RANA, JUNG BAHADUR

 Shrewd and sagacious Jung Bahadur Rana was a self made man who started as an humble soldier and ended as the powerful maharaja (All powerful prime minister) of Nepal. Rana autocracy, thus, started with him by overshadowing the then sovereign Shah kings of Nepal. King Rajendra Bikram Shah was in the throne at that time. But, in actual practice his queen was virtually exercising all of his powers. It is believed that she had always favoured someone known to be her  beloved one. His name is Gagan Singh and that he was murdered by some one strategically at his own residence. That event caused much anger of the queen and as a result the famous Kot massacre took place in the year 1946 BS in which 55 nobilities and high officials lost their lives at the hands of Jung Bahadur Rana. After that Jung Bahadur took over virtually every power from the King and ruled like a dictator.