Posted by: Gautam B. October 6, 2005
RANA REGIME
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iZen, all the rana prime ministers were criminals. Most of the times, one went to the post by killing his predecessor or forcing him out. Junge started it with too much of bloodshed. But again, rana regime started due to foolishness of the shah dynasty. Starting from Rana bahadur shah, every king was more or less mad. Coming to Surendra Bikram Shah, he was completely mad. He created Junge. Among Rana prime ministers, only Dev ShamSher was comparatively liberal. He tried to educate people. He sent the first batch of nepalese students to overseas for studying modern technology. That's the reason he was kicked out of the post of Shree 3 by his clan. I think he was the shortest serving rana PM. After 2007, though they didn't have so much direct rule, but some of them are still powerful. One of the sources of their power till now is their marriage relation to shahs. They, along with shahs and other few BHARDARS still hold majority key posts inside RNA and have very much command over it. That is the reason why RNA never developed into a fully professional army.
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