Ranajit Pande ( ne, रणजीत पाँडे) was Nepalese politician, military personnel and courtier in the
Kingdom of Nepal
The Kingdom of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल अधिराज्य), also known as the Gorkha Empire ( ne, गोरखा अधिराज्य) or Asal Hindustan ( ne, असल हिन्दुस्तान)(), was a Hindu kin ...
. He was member of the
Gora Pande clan of Gorkha. He became
Mulkaji
''Mulkaji'' ( ne, मूलकाजी) was the position of head of executive of Kingdom of Nepal in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was equivalent to Prime Minister of Nepal. There were 5 Mulkajis appointed between 1785 and 1804.
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of Nepal for a brief period in 1804 A.D.
Family
He was born as the second son of
Tularam Pande on 1809
Vikram Samvat
Vikram Samvat ( IAST: ''Vikrama Samvat''; abbreviated VS) or Bikram Sambat B.S. and also known as the Vikrami calendar, is a Hindu calendar historically used in the Indian subcontinent. Vikram Samvat is generally 57 years ahead of Gregorian Calen ...
(1752 A.D.). His ancestors as per the inscription installed by his brother ''Kapardar''
Bhotu Pande shows Tularam, Baliram and Birudatta in the three generations.
Relation with Thapas
He had a daughter Rana Kumari Pande who was married to ''
Thapa Kaji''
Nain Singh Thapa. Their children were
Mathabarsingh Thapa, Ganesh Kumari (mother of
Jang Bahadur Rana,
and Colonel
Ujir Singh Thapa.
*Ganesh Kumari is mother of
Jung Bahadur Rana
Maharaja Jung Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji, (born Bir Narsingh Kunwar ( ne, वीर नरसिंह कुँवर), 18 June 1817; popularly known as Jung Bahadur Rana (JBR, ne, जङ्गबहादुर राणा)) () belonging to the ...
, founder of
Rana dynasty
Rana dynasty ( ne, राणा वंश, IAST=Rāṇā vaṃśa , ) is a Chhetri dynasty that imposed totalitarianism in the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1951, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making Prime Minister and other ...
.
Career
Sino Nepalese war
He also fought in the
Sino-Nepalese War
The Sino-Nepalese War ( ne, नेपाल-चीन युद्ध), also known as the Sino-Gorkha war and in Chinese the campaign of Gorkha (), was an invasion of Tibet by Nepal from 1788 to 1792. The war was initially fought between Nepa ...
as subordinate commander under Chautariya Kaji Krishna Shah.
As a Mulkaji of Nepal
After the execution of Mulkazi Prime Minister
Damodar Pande, Ranajit who happens to be paternal cousin of Damodar was established as
Mulkaji
''Mulkaji'' ( ne, मूलकाजी) was the position of head of executive of Kingdom of Nepal in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was equivalent to Prime Minister of Nepal. There were 5 Mulkajis appointed between 1785 and 1804.
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(Chief Kazi) along with
Bhimsen Thapa as second Kazi,
Sher Bahadur Shah as Mul Chautariya and
Ranganath Paudel as Raj Guru (Royal Preceptor). Though he was made Mulkazi but the apex power of executive functions of state was carried out by
Rana Bahadur Shah
Rana Bahadur Shah, King of Nepal ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज रण बहादुर शाह देव) (1775–1806) was the King of Nepal from 1777 to 1799. In 1777, he succeeded to the throne after the deat ...
who assumed the title of Mukhtiyar (Chief Authority).
References
Bibliography
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*{{Citation, last=Hamal, first=Lakshman B., title=Military history of Nepal, publisher=Sharda Pustak Mandir, year=1995, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3RuAAAAMAAJ
Mulkajis
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing