Rana Jang Pande
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Shree Mukhtiyar Kaji Rana Jang Pandey |
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| Native name | श्री श्री रणजङ्ग पाण्डे |
| Born | 1789 A.D Kathmandu |
| Died | 18th April 1843 A.D Kathmandu |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Title | Mukhtiyar Kaji |
| Term | 1837 A.D-1840 A.D |
| Predecessor | Bhimsen Thapa |
| Successor | Ranganath Poudyal |
| Children | Badarjung,Tekjung,Samarjung,Shumsherjung |
| Parent(s) | Damodar Pandey |
Rana Jang Pande or Rana Jang Pandey (Nepali: रणजङ्ग पाँडे वा रणजङ्ग पाण्डे) was the 3rd Prime Minister of the government of Nepal and the most powerful person in political scenario in three decades from the Pande clan. He was one of the sons of Mukhtiyar Kaji Damodar Pande. He served as the Prime Minister for two terms, serving 1837 – 1837 (First Term) and 1839 – 1840 AD (Second Term). He became powerful after Bhimsen Thapa was arrested, and was declared Mukhtiyar and Commander in Chief. He was a grandson of Kaji Kalu Pandey who was the commander of King Prithvi Narayan Shah and the Mulkaji of Gorkha and a notable figure during the unification campaign of Nepal.
The death of Queen Tripurasundari in 1832, who was a distant cousin of Rana Jang and the strongest supporter and niece of Bhimsen Thapa, and the adulthood of King Rajendra, weakened Bhimsen Thapa's hold on power. The conspiracies and infighting with rival courtiers (especially the Pandes, who held Bhimsen Thapa responsible for the death of Damodar Pande in 1804) finally led to imprisonment of Bhimsen Thapa and death by suicide in 1839. However, the court infighting did not subside with his death, and the political instability eventually paved way for the establishment of the Rana dynasty.
Ranajang Pande was stationed as a captain in the army in Kathmandu. He was aware of the disunity between the Samrajya Laxmi and Bhimsen, and thus he had secretly expressed his loyalty to Samrajya Laxmi and had vowed to help her in bringing Bhimsen Thapa down for all the wrongs he had committed against his family. Factions in the Nepalese court had also started to develop around the rivalry between the two queens, with the senior queen supporting the Pandes, while the junior queen supporting the Thapas. About a month after Mathabar's return to Kathmandu, a child was born out of an adulterous relationship between him and his widowed sister-in-law. This news was spread all over the country by the Pandes, and the resulting public disgrace forced Mathabar to leave Kathmandu and reside in his ancestral home in Pipal Thok, Borlang, Gorkha. To save face, Bhimsen gave Mathabar the governorship of Gorkha.
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