Devyani Rana was the prospective fiancée of the Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal. She is the daughter of Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana and Usharaje Scindia , Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana is the president of one of the democratic political parties of Nepal, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP).
According to published reports, the refusal of Dipendra's parents to consent to his marriage with Devyani was the cause of the massacre of the...
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Devyani Rana
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The Shah dynasty was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Nepal.
The former royal family of Nepal are the descendants of the Parmar Rajput dynasty of the Narsinghgarh state in Malwa (Madhya Pradesh, India). The famous kings of the Malwa region were Raja Bhrathari, Samrat Vikramaditya and Raja Bhoj....
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