Pronunciation | English: Rāṇā |
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Gender | Neutral |
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Related names | Raña, Rane, Rani, Ranee, Rania and Rəna |
Rana is a given name and surname of multiple origins.
Rana is a surname found in Nepal. It belongs to the Magar indigenous people of Nepal. It is also used by chhetri group. Rana is one of the seven clans of Magars Tribes, “i.e.” Notable people with the surname: Sarbajit Rana Magar, Indira Ranamagar, Sita Rana Magar, Abhiman Singh Rana Magar, Victoria Cross holder Karanbahadur Rana
Rana is also a historical title, now also used as an Indian surname. Rana (title) is of Sanskrit origin meaning "king" and is the masculine derivative of the Sanskrit word "rānī" meaning "queen". [1] It was used as a princely title by the Rajput kings in the Indian subcontinent. [2] It is a surname of Rajputs in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh. Some other variants of the name include Rani and Ranee as well as the surname Rane , which is more common in Goa and Maharashtra. [3] [4]
In Persian, Arabic, Turkish and Kurdish; the name means "eye-catching, glittering, mesmerising" and "elegant, graceful", stemming from the word yarnū (Arabic : يرنو), meaning "to gaze at longingly". It is a given name for females in Middle Eastern countries. [5] [6] [7]
In Galician, it is a derivative of the surname Raña that may refer to someone from a place with the same name in A Coruña, Spain. [8] [9]
In Nordic countries, the name of Sámi origin means "green earth" or "fertile fields" after the mythological goddess Rana Niejta. [10] [11]
In Norse, the given name may refer to "nobility" or "queenly". [12] [13] [14] [15]
In Hebrew, the name may have the meaning "pure, clean". [16]
In New Zealand, it is a given name for males of Māori origin. [17] Less commonly, it is also a given name for females of English origin meaning "raven" [18]
In the Hausa language of Nigeria, Rana means “sun”.
In Italian and Spanish, the nickname may refer to "frog", [19] [20] [21] [22] possibly stemming from Holarctic true frogs of the genus Rana. [23] [24] [25]
In Japanese; the given name for females has multiple meanings depending on the choice of Kanji characters used, including "beautiful", "princess" or "serenity, harmony". [26] [27] [28]
Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev, was King of Nepal. Born in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, he ascended to the throne at the age of five, upon the death of his father, Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, and was crowned on 20 February 1913 at the Nasal Chowk, Hanuman Dhoka Palace in Kathmandu, with his mother acting as regent. At the time of his crowning, the position of monarch was largely ceremonial, with the real governing power residing with the Rana family.
The Rana dynasty was a Chhetri dynasty that imposed authoritarianism in the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1951, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making the Prime Minister and other government positions held by the Ranas hereditary. The Rana dynasty is historically known for their iron-fisted rule in Nepal. This changed after the Revolution of 1951 with the promulgation of a new constitution, when power shifted back to the monarchy of King Tribhuvan.
Birganj is a metropolitan city in Parsa District in Madhes Pradesh in southern Nepal. It lies 135 km (84 mi) south of the capital Kathmandu, attached in the north to Raxaul on the border of the Indian state of Bihar. As an entry point to Nepal from Patna, Birganj is known as the "Gateway of Nepal". It is also called the "Commercial Capital of Nepal". The town has significant economic importance for Nepal as most of the trade with India is via Birganj and the Indian town of Raxaul. The Tribhuvan Highway links Birganj to Nepal's capital, Kathmandu.
Thapa (pronunciation:[t̪ʰapa]) is an Indo-Aryan surname belonging to the Chhetri/Rajput caste (Kshatriya) in Nepal and parts of Northern India.[2][3] It is also used by the Magar tribes, a Sino-Tibetan speaking ethnicity.
Ranaudip Singh Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji, KCSI, commonly known as Ranodip Singh Kunwar was the second Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty. His style was His Excellency Commanding General Shree Shree Shree Maharaja Sir.
Field Marshal Sir Kaiser Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana was a field marshal in the Royal Nepalese Army. He was the third son of Maharaja Sir Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, the fifth Prime Minister of Nepal of the Rana dynasty and Bada Maharani Chandra Loka Bhaktha Rajya Lakshmi.
Commanding General Shree Maharaja Sir Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was the 11th Prime Minister of Nepal. He is remembered as a statesman who made reforms and infrastructure improvements. Bir Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana was known as Kailay in his childhood; this name was given by Jung Bahadur. His mother was daughter of Pahalman Singh Basnyat and sister of Lalitman Singh Basnyat. His mother died at his birth and he was taken care of by Putali Maharani, wife of Jung Bahadur. He spent his childhood at Thapathali Durbar.
Sir Baber Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was a member of the Rana dynasty who served as the Minister of Defence of Nepal in 1951. A prominent member of the Rana oligarchy, he fought valiantly in the First World War. He was the second son of Maharaja Sir Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and Bada Maharani Chandra Loka Bhakta Lakshmi Devi. He was the younger brother of Maharaja Sir Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and older brother of Field Marshal Sir Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.
Field-Marshal His Highness Maharaja Sri Teen Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was the Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty. He served in this capacity from 27 June 1901 to his death in 1929 after he successfully deposed his liberal and reformist brother Dev Shamsher. Although generally perceived as despotic and conservative, he is credited with several reforms including the abolition of slavery and establishing the Nepal-Britain Treaty of 1923, which recognised Nepal as an independent nation and an ally of Britain.
Kunwar is an Indian Royal title denoting a prince. It is derived from the Sanskrit word Rajkumar. It was traditionally associated with the feudal Rajputs such as the son of a Rana, Babu and Thakur
Sri Maharaja, Dev Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was the Prime Minister of Nepal for 114 days in 1901. He was also the King of Lamjung and Kaski.
The Shamshir, also Shamsher and Shamsheer, is a type of sword
Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana also known as Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Nepalese Army from September 2012 to August 2015. He is a descendant of the Shamsher Rana family of Nepal through then Maharajkumar Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.
Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana is a politician from the Rana dynasty. He served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Water Resources and Communication (1990–1994), Minister of Water Resources after the Panchayat era. He served as Minister of Panchayat and Local Development (1986–1988), Ministry of Transport and Tourism (1978–1979) and various other full ministers and state ministers during the Panchayat era. He is also one of the richest people in Nepal.
Dhir Shumsher Kunwar, after 1848 known as Dhir Shumsher Kunwar Ranaji or Dhir Shumsher Jang Kunwar Ranaji or shortly Dhir Shumsher Rana posthumously known as Dhir Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, was a Nepalese politician, army general, and minister of state. He served as the Commander-In-Chief of the Nepalese Army from 1879 to 1884.
Krishna Bahadur Kunwar, after 1848 CE known as Krishna Bahadur Kunwar Rana, was a Nepalese politician, administrator, military general and minister of state. He served as the acting Prime Minister of Nepal upon the demise of his elder brother Bam Bahadur Kunwar from 25 May 1857 to 28 June 1857. He also served as the Commander-In-Chief of the Nepalese Army between 1857 and 1862.
Jagat Jung Kunwar Rana, popularly known as Jagat Jung Rana was a Nepalese politician, military officer and courtier in the Kingdom of Nepal. He was the eldest son of the founder of Rana dynasty, Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana. He claimed the Premiership of Kingdom of Nepal and the throne of Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski against the traditional agnatic succession of the Rana dynasty. Driven by this motive, he attempted a coup against his uncles; Maharaja Prime Minister Ranodip Singh Kunwar and Commander-In-Chief Dhir Shamsher Kunwar Rana in the winter of 1881–1882. He was immediately thrown out of the roles of succession among Ranas. Later, he was pardoned and was impeased by Ranodip Singh as his successor after the death of Dhir Shamsher, which caused envy among his Shamsher cousins and ultimately led to his death in the 1885 Shamsher coup.
Dambar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Nepali: डम्बर शमशेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा; also known as Sano Maila ; 1859–1922 was First Nepalese Photographer, Military General, and Courtier in the Kingdom of Nepal.