King Surendra had bestowed upon Jung Bahadur…

King Surendra had bestowed upon Jung Bahadur Kunwar the honorific title of Rana, an old title denoting martial glory used by Rajput princes in northern India, in 1858.

He then became Jung Bahadur Rana, and the later prime ministers descended from his family will add his name to their own in honor of his accomplishments.

Thus they will all become "Jung Bahadur Ranas," and their line becomes known as the house of the Ranas.

Jung Bahadur remains prime minister until 1877, suppressing conspiracies and local revolts and enjoying the fruits of his early successes.

He exercises almost unlimited power over internal affairs, taking for his own use whatever funds were available in the treasury.

He lives in the high style of an Anglicized native prince in the British Raj, although unlike the Indian princes he is the ruler of a truly independent nation, an ally rather than a subordinate of the British.

He dies as he has lived, a man of action, during a hunting expedition in the Tarai.