Dharmapaal Barsingh Thapa

{{Short description|Nepali military officer (1939–2024)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency General

| name = Dharmapal Barsingh Thapa

| native_name = {{nobold|धर्मपाल वरसिँह थापा}}

| image = File:Dharmapal Barsing Thapa.png

| birth_date = {{Birth year|1939}}

| birth_place = Bhurumkhel, Nepal

| death_date = {{Death date and given age|2024|5|16|85|df=y}}

| death_place = Kathmandu, Nepal

| father = Netra Bahadur Thapa{{sfn|Khatri|1999|p=139}}

| alma_mater = Tribhuvan University, US Army War College{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NzupNwAACAAJ&dq=thapa|title=Indian Defense Policy: Its Implications for Nepal|first=Dharmapal Barsingh|last=Thapa|date=14 December 1986|publisher=U.S. Army War College|accessdate=14 December 2017|via=Google Books}}

| rank = General

| office = Chief of Army Staff of Nepal Army

| term_start = 1995

| term_end = 1999

| predecessor = Gadul Shumsher J.B. Rana{{cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/former-nepal-army-chief-gadul-shamsher-rana-no-more/|title=Former army chief Gadul Shamsher Rana no more|date=6 April 2016|website=Thehimalayantimes.com|accessdate=14 December 2017}}

| successor = Prajwal Shumsher J.B. Rana

| awards = Nepal Tara (First Class), Gorkha Dakshin Bahu (First Class)

| battles = Nepalese civil war

| native_name_lang = ne

| caption = Official portrait, 1995

}}

Dharmapal Barsingh Thapa (Nepali: धर्मपाल वरसिँह थापा; 1939 – 16 May 2024) was a Nepali military officer who was the Chief of Army Staff (1995–1999) and Director of Avant venture.{{cite web|url=http://www.avant.com.np/Team.aspx|title=Team|website=Avant.com.np|accessdate=14 December 2017|archive-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215001639/http://www.avant.com.np/Team.aspx|url-status=dead}}

Thapa died of lung disease on 16 May 2024, at the age of 85.[https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/former-army-chief-dharmapal-barsingh-thapa-passes-away/ Former army chief Dharmapal Barsingh Thapa passes away]

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Sources

  • {{Citation|last =Khatri | first= Shiva Ram |title= Nepal Army Chiefs:Short Biographical Sketches |publisher = Sira Khatri

|year =1999

|location= University of Michigan

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YIPeAAAAMAAJ&q=bagale+thapa&dq=bagale+thapa}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thapa, Dharmapal Barsingh}}

Category:1939 births

Category:2024 deaths

Category:Nepalese generals

Category:Bagale Thapa

Category:People of the Nepalese Civil War

Category:Deaths from lung disease