KC (surname)
Chhetri subcaste of Brahmin descent and the family name used from this subcaste / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Khatri (Nepal)" redirects here. For the Kshatriya caste of Punjab of the same name, see Khatri.
"Khatri Chhetri" redirects here. For other uses, see Khatri.
Further information: Khatri (surname)
KC (or K.C, K.C.) is a surname of medieval Indian origin anglicized as an abbreviation of Khatri Chhetri in Nepal.[1][2] The surname Khatri Chhetri was historically legally labelled to the children of Brahmin fathers and Kshatriya (Chhetri) mothers after the introduction of Muluki Ain (the Legal Code of Nepal) in 1854 by Jang Bahadur Rana of Nepal.[1][2][3][4] With its origin in the 12th century CE, the archaic form of the surname "Khatri" was ascribed as a local endonym for the progeny of Brahmins from Medieval India and Khas women of the Middle Himalayas in medieval western Nepal.[2]