Maharaja Sir Renaudip Singh Bahadur also spelt Ranodip or Ranadip, KCSI, Kaiser-i-Hind (3 April 1825-22 November 1885), was the second Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty.
As per the family laws of succession, he succeeded his elder brother Jang Bahadur following his death in 1877. Deeply pious, he composed several devotional hymns and was granted a personal salute of 15 guns from the British in 1883 and the title of Tung-ling-ping-ma-kuo-kang-wang (Truly Valiant Prince; commander of foot and horse) from the Guangxu Emperor in 1882. He was assassinated by his nephews (Khadga Shumsher the grandfather of Vijayaraje Scindia, Chandra Shumsher and Dhumber Shumsher), the sons of Dhir Shamsher, during a coup d'etat in 1885, and was succeeded by his nephew, Bir Shamsher.
Jang Bahadur's remaining sons, as well as Crown Prince General Dhoj Narsingh Rana (son of Maharaja Sir Renaudip Singh Bahadur), were forced to seek refuge in India. The descendants of Jang and Ranodip live today in North India (mainly Dehra Dun, Allahabad and Udaipur) and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Many of Crown Prince General Dhoj Narsingh's children and family remained with Sri Teen Ranodip Singh's widow in Benares and were then relocated later to Udaipur upon the invitation by Maharana Fateh Singh, who sought to give refuge to his Rana cousins.
Out of seven sons and three daughters of General Dhoj Narsingh three sons and one daughter moved to Udaipur on an invitation from the Maharana who graciously requested them to settle in Udaipur. The Rana princes Shri Narsingh and Dev Narsingh established themselves to carry on the family's name in the city of their forefathers. Late Raja Durga Narsingh Rana was and is one of the best known names among the Rajputs of Udaipur.
Their families established marital relations with the Royal families & Thikanas like Jasmor (head of the Pundir clan), Banka, Gogunda, Samode, Neemrana (descendents from the family of Prithviraj Chauhan), Mahendragarh etc.
The only known male descendants from these lines are Gyanendra Narsingh Rana, Mahendra Narsingh Rana & Virendra Narsingh Rana.
The British government did not help any of the exiled princes whose fathers had saved the British and their Empire in 1857.
Two of General Dhoj Narsingh's daughters were married into the family of Wazir Ishwari Singh Katoch, Prime Minister of Kangra, and settled in Nabha, their in-laws being members of the royal family of Nabha. The only known descendant from this line is Dr. Sumerendra Vir Singh Chauhan.
Originally, the Rana dynasty was a part of the Royal family of Udaipur/Chittor in India, also known as Mewar. The dynasty traces its roots to Maharaj Kumbhakaran Singh of Chittor, Mewar. Maharaj Kumbhakaran Singh was the younger brother of Rana Ratan Singh of Mewar. Rana Ratan Singh married Rani Padmini. Rani Padmini along with hundreds of Rajput women performed Jauhar (Jaihar), while the men performed Saka during the siege of the Chittorgarh by the ignominious Sultan of Delhi, Allauddin Khilji.
From : www.wikipedia.org
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