Jagat Jung Kunwar Rana, popularly known as Jagat Jung Rana ( ne, जगतजङ्ग राणा) was a Nepalese politician, military officer 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 king ...

. He was the eldest son of 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 ...

Jung Bahadur Kunwar 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 ...

. He claimed the Premiership of Kingdom of Nepal and the throne of Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski against the traditional

agnatic succession Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritanc ...

of the

. Driven by this motive, he attempted a coup against his uncles; Maharaja Prime Minister

Ranodip Singh Kunwar Ranaudip Singh Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji (alternatively spelled Rana Uddip, Renaudip or Ranoddip), KCSI (3 April 1825 – 22 November 1885), commonly known as Ranodip Singh Kunwar ( ne, रणोद्दिप सिंह कुँवर) was th ...

and Commander-In-Chief

Dhir Shamsher Kunwar Rana Dhir Shumsher Kunwar (1828 – 1884 Kathmandu) after 1848 known as Dhir Shumsher Kunwar Ranaji ( ne, धीर शम्शेर कुँवर राणाजी) or Dhir Shumsher Jang Kunwar Ranaji or shortly Dhir Shumsher Rana posthumously ...

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.

Early life

He was born at Kathmandu on 1 March 1848 as the second son 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 ...

with his second wife. In 1839, Jung Bahadur's first infant son had already died, thus, he was referred as the eldest son of Jung Bahadur Rana.

Career

Feud at father's funeral

Jagat Jung and Crown Prince Trailokya of Nepal plotted to force King

Surendra of Nepal Surendra Bikram Shah ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज सुरेन्द्र बिक्रम शाह देव ) (1829–1881) was King of Nepal between 1847 and 1881. He became king after Prime Minister Jung B ...

to abdicate the throne and appoint Jagat Jung as the

Prime Minister of Nepal The Prime Minister of Nepal ( ne, नेपालको प्रधानमन्त्री) is the head of government of Nepal. The Prime Minister is the head of the Council of Ministers of Nepal and the chief adviser to the President of N ...

after the death of Jagat Jung's father, Jung Bahadur. Jung Bahadur died on

Falgun Falgun or Phalgun (; ne, फाल्गुण) or Phagun ( as, ফাগুন) is the eleventh month of the year in the Bengali calendar, the Assamese calendar, and the Nepali calendar. In the revision of the Bengali calendar used in Bangladesh ...

1933 V.S. (March 1877) at

Rautahat Rautahat is a village development committee in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2252 people living in 468 individual households. Jung Bahadur Rana ...

Dhir Shamsher Rana Dhir Shumsher Kunwar (1828 – 1884 Kathmandu) after 1848 known as Dhir Shumsher Kunwar Ranaji ( ne, धीर शम्शेर कुँवर राणाजी) or Dhir Shumsher Jang Kunwar Ranaji or shortly Dhir Shumsher Rana posthumously ...

circulated a rumour that his brother Jung Bahadur was critically ill, upon which Jagat Jung and Crown Prince Trailokya rushed to Patharghatta. On their absence in Kathmandu, Dhir Shamsher immediately imposed King Surendra to declare

and destroyed the plot of Jagat Jung and the Crown Prince. Afterwards Jagat Jung and Prince Trailokya came back to Kathmandu after the funeral, they began to overthrow Jagat Jagat's uncle Dhir Shamsher from the political scenario of Nepal.

Coup attempt of 1938 (1881–82)

When

Commander-In-Chief of the Nepalese Army The Chief of the Nepalese Army (or Gorkhali Army) ( ne, नेपाली सेनाको प्रधानसेनापति) is the military position of army head of the Nepalese Army, initially known as ''Gorkhali Army''. The Chief of the ...

, Jagat Shamsher Kunwar Rana, died in 1879, Dhir Shamsher succeeded him but did not intend to transfer his current position of Senior Commanding-General of Western Commanding forces to his nephew Jagat Jung because the forces under Western Command were huge. This event further incensed the relationship of Jagat Jung with his uncle Dhir Shamsher. The faction of Bharadars against Ranodip Singh and Dhir Shamsher led by Crown Prince Trailokya and Jagat Jung, attempted

coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...

twice in the year 1938

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 Calend ...

(1881–1882 CE) against both the Prime Minister Ranodip Singh and the Army Chief Dhir Shamsher. Both attempts were aborted, and for the third attempt, the date of execution was fixed on last day of

Poush Poush ( bn, পৌষ; ne, पौष) is the 9th month of both the Bengali calendar and the Nepali calendar. It overlaps December and January of the Gregorian calendar. It is the first month of the winter season. This month marks the start of Wi ...

(14 December 1881) when Ranodip Singh went on a hunting trip to Terai. The conspirating faction sought the assistance of Lieutenant Uttardhwaj who had ancestral rivalry with the Shrivikram Singh Thapa, a member of the conspirator group due to which, Lt. Uttardhwaj revealed the plot to Dhir Shamsher who was in Kathmandu and the conspiracy was immediately informed to the entouring Prime Minister Ranodip Singh. Bambir Bikram Rana, Sangramsur Bisht and Amrit Simha Adhikari, members of conspirating faction, revealed the conspiracy. Jagat Jung and Bambir Bikram Rana were removed out of the roles of succession of Ranas.

Coup of 1942 (1885)

Dhir Shamsher died on 14 October 1884. After his death, Maharaja Ranodip Singh called his estranged nephew Jagat Jung and began to impease him. All faction of Ranas knew that Jagat Jung would murder and destroy the Shamsher family if he succeeds the uncle Maharaja Ranodip Singh. The insecurity of sons of Dhir Shamsher (Shamsher faction) escalated due to impeasement of Jagat Jung by Ranodip Singh and they were against this recent uprising of Jagat Jung. Finally, they overpowered their cousins and conducted the 1885 Shamsher coup. In the coup, Prime Minister

and Jagat Jung were killed. By the coup of 1885, Shamsher brothers established the "rule of seventeen brothers" and a new era in Nepal.

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