Rise and Fall of Rana Rule

Things to remember

• Various circumstances had led to the rise of Rana Regime, Some of them are: Political instability, Contact of Jung Bahadur’s family with the palace, Support of East India Company, Nuptial relation with the royal family, Three Parvas(Kot Massacre, Bhandarkhal Event and Alau Event), Royal approval of 24th Shrawan 1913 BS.
• After the kot massacre in 1903 BS, Nepal was ruled by hereditary Rana prime ministers who came to power according to rules of succession and exercised absolute power. 
• Following the Sugauli Treaty of 1873 BS, Nepalese politics was highly influenced by the English ambassadors.