Life in the Courts: Portraits and Ceremonies. The Ranas ruled Nepal from 1846 when Jung Bahadur Rana captured power from the Shah Kings and started a 104 year rule as hereditary Prime Ministers. As Dirgha Man started working in the courts since the late 19th century, Rana Portraits and Ceremonie...
From left to right: Prime Minister Kirtinidhi Bista, Ambassador Carol C. Laise as Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Nepal and Commander-in-Chief Singha B. Basnet rides on an elephant during the rice feeding ceremony of HRH Crown Prince Dipendra in 1972.