Ranas
| Rana dynasty | |
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| Country | |
| Titles | |
| Founded | 1846 |
| Founder | Jung Bahadur Rana |
| Final ruler | Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana |
| Deposition | 1951 (presently as pretender) |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Rana dynasty (Nepali: राणा वंश Rāņā bamsa) is a Khas Rajput (Chhetri) dynasty and were autocratic leaders which ruled the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1951, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making Prime Minister and other government positions hereditary. This changed in 1951 with the promulgation of a new constitution, when power shifted back to the monarchy of King Tribhuvan. The dynasty is descended from Bal Narsingh Kunwar who was the son-in-law of Thapa Kaji Nain Singh Thapa of powerful Thapa dynasty. The Kunwar family (now Rana dynasty) came to power being relatives powerful Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa. The founder of this dynasty Jung Bahadur Rana murdered his own maternal uncle Prime Minister Mathabarsingh Thapa and consolidated power after Kot Parva (Kot massacre) and Bhandarkhal Parva.
Nine Rana rulers took the hereditary office(s) of Prime Minister, Supreme Commander-in-Chief and Grand Master of the Royal Orders. All were styled Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski.
Succession to the prime ministership and the title of Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski was by agnatic seniority, by which the oldest male heir among the sons of equal (a-class) marriages in a generation would succeed. The order of succession was determined by seniority, with each eligible male heir holding a military command, as follows:
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