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The Dangol or Dongol ( Nepal Bhasa: डंगोल) clan are ethnic people in

Newar Newar (; , endonym: Newa; , Pracalit script: ), or Nepami, are primarily inhabitants in Kathmandu Valley of Nepal and its surrounding areas, and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisation. Page 15. Newars are a distinct linguisti ...

community from

Kathmandu Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...

Valley, predominantly found in

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. They belong to the Jyapu ( Nepal Bhasa: ज्यापू:) subcaste within the

family and are highly urbanized. In the olden times, they were farmers known for the knowledge of the measurement of land and calculation. Also, they have some distinct cultures and customs a bit different from other Newar traditions. In order to protect the girl from being a widow, who is looked down upon by the rest of Nepal. If the woman's husband dies, she is still technically married to the sun and can hence not be called a widow, a tradition hence defying Sati Pratha imposed by the new-comers, rulers of Vedic lineage.

Prominent people

Sunita Dangol Sunita Dangol (, born 18 May 1993) is a Nepalis, Nepalese politician, Newar people, Newa heritage conservationist, language activist, and media professional. She is currently serving as the deputy mayor of Kathmandu, Kathmandu metropolitan city, ...

(14th Deputy Mayor of Kathmandu) * Sarbottam Dangol (Nepali politician,

Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (), abbreviated CPN (Maoist Centre) or CPN (MC), is the third largest political party in Nepal and a member party of Samajbadi Morcha. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communi ...

) * Tirtha Ram Dangol (

Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ; Abbreviation, abbr. NC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Nepal, political party in Nepal and the largest party in the country ...

) *Labib Dangol (Director of Accounting Operations, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)) *Anjana Dongol (Associate Professor, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences)

References

https://nepalfederalismdebate.wordpress.com/2018/06/24/master-list-of-all-nepali-surnames-clans/ https://www.indigenousvoice.com/en/why-jyapus-are-where-they-are.html {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208152049/https://www.indigenousvoice.com/en/why-jyapus-are-where-they-are.html , date=2019-12-08 http://ecs.com.np/features/preservers-of-newar-culture-jyapus-of-the-valley Newar Newar caste system Ethnic groups in Nepal People from Kathmandu Surnames of Nepalese origin

Prominent people

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