Ranadhoj Thapa
{{Short description|Top administrator in Nepal}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ranadhwaj Thapa
|native_name = श्री काजी
रणध्वज
थापा
|image= Amar Singh Thapa letter2.gif
|caption= Outer cover of letter sent by Badakaji Amar Singh Thapa to Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa and his own son Kaji Ranadhoj Thapa in Kantipur (Kathmandu){{cite web|url=http://www.bilder-aus-nepal.de/Pages/Philatelie/Thapa-Brief/Thapa-Brief-09.html|title=Cover with the seal of Amar Singh Thapa|website=Bilder-aus-nepal.de|access-date=1 November 2017}}
|father= Amar Singh Thapa
|office= Deputy Kaji to Mukhtiyar of Nepal{{sfn|Regmi|1975|p=178}}
|term = 1816 - 1831
|primeminister= Bhimsen Thapa
|monarch= Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah
Rajendra Bikram Shah
|rank= Kaji{{sfn|Sarma|2002|p=69}}
|allegiance= {{flag|Nepal}}
|relations = Family of Amar Singh Thapa
|children = Ripu Mardan Thapa
Badal Singh Thapa
}}
Ranadhoj Thapa or Ranadhwaj Thapa ({{langx|ne|रणध्वज थापा}}) was the deputy Kaji to Mukhtiyar (Prime Minister) of Nepal Bhimsen Thapa.{{sfn|Regmi|1975|p=178}}
Family and Life
He was the eldest son of Bada Kaji Amar Singh Thapa, supreme commander of Western front.{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|p=195}}{{sfn|Regmi|1975|p=178}} He was great grandson of Ranjai [of Sirhanchowk] and grandson of Bhim Sen,{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|p=195}} known as Umrao Bagh Bhim Singh Thapa, who died in the battle of Palanchowk in 1759 AD.{{sfn|Hamal|1995|p=191}} His father was member of Bagale Thapa clan.{{sfn|Hamal|1995|p=191}} He had 4 brothers; Bhaktabir Singh, Narsingh, Ramdas and Ranjore Singh, all of whom were Kaji at some point.{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|p=195}} He was functioning deputy to Mukhtiyar (Prime Minister) during the Anglo-Nepalese war. Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa had to share administrative authority with him.{{sfn|Regmi|1975|p=178}} Thus, his family was the other influential Bagale Thapa family serving in the royal court with Bhimsen Thapa family, due to their consolidation of power in the central authority.{{cite book | last = Whelpton | first = John | title = Kings, soldiers, and priests: Nepalese politics and the rise of Jang Bahadur Rana, 1830-1857 | publisher = Manohar Publications | year = 1991 | isbn = 9788185425641 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=h3huAAAAMAAJ}} He retired as Kaji of Nepal in the year 1831 A.D.{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|p=195}} His two sons, Ripu Mardan Thapa and Badal Singh Thapa, also retired as Kaji of Nepal.{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|p=195}}
Gallery
Ranabir Singh Thapa letter.gif|General Ranabir Singh Thapa's letter signed by his private black seal sent to Mukhtiyar (PM) Bhimsen Thapa and 2nd Kazi (Deputy PM) Ranadhoj Thapa
Old Bhardar letter.gif|Outer cover of letter sent to PM Bhimsen Thapa and Kazi Ranadhoj Thapa by (Pvt. seal L to R) Bakhat Singh Sardar, Dalbhanjan Pande (Pande Kazi), Ranabir Singh Thapa, Kaji Narsingh Thapa (Elder Amar Singh Thapa's another son) and sundry captains
Mathabar Singh Thapa letter.gif|Outer cover of letter sent to PM Bhimsen Thapa and Kazi Ranadhoj Thapa by then Colonel Mathabar Singh Thapa
References
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- {{Citation |last=Hamal |first=Lakshman B. |title=Military history of Nepal |publisher= Sharda Pustak Mandir |year=1995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3RuAAAAMAAJ}}
- {{citation | last = Pradhan | first = Kumar L. | title = Thapa Politics in Nepal: With Special Reference to Bhim Sen Thapa, 1806–1839 | publisher = Concept Publishing Company | year = 2012 | isbn = 9788180698132 | location = New Delhi | pages = 278 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7PP1yElRzIUC}}
- {{Citation|last=Regmi |first=D.R. |title= Modern Nepal:Expansion: climax and fall |publisher=Firma K.L. Mukhopadhyay |year=1975 |isbn= 0-88386-491-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=idJBAAAAYAAJ}}
- {{Citation|last=Sarma |first=Nagendra |title= Nepal's relation with Sikkim and Bhutan, 1770-1900:Primarily based on indigenous sources, published or unpublished |publisher=Himshikar Publications |year=2002 |isbn= 9993331759|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QnxuAAAAMAAJ}}
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