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Prithvi Narayan Shah ruled (1743-1775) 32 Years and lived (1723-1775) = 52 Years

Pratap Singh Shah ruled (1775-1777) 2 Years, and lived (1751-1777)= 27 Years

Rana Bahadur Shah ruled (1777-1799) 22 Years and lived (1775-1805)= 30 Years

Girbanyudha B. B. Shah ruled (1799-1816) 17 Years and lived (1797-1816) = 19 Years

Rajendra Bir Bikram Shah ruled (1816-1847) 31 Years lived (1813-1881) = 68 Years

Surendra Bir Bikram Shah (1847-1881) 34 Years and lived (1829-1881) = 52 Years

Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1881-1911) 30 Years and lived (1875-1911) = 36 Years

Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah (1911-1955) 44 Years and lived (1906-1955) = 49 Years

Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah ruled (between 1950--1951) = 2 months

Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah ruled (1955-1972) 27 Years and lived 1920-1972 = 52 Years

Birendra Bir Bikram Shah (1972-2001) 29 Years and lived 1945 -2001)= 56 Years

Dipendra B. B. Shah (02.-04. Juni 2001) 3 days and and lived (1971-2001)= 30 Years

Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah ruled as a king and Prime Minister (2001-2006) = 5 years

ordered the royal army to kill 22 innocent demonstrators.

-born on 07.07.1947, is now 59 Years old and still walking freely without being punished.
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The statistics says Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah should have been dead 17 years ago.?

interesting

Those rulars drove Nepal into darkness for 200 years.

from left: Mir Subba Gunja Man Singh, ?, Sur Shamsher, Col. Indra Bahadur, ?, Gajaraj Jung Thapa, Bada Kazi Marichi Man, Maharadschah Juddha Shumshere Rana (white gloves), Nayab Bada Guruju Hem Raj Pandey, Bahadur Shamsher, Surendra Shamsher, Rabi Shamsher, Narendra Man, ?, Postcard from about 1940

Another Rana master...

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Can you read this Postcard ?

It was written by Chandra Shamsher!!!!
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Does any body know this place ??
It still exists today as in the picture.
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sayami, can you tell me where did you get these pics from pls. and the last pic look pretty similar to surendra bhawan, or it could be the one where british primary school is located.

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Sayami, really historic collection. Enjoyed.

does anyone has more photographs from the past of the Ranas and the Royals?

sayami pics r really classical, you have said king have killed 22 people, i say maoist have killed thousand innocents, they should be punish also.

keep on posting old figures...

forgot to metion ealier. there is a printing error if anyone has noticed. "chandra shamsher jang bahadur rana"......... i guess it should be "Jung bahadur rana"

It was not a mistake. That was the time Nepal was very much influenced by English English. They used to write Jang . Today international english or US English speakers write Jung. They are both correct.
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hmm.... didn't knew that. thx.

These Shahs live a very short life. Why are they so jealous/greedy? For what? In Nepal's history Shahs happen to be the greediest kings.

Very interesting! Would be even more interesting to unravel a little bit of history! Thanks for the initiator!

Can we see more of those historical photos?
The existing ones are awesome. The posters have literally put together a virtual museum on this thread. Kudos to you (For the first time using the word 'kudos' in my life, hopefully its usage is correct). Thank you and long live democracy without the bloodsuckers.
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Here's Janga Bahadur Rana Himself