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