Editing History of Nepal (section)

====Rana rule====
{{main|Rana dynasty}}
[[Jung Bahadur Rana]] was the first ruler from this dynasty. Rana rulers were titled "''Shree Teen''" and "''Maharaja''", whereas Shah kings were "''Shree Panch''" and "''Maharajadhiraja''". Jung Bahadur codified laws and modernized the state's bureaucracy. In the coup d'état of 1846, the nephews of Jung Bahadur and [[Ranodip Singh Kunwar|Ranodip Singh]] murdered Ranodip Singh and the sons of Jung Bahadur, adopted the name of Jung Bahadur and took control of Nepal. Nine Rana rulers took the hereditary office of Prime Minister. All were styled (self proclaimed) Maharaja of [[Lamjung District|Lamjung]] and [[Kaski District|Kaski]].

The Rana regime, a tightly centralized [[autocracy]], pursued a policy of isolating Nepal from external influences. This policy helped Nepal maintain its independence during the British colonial era, but it also impeded the country's economic development and modernisation. The Ranas were staunchly pro-British and assisted the British during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] and later in both [[World war|World Wars]]. At the same time, despite Chinese claims, the British supported Nepalese independence at the beginning of the twentieth century.<ref>{{cite web
  | author = Matteo Miele
  | title = British Diplomatic Views on Nepal and the Final Stage of the Ch'ing Empire (1910–1911)
  | publisher = Prague Papers on the History of International Relations
  | date = 2017
  | url = https://sites.ff.cuni.cz/praguepapers/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/09/Matteo_Miele_90-101.pdf
  | pages = 90–101
  | access-date = 2017-10-10
 }}</ref> In December 1923, Britain and Nepal formally signed a "[[Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923|treaty of perpetual peace and friendship]]" superseding the Sugauli Treaty of 1816 and upgrading the British resident in Kathmandu to an envoy.

Slavery was abolished in Nepal in 1924 under premiership of [[Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana|Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana]].<ref>Tucci, Giuseppe. (1952). ''Journey to Mustang, 1952''. Trans. by Diana Fussell. 1st Italian edition, 1953; 1st English edition, 1977. 2nd edition revised, 2003, p. 22. Bibliotheca Himalayica. {{ISBN|99933-0-378-X}} (South Asia); 974-524-024-9 (Outside of South Asia).</ref>

Following the [[German invasion of Poland]], the Kingdom of Nepal [[Nepal in World War II|declared war on Germany]] on 4 September 1939. Once Japan entered the conflict, sixteen battalions of the [[Nepali Army]] fought on the [[Burma campaign|Burmese front]]. In addition to military support, Nepal contributed guns, equipment as well as hundreds of thousand of pounds of tea, sugar and raw materials such as timber to the [[Allies of World War II|Allied war effort]].