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	[[File:Statue of Maharana Pratap of Mewar, commemorating the Battle of Haldighati, City Palace, Udaipur.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|200px\|A statue of [[Rana Pratap Singh]], a Sisodia Rajput ruler of the 16th century.]]		[[File:Statue of Maharana Pratap of Mewar, commemorating the Battle of Haldighati, City Palace, Udaipur.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|200px\|A statue of [[Rana Pratap Singh]], a Sisodia Rajput ruler of the 16th century.]]

	"Rana" was formerly used as a title of martial [[sovereignty]] by [[Rajput]] kings in [[India]].<ref name="title">{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-aArqOqBGBQC&q=rana%20dynasty%20nepal%20rajput&pg=PA42 \|page=42 \|title=Nepal \|first=Krishna \|last=Bhattarai \|publisher=Infobase Publishing\|year=2009 \|isbn=9781438105239}}</ref> Today, members of some [[Rajput clans]] in [[Indian subcontinent]] use it as a hereditary title. In [[Pakistan]], mostly [[Muslim\|Muslims]]—but also some [[Hindu\|Hindus]] in [[Sindh]] (present-day Pakistan)—use it as a hereditary title.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-14-191812-Rajput-appeal-from-Amarkot\|title=Rajput appeal from Amarkot\|date=24 July 2013\|work=The News International, Pakistan\|access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref> [[Umerkot]], a state in Sindh, has a Hindu Thakur Sodha Rajput ruler who uses the title.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~\|url=~~http~~://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Rana-kin-in-Pakistan-for-mourning/articleshow/4875267.cms\|title=Rana kin in Pakistan for mourning\|~~work~~=The Times of India\|access-date=10 September ~~2015~~}}</ref>		"Rana" was formerly used as a title of martial [[sovereignty]] by [[Rajput]] kings in [[India]].<ref name="title">{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-aArqOqBGBQC&q=rana%20dynasty%20nepal%20rajput&pg=PA42 \|page=42 \|title=Nepal \|first=Krishna \|last=Bhattarai \|publisher=Infobase Publishing\|year=2009 \|isbn=9781438105239}}</ref> Today, members of some [[Rajput clans]] in [[Indian subcontinent]] use it as a hereditary title. In [[Pakistan]], mostly [[Muslim\|Muslims]]—but also some [[Hindu\|Hindus]] in [[Sindh]] (present-day Pakistan)—use it as a hereditary title.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-14-191812-Rajput-appeal-from-Amarkot\|title=Rajput appeal from Amarkot\|date=24 July 2013\|work=The News International, Pakistan\|access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref> [[Umerkot]], a state in Sindh, has a Hindu Thakur Sodha Rajput ruler who uses the title.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Rana-kin-in-Pakistan-for-mourning/articleshow/4875267.cms\|title=Rana kin in Pakistan for mourning\|author=P B Chandra\|date=10 August 2009\|newspaper=The Times of India\|access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref>

	In the 16th century, [[Rana Parshad Sodha\|Rana Prasad]], the monarch of Umerkot, gave refuge to the [[Mughal Empire\|Mughal]] prince [[Humayun]] and his wife, [[Hamida Banu Begum]], who had fled from military defeat at the hands of [[Sher Shah Suri]]. Their son [[Akbar]] was born in the fort of the Rana of Umerkot.<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/article198019.ece\|title=Umerkot's former Rajput ruler is dead\|~~work~~=The Hindu\|access-date=10 September ~~2015~~}}</ref>		In the 16th century, [[Rana Parshad Sodha\|Rana Prasad]], the monarch of Umerkot, gave refuge to the [[Mughal Empire\|Mughal]] prince [[Humayun]] and his wife, [[Hamida Banu Begum]], who had fled from military defeat at the hands of [[Sher Shah Suri]]. Their son [[Akbar]] was born in the fort of the Rana of Umerkot.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/article198019.ece\|title=Umerkot's former Rajput ruler is dead\|newspaper=The Hindu\|access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref>

	[[File:Maharaj Jung London 1850 AD.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Sri\|Shree Teen]] Maharaj Jung Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji at London in 1850]]		[[File:Maharaj Jung London 1850 AD.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Sri\|Shree Teen]] Maharaj Jung Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji at London in 1850]]
	The head of the Kunwar nobles of Nepal, [[Jung Bahadur Rana\|Jung Bahadur Kunwar]], took the title of Rana(ji) and [[Sri\|Shree Teen]] [[Maharaja]] after consolidation of his post of [[List of Prime Ministers of Nepal\|Prime Minister of Nepal]]. This dynasty controlled administration of the [[Kingdom of Nepal]] from 1846 until 1951, reducing the [[Shah dynasty\|Shah monarch]] to a figurehead and making [[List of Prime Ministers of Nepal\|Prime Minister]] and other government positions hereditary.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Dietrich\|first=Angela\|title=Buddhist Monks and Rana Rulers: A History of Persecution\|url=http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-BH/bh117536.htm \|access-date=17 September ~~2013~~\|newspaper=Buddhist Himalaya: A Journal of Nagarjuna Institute of Exact Methods\|year=1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last= Lal \|first=C. K.\|title= The Rana resonance \|url= http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=8741 \|access-date=17 September ~~2013~~\|newspaper= [[Nepali Times]] \|date=16 February 2001}}</ref>		The head of the Kunwar nobles of Nepal, [[Jung Bahadur Rana\|Jung Bahadur Kunwar]], took the title of Rana(ji) and [[Sri\|Shree Teen]] [[Maharaja]] after consolidation of his post of [[List of Prime Ministers of Nepal\|Prime Minister of Nepal]]. This dynasty controlled administration of the [[Kingdom of Nepal]] from 1846 until 1951, reducing the [[Shah dynasty\|Shah monarch]] to a figurehead and making [[List of Prime Ministers of Nepal\|Prime Minister]] and other government positions hereditary.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Dietrich\|first=Angela\|title=Buddhist Monks and Rana Rulers: A History of Persecution\|url=http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-BH/bh117536.htm \|access-date=5 September 2021\|newspaper=Buddhist Himalaya: A Journal of Nagarjuna Institute of Exact Methods\|year=1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last= Lal \|first=C. K.\|title= The Rana resonance \|url= http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=8741 \|access-date=5 September 2021\|newspaper= [[Nepali Times]] \|date=16 February 2001}}</ref>

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'''''Rana''''' ([[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]: {{lang|sa|राणा}}) is a historical title denoting an absolute Hindu [[monarch]]{{cn|date=June 2019}} in the [[Indian subcontinent]]. Today, it is used as a hereditary name in the Indian subcontinent.
"Rana" was formerly used as a title of martial [[sovereignty]] by [[Rajput]] kings in [[India]].<ref name="title">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-aArqOqBGBQC&q=rana%20dynasty%20nepal%20rajput&pg=PA42 |page=42 |title=Nepal |first=Krishna |last=Bhattarai |publisher=Infobase Publishing|year=2009 |isbn=9781438105239}}</ref>
[[Rani]] is the title for the wife of a rana or a female monarch. It also applies to the wife of a [[raja]]. Compound titles include ''rana sahib'', ''ranaji'', ''rana bahadur'', and ''[[maharana]]''.

==Usage in the Indian subcontinent==
[[File:Bhim Singh of Mewar.jpg|thumb|230px|[[Bhim Singh of Mewar|Bhim Singh]], the Rana of Udaipur]]
[[File:Statue of Maharana Pratap of Mewar, commemorating the Battle of Haldighati, City Palace, Udaipur.jpg|thumb|upright|200px|A statue of [[Rana Pratap Singh]], a Sisodia Rajput ruler of the 16th century.]]

"Rana" was formerly used as a title of martial [[sovereignty]] by [[Rajput]] kings in [[India]].<ref name="title">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-aArqOqBGBQC&q=rana%20dynasty%20nepal%20rajput&pg=PA42 |page=42 |title=Nepal |first=Krishna |last=Bhattarai |publisher=Infobase Publishing|year=2009 |isbn=9781438105239}}</ref> Today, members of some [[Rajput clans]] in [[Indian subcontinent]] use it as a hereditary title. In [[Pakistan]], mostly [[Muslim|Muslims]]—but also some [[Hindu|Hindus]] in [[Sindh]] (present-day Pakistan)—use it as a hereditary title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-14-191812-Rajput-appeal-from-Amarkot|title=Rajput appeal from Amarkot|date=24 July 2013|work=The News International, Pakistan|access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref> [[Umerkot]], a state in Sindh, has a Hindu Thakur Sodha Rajput ruler who uses the title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Rana-kin-in-Pakistan-for-mourning/articleshow/4875267.cms|title=Rana kin in Pakistan for mourning|work=The Times of India|access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref>

In the 16th century, [[Rana Parshad Sodha|Rana Prasad]], the monarch of Umerkot, gave refuge to the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] prince [[Humayun]] and his wife, [[Hamida Banu Begum]], who had fled from military defeat at the hands of [[Sher Shah Suri]]. Their son [[Akbar]] was born in the fort of the Rana of Umerkot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/article198019.ece|title=Umerkot's former Rajput ruler is dead|work=The Hindu|access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Maharaj Jung London 1850 AD.jpg|right|thumb|[[Sri|Shree Teen]] Maharaj Jung Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji at London in 1850]]
The head of the Kunwar nobles of Nepal, [[Jung Bahadur Rana|Jung Bahadur Kunwar]], took the title of Rana(ji) and [[Sri|Shree Teen]] [[Maharaja]] after consolidation of his post of [[List of Prime Ministers of Nepal|Prime Minister of Nepal]]. This dynasty controlled administration of the [[Kingdom of Nepal]] from 1846 until 1951, reducing the [[Shah dynasty|Shah monarch]] to a figurehead and making [[List of Prime Ministers of Nepal|Prime Minister]] and other government positions hereditary.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dietrich|first=Angela|title=Buddhist Monks and Rana Rulers: A History of Persecution|url=http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-BH/bh117536.htm |access-date=17 September 2013|newspaper=Buddhist Himalaya: A Journal of Nagarjuna Institute of Exact Methods|year=1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last= Lal |first=C. K.|title= The Rana resonance |url= http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=8741 |access-date=17 September 2013|newspaper= [[Nepali Times]] |date=16 February 2001}}</ref>

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