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The Rana dynasty (Nepali: राणा वंश, romanized: Rāṇā vaṃśa, Sanskrit: [raːɳaː ʋɐ̃ɕɐ], Nepali: [raɳa bʌŋsʌ]) was a Chhetri [note 1] dynasty that [6] imposed authoritarianism in the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1951, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making the Prime Minister and other government positions held by the Ranas hereditary.
Jung Bahadur was a descendant of Kaji Ranajit Kunwar [8] and Sardar Ram Krishna Kunwar, both prominent military figures under King Prithvi Narayan Shah. [9] He also had familial connections to the Thapa dynasty with Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa through his mother, Ganesh Kumari, and to the aristocratic Pande family through his maternal grandmother, Rana Kumari, who was the daughter of Kaji Ranajit ...
The present Lamjung and Kaski State is spread over the present-day Gandaki Province excluding the Mustang and Gorkha regions and has an area of 21,504 km 2.The region is spread over the Himalayan, Hilly and Terai regions of Nepal. 5,919 km 2 (26.8%) of the area falls under the Himalayan region. 14,604 km 2 (67.2%) of the area falls under the Hilly region and 1,310 km 2 (6%) of the area falls ...
Field-Marshal Shree Maharaja Sir Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Nepali: मोहन शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा), GCB, GCIE, GBE (23 December 1885 – 6 January 1967) was the prime minister and foreign minister of Nepal from 30 April 1948 until 12 November 1951.
Jagat Jung Kunwar Rana, [1] popularly known as Jagat Jung Rana (Nepali: जगतजङ्ग राणा) was a Nepalese politician, military officer and courtier in the Kingdom of Nepal. He was the eldest son of the founder of Rana dynasty , Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana .
Bhim Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Maharaj Bhim Shumsher) ruled Nepal from 26 November 1929 until his death on 1 September 1932. He was born on 16 April 1865. Bhim Shumsher held the following titles: T'ung-ling-ping-ma-Kuo-Kang-wang (Republic of China), Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski (Nepal), GCSI (1 January 1931), GCMG (22 December 1931), KCVO (24 December 1911), and Supradipta Manyabara ...
Rana was born in 1861 in Kathmandu to Dhir Shamsher Rana as a fourth child. [2] He had a reputation of being a drunkard. [2] During the 1885 Nepal coup d'état, he was tasked by Bir Shumsher to keep Dhoj Narsingh Rana distracted by drinking with him in his room, while other would assassinate Ranodip Singh Kunwar. [2]
Field Marshal and retired General of the Nepal Army (NA). Born on 11 Poush, 1970 B.S. (1913) in Jawalakhel Durbar, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Field Marshal Rana died at the age of 99. [citation needed] He was son of the then ruling Rana Prime Minister Juddha Shumsher Rana and his second wife, Mahila Maharani Krishna Kumari. According to a statement ...