Rana dynasty
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The Rana dynasty was a Chhetri dynasty that imposed authoritarianism in the Kingdom of Nepal from 15 September 1846 until 18 February 1951, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead, and making the Pr
Portrait of Jung Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji, founder of Rana dynasty
Bir Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, the first Shumsher Rana ruler
Major-General Vishnu Shamsher Rana and wife
Commanding General Babar Shumsher Rana and family
Jung Bahadur Rana
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Jung Bahadur Rana,, was the Prime Minister of Nepal and the 1st Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski. He was born Bir Narsingh Kunwar. His mother, Ganesh Kumari, was the daughter of Kaji Nain Singh Thapa, th
Rana dynasty
…to central Darbar politics. The Ranas were also linked to a minor faction of the Pande dynasty of Gorkha through the Thapa dynasty. The genealogy of Jang Bahadur Rana, a prominent figure of the Rana dynasty, was documented by 19th-century chronicler Daniel Wright. According to his account, the lineage begins with…
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Jung Bahadur Statue in Tundikhel, Kathmandu
Portrait by Bhajuman Chitrakar, 1849. Given to the East India Company by the sitter in 1850, in London. It later hung in the office of the Foreign Secretary until removed by Jack Straw, & allocated to the British Library, where it remains