text: From the 17th century onwards, Catholic Christian missionaries of the Jesuit and Capuchin religious orders "established hospices at Kathmandu, Patan and Bhatgoan, the capitals of the three Malla Kings of Nepal who had permitted them to preach Christianity." An indigenous Newar Christian community thus became established. When the Mallas were overthrown by the Gurkhas, the Newar Christians took refuge in India, settling first in the city of Bettiah and then later moving eleven kilometres north to Chuhari.
  Notable Newar people
  Sankhadhar Sakhwa (879 AD) philanthropist, related to Nepal Sambat
  Jogbir Sthapit (1838–1926), Architect and designer of Narayanhiti Royal Palace
  Dharma Man Tuladhar (1862–1938), Philanthropic trader who sponsored for the renovation of Swayambhunath and Kindo Baha
  Bhaju Ratna Kansakar (1882–1956), Prominent trader and philanthropist
  Pushpa Sundar Tuladhar (1885–1935), Prominent merchant and philanthropist
  Yogbir Singh Kansakar (1885–1942), Poet and one of the Four Pillars of Nepal Bhasa
  Nhuchhe Ratna Tuladhar (1888–1950), Democracy activist and martyr
  Dhammalok Mahasthavir (1890–1966), who worked to revive Nepali Theravada Buddhism in the 1930s and 1940s
  Shukra Raj Shastri (1894–1941), Freedom fighter and martyr
  Dharmachari Guruma (1898–1978), Founder of the first nunnery in Nepal
  Pragyananda Mahasthavir (1900–1993), First Patriarch of Theravada Order in Nepal
  Mandas Tuladhar (1900–1975), Pioneer publisher and renowned for ancient hymns collection
  Ashapatti Tamrakar (1904–1942), Pioneer optician and herbalist