Jang Bahadur Rana

Jang Bahadur Rana was a Nepalese general and statesman who seized power after the Kot massacre of 1846 and founded the Rana regime, under which his family held hereditary office as prime ministers while the kings were figureheads. He visited Britain and France in 1850, issued the Muluki Ain law code in 1854 and sent troops to help the British during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The Rana regime lasted until 1951.