Jit Jung Rana

Jit Jung Rana
जीतजङ्ग राणा
Jit Jung Rana in 1895
Commander-In-Chief of the Nepalese Army
In office 1884–1885
Monarch	Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah
Prime Minister	Ranodip Singh Kunwar
Preceded by	Dhir Shumsher Rana
Succeeded by	Khadga Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Personal details
Born	Jit Jung Kunwar
Relations	Rana dynasty
Parents	Jung Bahadur Rana (father) Kahila Maharani (mother)
Relatives	Jagat Jang Rana (brother)

Jit Jung Kunwar Rana (Nepali: जीतजङ्ग राणा) was the Commander-In-Chief of the Nepalese Army from 14 October 1884 to 1885.[1][2]

Biography

Jit Jung Rana

He was the second son of Jung Bahadur Rana, the first Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty.[3]

On 14 October 1884, following the death of his uncle Dhir Shumsher Rana, Jit was promoted to be the Commander-In-Chief of the Nepalese Army.[4]

On 24 February 1855, Rana married the second daughter of King Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah.[5]

He was removed from power following the 1885 Nepal coup d'état where his brother Jagat Jang Rana[6] and his uncle Ranodip Singh Kunwar were killed.[7][8]

Rana was succeeded by Khadga Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.[9][10] In the 1850s, he built Ranibas Palace (later converted into a Hindu temple) at Simraungadh in memory of his father, Jung Bahadur Rana.[11]

References

1. Prasad, Ishwari (October 1996). The Life and Times of Maharaja Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal. APH Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 978-81-7024-756-2. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Struggle For Power". The Rising Nepal. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
3. Adhikari, Indra (12 June 2015). Military and Democracy in Nepal. Routledge. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-317-58906-8. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
4. Acharya, Baburam (15 August 2013). The Bloodstained Throne: Struggles for Power in Nepal (1775–1914). Penguin UK. ISBN 978-93-5118-204-7. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
5. Kumar, Satish; Studies, Indian School of International (1967). Rana Polity in Nepal; Origin and Growth. Asia Publishing House. p. 59. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
6. Kumar Bhattarai, Madan (12 December 2020). "Unravelling the life of a forgotten Rana General". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
7. Rana, Pramode Shamshere J. B. (1978). Rana Nepal: An Insider's View. R. Rana. p. 74. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
8. Rana, Pramode Shamshere J. B.; Pramode, Pramode Shamshere J. B. Rana (1995). Rana Intrigues. R. Rana. p. 75. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
9. Hamal, Lakshman B. (1995). Military History of Nepal. Sharda Pustak Mandir. p. 86. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
10. Karki, Yuba Raj Singh (1983). Nepal Almanac: A Book of Facts. Y.R.S. Karki. p. 89. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
11. "The buried kingdom of Simraungadh". OnlineKhabar. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

External links

• Media related to Jit Jung Rana at Wikimedia Commons