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    The Rana dynasty (Nepali: राणा वंश Sanskrit: [raːɳaː ʋɐ̃ɕɐ], Nepali: [raɳa bʌŋsʌ]) was a Chhetri dynasty that imposed authoritarianism in the Kingdom of...
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    Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Nepali: पशुपति शम्शेर जङ्ग बहादुर राणा) is a politician from the Rana dynasty. He served in the Ministry of Foreign...
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    suggested as well. Through her father, Devyani was born as a member of the Rana dynasty.[citation needed] Her mother, Usha Raje Scindia, is the daughter of Jivajirao...
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    Beginning with Jung Bahadur, the first Rana ruler, the Rana dynasty reduced the Shah monarch to a figurehead role. The Rana rule was marked by tyranny, debauchery...
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    branch of the Guhila dynasty ended with their defeat against the Khalji dynasty at the Siege of Chittorgarh (1303). In 1326, Rana Hammir, who belonged...
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    dynasty with Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa through his mother, Ganesh Kumari, and to the aristocratic Pande family through his maternal grandmother, Rana Kumari...
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    and other important buildings were constructed. From 1846 to 1951 the Rana dynasty ruled, which saw both art and architecture of Nepal become heavily influenced...
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  • Maharaja Jung Bahadur Rana in 1856 by His Majesty King Surendra Bir Bikram Shah. It was ruled by the Rana dynasty, a Chhetri dynasty, and was entitled to...
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    minister Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1888-1960), Nepalese defence minister and member of the Rana dynasty Bakhtiar Rana (1910-1999), Pakistani army lieutenant...
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    Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana GCB GCSI GCMG GCVO FRGS (8 July 1863 – 26 November 1929) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty. He served in this...
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    Thapa dynasty to the dominating position of central court politics of Nepal. The Thapa family gave rise to the Rana dynasty of Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana whose...
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    1846, the Rana dynasty gained power in Nepal. The Ranas became prime ministers and reduced the King's status to a figurehead position. The Ranas ruled Nepal...
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    Chhetri families included the Pande dynasty, the Basnyat dynasty, the Kunwar family, and the Thapa dynasty, (Rana dynasty and other Kunwars). Khas Chhetris...
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    oldest nation-states, Nepal was unified by the Shah Dynasty and has since been ruled by the Rana royal family after a coup d'état that installed Jung...
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    initially built by Nain Singh Thapa of the Thapa dynasty but was later occupied by Jung Bahadur Rana, as prime minister, the executive head of Nepal....
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    father Dhir Shamsher, was the youngest brother of Jung Bahadur Rana who started the Rana dynasty, and his mother belonged to a noble Rajput family from Kangra...
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    1900s, Nepal was under the reign of a highly centralized autocracy, the Rana Dynasty, which acted as a monarchy; their policies resulted in the isolation...
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    Pande family (redirect from Pande dynasty)
    the Shah dynasty, Basnyat family and Thapa dynasty before the rise of the Rana dynasty. The Pande dynasty is the oldest noble family to hold the title...
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    contributions from among others, General Khadga Sumsher Rana. After the overthrow of the Rana dynasty in 1951, Buddhism gradually developed in the country...
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    The Rana palaces of Nepal were built by the Rana dynasty rulers of Nepal as both private and government buildings. The Rana rule lasted for 104 years...
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  • country was de facto ruled by the hereditary prime ministers from the Rana dynasty, reducing the role of the Shah monarch to that of a figurehead. In November...
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    Ashiram Kunwar in the Kunwar family. His descendants went on to found the Rana dynasty of Nepal. He was a successful general in King Prithvi Narayan Shah's...
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  • Kunwar family (redirect from Kunwar dynasty)
    of the family including Amarsingh established the Rana dynasty of Nepal and styled themselves as Rana Rajputs while Jayakrishna most section remained as...
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    Field-Marshal Shree Maharaja Sir Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Nepali: मोहन शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा), GCB, GCIE, GBE (23 December 1885 – 6 January 1967)...
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  • Look up rana or Rana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rana may refer to: Rana (crater), a crater on Mars Delta Eridani or Rana, a star Rana (clan),...
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  • Rana Dynasty GCVO 1911 Royalty Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal – Rana Dynasty GCMG 1919 Royalty Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal – Rana...
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    Nepal. The Shah dynasty established the Kingdom of Nepal and later formed an alliance with the British Empire, under its Rana dynasty of premiers. The...
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    January 1528), commonly known as Rana Sanga, was the Rana of Mewar from 1508 to 1528 CE. A member of the Sisodia dynasty, he controlled parts of present-day...
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    Shumsher Jang Kunwar Ranaji or shortly Dhir Shumsher Rana posthumously known as Dhir Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, was a Nepalese politician, army general, and...
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    well as Prime Minister and the Chief of the Nepalese Army. During the Rana dynasty, the position of prime minister was hereditary and the officeholder held...
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