04-25-2006, 01:10 AM
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->HH Maharani Madhavi Raje, (née Kiran Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana of Nepal), married 9th May 1966.
Usha Raje Scindia is also married in Rana family.
Usha Raje is Madhavrao Scindia's sister. Pashupati Shumsher Rana, her husbans is a prominent figure in Nepal politics. A very active and influential politician. He has been in power many times and handled many portfolios. Mohun Shumsher Rana, the last PM of the Rana family was the grandfather of Pashupati Rana. His first cousin is married to Dr Karan Singh (son of Maharaja Hari Singh) of Kashmir.
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India's current envoy to Nepal, Dr Karan Singh, also has family ties with Nepal royalty and is another of the invitees to the wedding.
Incidentally, Pratap's sister, Priyadarshini Raje, is married to Jyotiraditya. Gwalior's Scindia royal family, which has close ties with the Ranas of Nepal, is tightlipped about the matter.
In fact it's a season of weddings for the Scindia clan â <b>Jyotiraditya's cousin Devyani Rana is slated to tie the knot with HRD Minister Arjun Singh's grand son Ashwarya Singh.</b>
Pratap, the son of Sangramsinh Gaekwad, the youngest brother of Baroda's last ruler Fatehsinhrao Gaekwad, will be tying the knot with Praggyashree Thapa, the daughter of Gen Pyar Jung Thapa, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Nepal Army.
Traditionally, members of Nepal's royal Shah dynasty, including King Birendra and his two brothers, choose a spouse from the Rana line to ensure political peace in Nepal.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->On Wednesday, Singh was to meet Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, chief of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), who is also brother-in-law of Vasundhara Raje, chief minister of Rajasthan.
Significantly, Rana was given an audience by King Gyanendra at the Narayanhity royal palace Tuesday in a surprising cessation of hostilities. Earlier this year, the king engineered a split in the RPP and persuaded the breakaway faction to support the controversial local elections by giving it berths in the cabinet.
Karan Singh is also scheduled to meet opposition leader Girija Prasad Koirala and ousted prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. The royal audience is scheduled Thursday, when he will also meet another former prime minister, Surya Bahadur Thapa.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->HH Maharani Madhavi Raje, (née Kiran Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana of Nepal), married 9th May 1966.
Usha Raje Scindia is also married in Rana family.
Usha Raje is Madhavrao Scindia's sister. Pashupati Shumsher Rana, her husbans is a prominent figure in Nepal politics. A very active and influential politician. He has been in power many times and handled many portfolios. Mohun Shumsher Rana, the last PM of the Rana family was the grandfather of Pashupati Rana. His first cousin is married to Dr Karan Singh (son of Maharaja Hari Singh) of Kashmir.
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India's current envoy to Nepal, Dr Karan Singh, also has family ties with Nepal royalty and is another of the invitees to the wedding.
Incidentally, Pratap's sister, Priyadarshini Raje, is married to Jyotiraditya. Gwalior's Scindia royal family, which has close ties with the Ranas of Nepal, is tightlipped about the matter.
In fact it's a season of weddings for the Scindia clan â <b>Jyotiraditya's cousin Devyani Rana is slated to tie the knot with HRD Minister Arjun Singh's grand son Ashwarya Singh.</b>
Pratap, the son of Sangramsinh Gaekwad, the youngest brother of Baroda's last ruler Fatehsinhrao Gaekwad, will be tying the knot with Praggyashree Thapa, the daughter of Gen Pyar Jung Thapa, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Nepal Army.
Traditionally, members of Nepal's royal Shah dynasty, including King Birendra and his two brothers, choose a spouse from the Rana line to ensure political peace in Nepal.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->On Wednesday, Singh was to meet Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, chief of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), who is also brother-in-law of Vasundhara Raje, chief minister of Rajasthan.
Significantly, Rana was given an audience by King Gyanendra at the Narayanhity royal palace Tuesday in a surprising cessation of hostilities. Earlier this year, the king engineered a split in the RPP and persuaded the breakaway faction to support the controversial local elections by giving it berths in the cabinet.
Karan Singh is also scheduled to meet opposition leader Girija Prasad Koirala and ousted prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. The royal audience is scheduled Thursday, when he will also meet another former prime minister, Surya Bahadur Thapa.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->