Subedi ( ne, सुवेदी ) also referred to as Suberi ( dz, སུ་བེ་རི) in Bhutan, is one of the surnames of both

Bramhin Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers (guru o ...

and

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 ...

Varna in Nepal. They belong to the Bharadwaja Gotra. Subedi are mostly found in the hilly region of

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

. They are also found in certain states of India like

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Silig ...

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

region of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...

. Significant numbers of the Subedi family are also found in the kingdom of

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...

and

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

Notable people with surname Subedi

Abhi Subedi Abhi Subedi ( ne, अभि सुवेदी) is a Nepali poet, playwright, linguist, columnist, translator and critic, who writes in Nepali and English. Biography Abhi Subedi was born in Sabla village of Tehrathum district in eastern Nepa ...

, Nepalese playwright and poet *

Balkrishna Balkrishna (known as Acharya Balkrishna, born 4 August 1972) is an Indian billionaire businessman and chairman of the consumer goods company Patanjali Ayurved. He was reported by ''Forbes'' to have a net worth of billion . According to Ashi ...

, (born Balkrishna Subedi) Indian billionaire and CEO of

Patanjali Ayurved Patanjali Ayurved is an Indian multinational conglomerate holding company, based in Haridwar, India. It was founded by Ramdev and Balkrishna in 2006. Its office is in Delhi, with manufacturing units and headquarters in the industrial area of ...

* Durga Subedi, Nepalese cricket umpire * Jhakku Prasad Subedi, Nepalese politician *

Nava Raj Subedi Nava Raj Subedi (born 1939 in Ramechhap District, Nepal) is a Nepali politician and former Chairperson (Speaker) of Rastriya Panchayat (Parliament) of Nepal. Political career He started active political life by being elected the first President o ...

, Nepalese politician *

Purna Kumari Subedi Purna Kumari Subedi ( ne, पूर्ण कुमारी सुवेदी) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) who served as the vice chairperson of the Cons ...

, Nepalese politician, vice-chairperson of the

Constituent Assembly of Nepal The Second Constituent Assembly of Nepal, later converted to the Legislature Parliament ( ne, व्यवस्थापिका संसद), was a unicameral legislature of Nepal. It was elected in the 2013 Constituent Assembly elections af ...

* Ram Hari Subedi, Nepalese politician, member of 2nd Constituent Assembly of Nepal * Sita Subedi, Nepalese politician * Surya Subedi, QC, DCL, OBE, British-Nepalese barrister and professor of international law

References

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