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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 | "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= | 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= | 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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