Military & Security

अशोक राज सिग्देल

Chief of the Army Staff of Nepal, whose command took on a central role during the 2025 Gen Z protests and political transition

भीमसेन थापा

First and longest-serving Mukhtiyar (Prime Minister) of Nepal, ruling for 31 years

दिपप्रसाद पुन

Nepalese Gurkha awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for single-handedly repelling a Taliban assault in Afghanistan in 2010

जङ्गबहादुर राणा

Founder of the Rana dynasty, which held hereditary power as Prime Ministers of Nepal for over a century

रुकमाङ्गद कटवाल

Former Chief of Army Staff of the Nepal Army whose dismissal by PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal in 2009 triggered a major political crisis

तुल बहादुर पुन

Nepalese Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry during World War II

यज्ञबहादुर थापा

Nepali Congress captain who led an armed revolution against the government in 1974, recognised as a martyr in 2016