Ranajit Pande () was a Nepalese politician, military personnel and courtier in the

Kingdom of Nepal The Kingdom of Nepal was a Hindu monarchy in South Asia, founded in 1768 through the unification of Nepal, expansion of the Gorkha Kingdom. The kingdom was also known as the Gorkha Empire and was sometimes called History of Asal Hindustan, ...

. He was a member of the Gora Pande clan of Gorkha. He became

Mulkaji ''Mulkaji'' () was the position of head of executive of Kingdom of Nepal The Kingdom of Nepal was a Hindu monarchy in South Asia, founded in 1768 through the unification of Nepal, expansion of the Gorkha Kingdom. The kingdom was also k ...

of Nepal for a brief period in 1804 A.D.

Family

He was born as the second son of

Tularam Pande Tularam Pande () was a Nepalese military personnel, diplomat and politician in the Gorkha Kingdom. He was a diplomat who served King Prithvi Narayan Shah of Gorkha. Two of his diplomatic missions were with Dolakha and Kathmandu while the latter ...

on 1809

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(1752 A.D.). His ancestors as per the inscription installed by his brother ''Kapardar''

Bhotu Pande ''Kapardar'' Bhotu Pande or ''Shatrubhanjan'' () (born 1763) was a Nepalese politician, military personnel and courtier in the Kingdom of Nepal. He was member of the Gora Pande clan of Gorkha and the youngest son of Kaji Tularam Pande. Tularam h ...

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 Thapa Kaji is a large social group of people of Jharra/Pure Chhettri caste (Kshatriya varna) in Nepal. Thapas of Uttrakhand And Himanchal State of India are considered as Pahari Rajput. Over a period of time, this community has spread to many pa ...

Nain Singh Thapa Nain Singh Thapa or Nayan Singh Thapa () (died late 1806 or early 1807) was a Nepalese Kaji (minister) and a military general. He died in the offensive campaign of Kangra from bullet injury. He was the owner of the Thapathali Durbar temple compl ...

. Their children were

Mathabarsingh Thapa Mathabar Singh Thapa (, 17981845) was the Prime Minister of Nepal and the Commander-In-Chief of the Nepalese Army from 25 December 1843 – 17 May 1845, until he was murdered by his nephew Jung Bahadur Rana. He was the first Mukhtiyar to title ...

, Ganesh Kumari (mother of

Jang Bahadur Rana 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 eli ...

Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal Tripurasundari (; 1794 – 6 April 1832), also known as Lalit Tripura Sundari Devi, was a queen consort of Nepal by marriage to King Rana Bahadur Shah of Nepal. Widowed at a very young age and childless, she served as regent of the kingdom for a ...

and Colonel

Ujir Singh Thapa Ujir Singh Thapa or Uzir Singh Thapa (), also known as Wazir Simha Thapa, anglicized as Wuzeer Singh, was a Nepalese administrator and military officer. He was the son of Kaji Nain Singh Thapa, a nephew of the Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa and elder ...

. *Ganesh Kumari is mother of

Jung Bahadur Rana 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 eli ...

, founder of Rana dynasty.

Career

Sino Nepalese war

He also fought in the

Sino-Nepalese War The Sino-Nepalese War (), also known as the Sino-Gorkha War and in Chinese as the campaign of Gorkha (), was a war fought between the Qing dynasty of China and the Kingdom of Nepal in the late 18th century following an invasion of Tibet by th ...

as subordinate commander under Chautariya Kaji Krishna Shah.

As a Mulkaji of Nepal

After the execution of Mulkazi Prime Minister

Damodar Pande Damodar Pande () (1752 – March 13, 1804) was the Mulkaji, Mulkaji of Nepal (equivalent to Prime Minister of Nepal) from 1803 until March 1804 and the most influential Kaji from 1794 to his execution on March 13, 1804. He is also arguably ref ...

, Ranajit who happens to be paternal cousin of Damodar was established as

(Chief Kazi) along with

Bhimsen Thapa Bhimsen Thapa ( (August 1775 – 29 July 1839)) was a Nepalese statesman who served as the ''Mukhtiyar'' (equivalent to prime minister) and de facto ruler of Nepal from 1806 to 1837. He is widely known as the List of Prime Ministers of Nepal, l ...

as second Kazi,

Sher Bahadur Shah Sher Bahadur Shah (; January 1778 – 25 April 1806) was a Nepalese noble who served as Chautaria from 1794 until his assassination in 1806. He was the son of King Pratapsingh Shah and the 3rd dynasty royal prince of Nepal. Biography Sher Ba ...

as Mul Chautariya and

Ranganath Paudel Ranga Nath Poudyal Atreya () popularly known as Ranganath Pandit was the Mukhtiyar of Nepal from 1837 December to 1838 August and in 1840 November for about 2–3 weeks. He was the first Brahmin Prime Minister of Nepal. Early life Ranga Nath Po ...

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 (; 25 May 1775 – 26 April 1806) was King of Nepal, he succeeded to the throne after the death of his father, King Pratap Singh Shah. He ruled under the regencies of his mother, Queen Rajendra Rajya Lakshmi D ...

who assumed the title of Mukhtiyar (Chief Authority).

References

Bibliography

* * * * *{{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