Karbir Khatri

Kaji Karbir Khatri
Kaji Karbir Khatri
काजी करवीर खत्री
Kaji of Nepal
Prime Minister	Jung Bahadur Rana
Personal details
Occupation	Governor, Diplomat
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Nepal

Karbir Khatri was the Kaji of the Kingdom of Nepal during the reign of Prime Minister Jang Bahadur Rana. He was one of the entourage of Jang Bahadur Rana in the first royal Nepalese mission to Europe from 1850-1851.

Career

As a veteran of many diplomatic mission of the Nepalese government, he made more visits to Empire of China than any other Nepali official and was described as someone highly informed on Indian affairs. One of his responsibility was also to keep watch on King Rajendra. He also accompanied Queen Rajya lakshmi alongside the king during her exile to Kashi.

Later life

Karbir Khatri was known as a ‘venerable, old gentleman’. However, he fell out of favor after alleging that the Nepalese Prime Minister had indulged in activities whilst in England that were against Hindu customs, for which he was punished.

References

↑ The First Nepali in England: Motilal Singh and PM Jang Bahadur Rana. Adhikari, K. 2017. University of Oxford. European Bulletin of Himalayan Research (EBHR). Available at: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:950b8ad7-1000-40e0-828e-a79d2705fef5/files/md5d3a036e105bc13cc39c7e8169cddc6
1 2 Masculinity and Mimicry: Ranas and Gurkhas. Uprety, S. 2011. Baha Occasional Papers. Available at: https://soscbaha.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/masculinity_and_mimicry.pdf
↑ Jang Bahadur in Europe • The First Nepalese Mission to the West. John Whelpton (1983). Sahayogi Press. Page 130.
↑ "Jung Bahadur: The most powerful ruler". Ekantipur. Retrieved 2026-08-06.

[1] The First Nepali in England: Motilal Singh and PM Jang Bahadur Rana. Adhikari, K. 2017. University of Oxford. European Bulletin of Himalayan Research (EBHR). Available at: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:950b8ad7-1000-40e0-828e-a79d2705fef5/files/md5d3a036e105bc13cc39c7e8169cddc6

[:0-2] 1 2 Masculinity and Mimicry: Ranas and Gurkhas. Uprety, S. 2011. Baha Occasional Papers. Available at: https://soscbaha.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/masculinity_and_mimicry.pdf

[3] Jang Bahadur in Europe • The First Nepalese Mission to the West. John Whelpton (1983). Sahayogi Press. Page 130.

[4] "Jung Bahadur: The most powerful ruler". Ekantipur. Retrieved 2026-08-06.