajal was in the playing 11 of the Nepal women first twenty 20 International debut match against China women's ...

(born 2003), Nepalese cricketer

In Pakistan

* Kunwar Khalid Yunus (born 1964), Pakistani politician * Kunwar Ali Roshan, Pakistani filmmaker

References

{{surname Nepali-language surnames Khas surnames

In India

In Nepal

In Pakistan

See also

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