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Jung Bahadur Rana

1817 - 1877

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Jung Bahadur Rana, , was born Bir Narsingh Kunwar (1817-1877). His mother, Ganesh Kumari, was the daughter of Kaji Nain Singh Thapa, the brother of Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa from the prominent Thapa dynasty. During his lifetime, Jung Bahadur eliminated factional fighting at court, removed his family's rivals such as the Pandes and Basnyats, introduced innovations in the bureaucracy and judiciary, and made efforts to modernize Nepal. He is considered a significant figure in Nepalese history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jung Bahadur Rana is the 6,370th most popular politician (up from 12,965th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Nepal (up from 27th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Nepalese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jung Bahadur Rana ranks 6,370 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander Gorchakov, Princess Marie of Baden, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Fayez al-Sarraj, Balamber, and Wilfried Martens. After him are Emperor Jomei, Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, Sayyida al Hurra, Andrei Karlov, Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, and Kantarō Suzuki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Jung Bahadur Rana ranks 25. Before him are Pierre Larousse, Austen Henry Layard, Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, and Albert von Kölliker. After him are Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Antonio de Torres Jurado, José Zorrilla, Mihail Kogălniceanu, and Karl Vogt. Among people deceased in 1877, Jung Bahadur Rana ranks 22. Before him are Antoine Augustin Cournot, Hermann Grassmann, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Kido Takayoshi, Yaqub Beg, and Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse. After him are Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Philipp Veit, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, Constantine Kanaris, Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, and Pōmare IV.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Jung Bahadur Rana ranks 18 out of 59. Before him are Ram Chandra Poudel (1944), Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), Birendra of Nepal (1945), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1949), and Sanu Sharma (null). After him are Ram Baran Yadav (1948), Anuruddha (-450), Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1875), Madhav Kumar Nepal (1953), Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (1980), and Suman Pokhrel (1967).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nepal

Among politicians born in Nepal, Jung Bahadur Rana ranks 11. Before him are Śuddhodana (-590), Ram Chandra Poudel (1944), Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), Birendra of Nepal (1945), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), and Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1949). After him are Ram Baran Yadav (1948), Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1875), Madhav Kumar Nepal (1953), Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (1980), Tribhuvan of Nepal (1906), and Mahendra of Nepal (1920).

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