Originally, the Rana dynasty hails from the Sisodiya Rajput Royal family of Chittor now Udaipur in India, capital of the Mewar region.

Both the Rana dynasty and Shah dynasty are Rajput caste in the Hindu tradition, in contrast with the native Himalayan culture which is largely Buddhist and Bön.

* Rana dynasty, an influential family in Nepal since the 19th century

Although Tribhuvan was nominally king since 1911, he was only window-dressing for de-facto rule by the Rana dynasty of hereditary prime ministers, civil servants and army officers that had been in power since 1846.

Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the politics.

He was invited to India by Daulat Khan Lodi and Rana Sanga who wanted to end the Lodi dynasty.

Rulers of other nations in Asia and the Middle East, including the Emir of Kuwait, the Maharajas of the Rana dynasty, the Khedive of Egypt, the King of Bhutan and the rulers of Zanzibar, Bahrain and Oman were also appointed to the Order.

Like some rulers of princely states, some rulers of particular prestige, for example the Maharajas of the Rana dynasty or the Sultans of Oman, were usually appointed Knights Grand Commanders.

Nepal Bhasa suffered heavily under the repressive policy of the Rana dynasty ( 1846 – 1951 AD ) when the regime attempted to wipe it out.

Following the overthrow of the Rana dynasty and the advent of democracy in 1951, restrictions on publication in Nepal Bhasa were removed.

The movement arose against the suppression of the language that began with the rise of the Shah dynasty in 1768 AD, and intensified during the Rana regime ( 1846 – 1951 ) and Panchayat system ( 1960 – 1990 ).

The rulers of the state belonged to the Pal dynasty and ruled with the title Rana.

Balbhadra Kunwar ´ s descendants and family members were to estabish the Rana dynasty in the middle of the 1800 ´ s led by Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana.

It is significant to note that during Rana dynasty, several Theravada Buddhists were banished from Nepal for preaching Buddhism.

After the overthrow of the Rana dynasty in 1951, Buddhism gradually developed in the country.

Some parts were left forested by official decree during the Rana dynasty as a defensive perimeter called Char Kose Jhadi, meaning four kos forest ; one kos equals about.

Cricket was introduced to Nepal by the ruling Rana dynasty when they returned from studies in England and India in the 1920s, though the game was kept very much for themselves and the other elite.

By her father, Devyani is a member of the Rana dynasty.

The Rajputs agreed to form an alliance with the Mughals against the Lodi dynasty and advance their forces towards Agra, in return Babur was to grant Kalpi, Dholpur and Biana to Rana Sanga.

After Babur and the Mughals defeated Ibrahim Lodi at the Battle of Panipat, he learned that Rana Sanga had not advanced against the Lodi dynasty and therefore refused to hand over anything to the Rajputs.

Indeed the previous conquests and recent success of Rana Sanga, a Hindu had inspired all his countrymen with hopes that a change of dynasty was about to take place and they hailed with joy the prospect of a native government.

In 1846, the Rana dynasty gained power in Nepal.

* Rana ( clan ), a family ( clan ) among Rajputs / Khatris in South Asia

Rana Sanga immediately invaded enemy country – Rajputs fought Afghans of Lodi at Khatauli ( Gwalior ) in 1517-18.

The Gaddi Rajputs are divided into Kapoor, Thakur, Rana, Chauhan and Rathi or Khatri.

The Janjua Rajputs also took part in the battles against Rana Sangha in 1527 AD in which the Mughals defeated the Sesodia Rajputs who had allied with the Afghans against him.

In the year 1526 as Babur and his Mughal forces advanced towards Panipat, he received an embassy of Rajputs representing Rana Sanga of Mewar the most powerful Hindu ruler in the region.

As Babur began to mobilize against the well prepared and heavily armed forces of Rana Sanga, approximately 20, 000 Muslim Rajputs began a march towards Biana, under the command of Raja Hasan Khan Mewattpati.

This was probably the greatest honor any man could aspire for, as Rana belonged to the most prestigious clan of Rajputs.

Rana is a surname used by the Jats and Rajputs of India, Pakistan and Nepal.

She hailed from the aristrocratic Rana family which had ruled Nepal for 104 years, being the oldest daughter of General Kendra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana ( 1927 – 1982 ) and his wife Shree Rajya Laxmi Rana ( 1928 – 2005 ).

Jadi Rana, who the Qissa simply states as having been a Hindu king in what in now the Indian state of Gujarat, is thought to have been a ruler belonging to one of the Rajput clans which ruled that region in that era.

Thus the Rana Jat rulers of Bamraulia gotra ruled Gohad for 300 years from 1505-1805.

Jang Bahadur then established the Rana dynasty, which ruled Nepal for more than a century to come.

Descendants of Commander-in-Chief Gen. Padma Jung Bahadur Rana KIH Gold Medal 1877 today live in Allahabad, Nepalgunj, Dehradun, Kathmandu, New York, Australia and United Kingdom.

Present rulers of Kingdom of Nepal, Jajorkot, Bajhang and Indian Princely States such as Jhalai, Jubbal, Bagribari, Tripura, Oel Kaimara, Khairagarh, Rajgarh, Tehri-Garhwal, Khajurgaon Thalrai, Benaras, Ramnagar, Mayurbanj, Poonch, Sikar and many other states share a direct bloodline with Commander-in-Chief Gen. Padma Jung Bahadur Rana KIH Gold Medal 1877 and Maharaja of Kaski & Lamjung Sir Jung Bahadur Rana.

His original family name was Rana but in Nepal people mistook his Rajput title of Kunwar for his family name, Kunwar is a title denoting royal lineage used by Rajput princes in northern India.

Twelve regiments from the Nepalese Army also took part in the relief of Lucknow under the command of Shri Teen ( 3 ) Maharaja Maharana Jung Bahadur of Nepal and his older brother C-in-C Ranaudip Singh ( Ranodip or Ranodeep ) Bahadur Rana ( later to succeed Jung Bahadur and become Sri Teen Maharaja Ranodip Singh of Nepal ).

The Rana clan had served as the hereditary prime ministers of Nepal until 1951 under the title ' Maharaja ', and the two clans have a long history of inter-marriages.

After opposition to the hereditary rule of the Rana Prime Ministers from India, a deal was reached in January 1951, and his grandfather King Tribhuvan returned to Nepal and resumed the throne.

Since then Radio Nepal has expanded to become the dominant radio station all over the country, which helped in the uprising of many key figures in the field, notably Shiva Shankar, Natikaji, Narayan Gopal, Arun Thapa Magar ( also known as Arun Thapa ), Dharma Raj Thapa, Jhalak Man Gandarva, and in the female arena Koili Devi Mathema, Tara Devi, Aruna Lama, Gyanu Rana.

Pakistani pop music is attributed to have given birth to the genre in the South Asian region with Ahmed Rushdi's song ‘ Ko-Ko-Korina ’ in 1966 Composed by Music Mestro Sohail Rana and has since then been adopted in Bangladesh, India, and lately Nepal as a pioneering influence in their respective pop cultures.

Maharani Raj Rajeshwari Devi of Nepal became regent in 1799 in the name of her son, Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva, after the abdication of her husband, Rana Bahadur Shah, who became a sanyasi.

April 9, 1950: Formation of Nepali Congress through the merger of Nepali National Congress ( established on January 25, 1947 ) and Nepal Democratic Congress ( established on August 4, 1948 ) at Calcutta, India and call for an armed struggle against the Rana regime.

Among these three, Karma was the most influential and well known as he was a tax collector, and he also enjoyed the patronage of the Rana rulers of Nepal.

* HRH Maharaja Bir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana of Nepal

* Maharaja Sir Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana of Nepal received the GCIE in 1933, promoted from a KCIE in 1917.

* Maharaja Sir Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana of Nepal received the KCIE in 1919.

* Maharaja Sir Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana of Nepal received the GCIE in 1945, promoted from a KCIE in 1924.

The Rana Tharu is an ethnic group indigenous to the western Terai of Nepal.

Nepal: Unlike in India, most of the Bhats of Nepal are Chettri / Kshatriya with middle names like Raj, Rana, Singh or nothing which is named accordingly their Geographic distribution in Nepal. Like Mid-Westerners and Westerners use Raj or Rana and Far-Westerners use Singh.