Family of Amar Singh Thapa

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Family of Amar Singh Thapa (Elder)
Nishankalika flag of Bagale Thapa clan, Amar Singh’s ancestral clan
Current region	Gorkha & Kathmandu
Earlier spellings	Bagale Thapa
Place of origin	Siranchowk, Gorkha
Members	Bhim Singh Thapa Bagh Amar Singh Thapa Ranadhoj Thapa Ranjore Thapa Narsingh Thapa Arjun Singh Thapa Bhupal Singh Thapa Ripumardan Thapa Surath Singh Thapa
Connected members	Balbhadra Kunwar Chandrabir Kunwar Jharana Thapa
Connected families	Kunwar family
Traditions	Kshatriya (Chhetri)
Estate(s)	Siranchowk of Gorkha
Bagh Bhim Singh Thapa was the first national military commander of this family.

The family of Badakaji Amar Singh Thapa^{[note 1]} (1751 - 1816) was a noble Chhetri family in the central politics of Kingdom of Nepal as well as former military aristocracy of Gorkha Kingdom. The family of Bhimsen Thapa and the family of Amar Singh Thapa were two Bagale Thapa families^[1][2] and part of larger Thapa caucus at the central politics of the Kingdom of Nepal.^[3]

The patriarch of this family is Ranjai Thapa of Siranchowk whose son Bagh Bhim Singh Thapa became a military commander of Gorkha Kingdom and died in the battle of Palanchowk. Bhim Singh's son and the most prominent member of this family, Amar Singh Thapa went on to become overall commander (in capacity of Mukhtiyar) of Kumaon, Garhwal and its West region in the Kingdom of Nepal. Amar Singh's sons and grandsons were influential Bharadars (state-bearing officers), politicians, ministers and military commanders in the Kingdom of Nepal. The family was also maritally connected with Kunwar family of Gorkha. Amar Singh Thapa was the father-in-law of Chandrabir Kunwar, the nephew of Gorkhali Sardar Ramakrishna Kunwar. Through Chandrabir, Amar Singh had grandsons of national recognition; Balbhadra Kunwar, a famed warrior of the Battle of Nalapani and Birbhadra Kunwar, a Bharadar (state bearing officer).

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