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	Devyani Rana at AllExperts
		Devyani Rana was the so-called girlfriend of Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal.
		She is the daughter of Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, the president of one of the democratic political parties of Nepal- The Rastriya Prajatantra Party(RPP).
		The refusal of his parents to consent to his marriage with Devyani was the reported cause of the murder of members of the royal family in Nepal.
	en.allexperts.com /e/d/de/devyani_rana.htm (271 words)

	Devyani Rana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Devyani Rana was the girlfriend of Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal.
		The denial of his parents to consent to his marriage with Devyani was the probable cause of the tragic death of the royal family in Nepal.
		Devyani belonged to the royal family that ruled Nepal until 1951 and it was believed that the marriage could stabilise relations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Devyani_Rana (169 words)

	Love and murder
		Pashupati Rana is married to Usha Raje Scindia, the oldest surviving princess from the Gwalior royal family and the elder sister of Indian politicians Madhavrao Scindia and Vasundhara Raje.
		The Maharani of Kashmir (Mrs Karan Singh) is a Rana.
		Devyani took a plane to Delhi on Saturday afternoon, eager to escape the furore that is certain to follow.
	massmurder.zyns.com /dipendra_birendra_07.html (1575 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Love and death 'written in the stars'
		Although Devyani was flawless on the surface, the tense backdrop of Nepal's troubled relationship with India made her heritage a political problem.
		Devyani and the crown prince made no secret of their romance and regularly visited a pizzeria close to the palace, where they enjoyed £3 capriciossa pizzas at simple wooden tables in the midst of the tourists and backpackers who form most of the clientele.
		She objected to Devyani not only because she had Indian blood on her mother's side, but because her father came from a rival clan of the powerful Rana family to that of the queen.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/06/04/wnep204.xml (1285 words)

	Dipendra of Nepal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dipendra's choice for marriage was Devyani Rana, a member of the Indian royal family of Gwalior.
		Unfortunately, Devyani was a member of the Rana clan, with whom the Shah family of kings have a historical animosity.
		The scions of Rana clan had served as the hereditary prime ministers of Nepal during the previous dynasty, with the title Maharaja, also is Kshatriya caste group like that Shahs, and the two clans had a long history of inter-marriages.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dipendra_of_Nepal (593 words)

	Irish Examiner - 2001/06/07: Girlfriend would have been a 'perfect queen'
		Rana was said to have been hated by Dipendra's mother, Queen Aishwarya.
		Rana has not been seen in public since before the killing and Angre declined to comment on her whereabouts.
		But Dipendra's strong-willed mother was reported to be vehemently opposed the marriage because although Rana was a member of the nobility, she belonged to a rival dynasty.
	archives.tcm.ie /irishexaminer/2001/06/07/story4987.asp (445 words)

	Dipendra and Devyani - Nepali Times
		Although he loved Devyani, and Garima was in the news for her educational achievements, the palace thought Supriya was the ideal match for the crown prince.
		Devyani’s mother had no idea of her daughter’s relationship and mentioned casually to Shree Rajya Laxmi that Devyani had grown up accustomed to extreme comfort and wealth, and that she was the grand daughter of Vijaya Raje Scindia of the house of Gwalior, known for its wealth.
		Dipendra later told Devyani that his family was against their marriage, and she is said to have told him that she was willing to marry someone else, but Dipendra did not want to hear anything of this sort.
	www.nepalitimes.com /issue/49/FromtheNepaliPress/8217 (925 words)

	rediff.com: Queen was firm on choice of bride for Dipendra
		It is not yet officially known if the queen opposed Dipendra's marriage to Devyani Rana also because of the astrologers' warning that if the crown prince had a child before he was 35 it could result in the king's death.
		Devyani is the granddaughter of the late Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia of Gwalior and niece of Indian minister Vasundhararaje and Congress politician Madhavrao Scindia.
		Her mother, Usharaje, is married to Pashupati Shamsher Rana, a former minister of Nepal and grandson of the last Rana ruler of the country.
	www.indiaabroad.com /news/2001/jun/04nep7.htm (526 words)

	Gulfnews: Devyani Rana set to marry grandson of Arjun Singh
		Devyani shot to fame after the 2001 royal massacre as the then crown prince Deependra shot dead his entire family apparently after his proposal to get married to Devyani was rejected by his father King Birendra.
		Ranas ruled the Himalayan Kingdom in the past and were traditional prime ministers of the royal court until 1951.
		Her mother Usha Rana is the eldest of the three daughters of the erstwhile Gwalior Jivajirao Scindia and Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/07/01/28/10099996.html (344 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		She does have a filthy temper, like all Rana girls, but I was very fond of her." As a Rana, Devyani was a member of the family that had married into the royal house assiduously for a hundred and fifty years.
		Devyani was descended from Dhir Shumsher, the brother of Jang Bahadur, the perpetrator of the Kot massacre.
		One of Devyani's ancestors on her mother's side was not quite a senior wife." It was whispered that Devyani was descended from a concubine.
	www.chipperroth.com /nepal/news/nepal_news_july2001.html (10315 words)

	The Hindu : International : Devyani Rana weds
		NEW DELHI: Devyani Rana, the woman believed to have unwittingly sparked the palace massacre in Kathmandu in 2001, married Aishwarya Singh, grandson of Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh, at a gala wedding here on Friday, an official at the Minister's residence said.
		Rana was linked to Nepal's crown prince Dipendra, who, in a fit of rage, is said to have killed nine members of the royal family, including his father and mother — then king and queen of Nepal — for refusing to let him marry her.
		Rana is the daughter of Pashupati Shumsher Rana, a member of an aristocratic family of Nepal and a former Minister.
	www.hindu.com /2007/02/26/stories/2007022604081300.htm (316 words)

	Rooftop Country Awaits Massacre Explanation, Curfew Imposed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Devyani Rana, a beautiful aristocrat who was, according to some accounts, the catalyst for the massacre, has fled her family's palace in Katmandu for neighboring India, where her family has powerful connections, sources told the BBC.
		It was not unexpected that the prince planned to marry Rana - the pair was often seen dining out at a local pizza restaurant near the royal palace, and some newspaper reports say they had also been seen together in Australia and London.
		There were also local media reports that Dipendra had already secretly married Rana in a temple according to Hindu rites, and others said his father told him that he would be passed over as heir if he married her.
	www.china.com.cn /english/2001/Jun/14026.htm (618 words)

	Nepal Home Page Interactions
		It turned out that in the weeks leading up to the massacre Devyani's ambitious mother, Usharaje Rana, who was known as Usha, had been seeking an audience at the palace in the hope of persuading the king and queen to allow the crown prince to marry her daughter.
		Devyani's mother was close to the current prime minister in New Delhi and she promised the crown prince that she would do all in her power to help him achieve his goal.
		Devyani herself was scheduled to attend a party in Patan, a nearby city, but, according to an insider, she never appeared or bothered to convey her regrets.
	www.info-nepal.com /ecommunity/interact/showTopic.php?forum_id=1&id=22979 (6274 words)

	ABC News: Woman linked to Nepal palace massacre marries
		Devyani Rana was linked to Nepal's late crown prince Dipendra who, in a fit of rage, is said to have killed nine members of the royal family, including his father and mother — the then king and queen of Nepal — for refusing to let him marry Rana.
		Rana donned family wedding attire and jewels on Friday to marry Aishwarya Singh, the grandson of Arjun Singh, the minister for human resource development, an official at the minister's residence said.
		Rana is the daughter of Pashupati Shumsher Rana, a member of an influential aristocratic family of Nepal and a former minister.
	www.abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=2902330 (283 words)

	Dipendra of Nepal - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dipendra's choice for marriage was Devyani Rana, a member of the royal family of Gwalior.
		Unfortunately, Devyani also was a member of the Rana clan, whose scions had served as the hereditary prime ministers of Nepal during the previous dynasty, with the title Maharaja.
		There was historical animosity between the Rana clan and the Shah family of kings but there was also a long history of inter-marriage between the two Kshatriya caste groups.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Dipendra_of_Nepal (506 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Dipendra's girlfriend sought for questioning
		Devyani Rana was asked to appear before the panel through a letter to her father, Pashupati Shumshere Rana, a member of parliament.
		According to the Kathmandu Post, Miss Rana's phone number was one of the last Dipendra called before he used a semi-automatic rifle to shoot dead nine family members, including King Birendra, at the weekly palace dinner.
		It was reported that the Queen opposed her son's alliance because Miss Rana, 31, was half-Indian and was two years older than the prince, and thus "unsuitable" and "impure" by royal circles.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/06/14/wnep14.xml (514 words)

	The Scotsman - S2 - The royal massacre that was waiting to happen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		At first, Devyani Rana was on Queen Aishwarya’s list of eligible brides, and the marriage may have been given the go-ahead had Devyani’s mother not made a tactless reference to the wealth of her own family.
		She considered the comment an unforgivable snub, a clear suggestion that the Rana family considered themselves superior to the royal Shahs, and from then on, she was determined to thwart the relationship.
		Devyani, whom he had called on his mobile phone just a few moments before the massacre, fled to England and has refused to co-operate with the police inquiry.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /s2.cfm?id=586412002 (1415 words)

	CNN.com - Nepal names second king in three days - June 4, 2001
		The Hindustan Times said a shocked Devyani Rana, fearing for her safety, left Katmandu late on Saturday on a flight to New Delhi, India.
		Rana is the daughter of Usha Raje Scindia, a member of a royal family from the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
		Her father Pashupati Rana is a former Nepal foreign and finance minister, and a member of the once-powerful Rana clan that established a line of hereditary prime ministers in Nepal.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/06/04/nepal.shooting (808 words)

	World - Nepal massacre: All about a girl? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Deependra seemed to be smitten by Devyani Samsher Rana, a 24-year-old student of Master of Arts in Socialism at the Tribhuwan University in Kathmandu.
		Devyani's mother, Usha Rana, is the daughter of Vijayaraje Scindia and was married to Pashupati Samsher Rana, a minister in the erstwhile Rana regime.
		Since the Ranas are from the feudal families, marriages between Shahs and Ranas are quite common.
	web.mid-day.com /News/World/2001/June/11499.htm (333 words)

	Gulf Times â€“ Qatarâ€™s top-selling English daily newspaper - SriLanka/Bangladesh
		For Devyani Rana, the fiancee of then crown prince Dipendra, who also died in the shootout after allegedly killing his parents, siblings and five other relatives, there is still no respite from the incident into which she found herself dragged willy-nilly.
		This year, Devyani, the daughter of Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, the grandson of the last powerful Rana prime minister of Nepal and one of the most famous clans in Nepal, became engaged to Aishwarya Singh, grandson of Arjun Singh, Indiaâ€™s human resources development minister and a member of the ruling Congress Party.
		Devyani, whose mother is Usha Rana, sister of Vasundhara Raje, chief minister of Indiaâ€™s Rajasthan state, sought to begin a new life in New Delhi, where she works with the UN.
	www.gulf-times.com /site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=103003&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24 (949 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage
		Five years after Crown Prince Dipendra, said to be driven by love for Devyani, killed the king and queen and five other members of his family in an incident that shocked the world, Delhi’s social circuit is abuzz with talk of an impending marriage.
		Singhrauli and Rewa are small principalities, with none of the grandeur of the house of Gwalior to which Devyani traces her roots in India.
		Her father Pashupati Shamsher Rana is one of Nepal’s most influential politicians with his faction of the Rashtriya Prajatantrik Party opposed to the king.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1060414/asp/frontpage/story_6097977.asp (332 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Beauty at heart of killings mystery
		Miss Devyani, who is said to be in her 20s, belongs to one of Nepal's most aristocratic families.
		Miss Devyani was educated in one of India's leading private schools, Welham School in Dehradun, a hill resort in the north of the country.
		One theory is that Miss Devyani's father was descended from a rival branch of the Rana clan to that of Queen Aishwarya, and she favoured a distant relative from her side of the family as a bride.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1368933.stm (661 words)

	Devyani returns to Nepal as Indian bride
		Kathmandu, March 28 Devyani Singh nee Rana is ready to start a new chapter in her life, exorcising past ghosts and burying her former identity as the girl over whom Nepal's crown prince Dipendra reportedly killed his royal parents and siblings before turning the gun on himself.
		Devyani, daughter of Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, grandson of Nepal's all-powerful last Rana prime minister, is returning to her parents' home for the brief stay for a reception for friends, family members and acquaintances who were not able to attend the fairy-tale wedding.
		Preliminary reports said the heir to Nepal's throne was angered by his parents' opposition to his desire to marry Devyani, and while in a drugs and drinks-induced stupor, fired at a family gathering, killing nine royal relatives.
	www.earthtimes.org /articles/show/44961.html (531 words)

	The Australian: Nepali massacre princess to wed [ 20jan07 ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Devyani Rana's mother, Usha, is an Indian maharani and her father is the head of the powerful Rana family that ruled Nepal until 1951.
		Most Nepalis believe Dipendra killed them because he was in love with Devyani Rana and wanted to marry her, but the royal family was opposed to the relationship.
		Yesterday, sources close to the Rana and Singh families spoke of the wedding being, for Devyani, a chance "to exorcise the ghost of the royal palace massacre and begin a new life".
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /printpage/0,5942,21088085,00.html (414 words)

	Netguruindia News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Prince was told that if he married Supriya he could maintain Devyani as a mistress, and was said by friends to be distraught after Devyani, whom they described as a modern, sophisticated woman, refused to consider such an arrangement.
		But Devyani and the rest of the Rana family, a prominent political clan, would not hear of it.
		She scorned the feudal objection raised by the queen and her coterie: that Devyani's great-grandmother was a mistress, and therefore she could not meet the requirement of seven generations of "pure" lineage.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/Jun01/11/NAT1.html (1283 words)

	TCM Breaking News - 2001/06/16: Marriage dispute ‘triggered massacre’
		The queen disapproved of the young woman, Devyani Rana, because she was from a separate clan.
		Rana, who was asked to appear before the panel but refused, was interviewed by the Nepalese Ambassador Bhesh Bahadur Thapa in New Delhi, where she has been living since the massacre.
		The investigators also said that Dipendra called Devyani Rana three times before he walked into the billiard room of the Narayanhiti Palace in military fatigues and shot his family with a machine gun.
	archives.tcm.ie /breakingnews/2001/06/16/story15673.asp (606 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Reports have described Devyani Rana as the girlfriend of the late Crown Prince Dipendra, who is suspected of carrying out the June 1 murder-suicide because his family was unhappy with his relationship with her.
		Devyani fled Nepal following the massacre and is believed to be in Europe, and according to one local newspaper is fearing for her life.
		The offical said Devyani Rana had been asked to appear before the two-man investigating committee through a letter to her father, Pashupati Shumshere Rana -- a member of parliament.
	www.blythe.org /nytransfer-subs/2001-Asia/Nepal:_Missing_Girlfriend_Fears_for_Her_Life (524 words)

	Timeline>Nepal< - Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Devyani Rana, before shooting them, the official report of the two-member commission probing Nepal's royal massacre revealed today.
		Devyani in her 20s belonged to one of Nepal's most aristocratic families having filial ties with the Royal family of Gwalior.
		It is alleged that Queen Aishwarya who belonged to a rival Rana clan to which Devyani owe allegiance wanted her son to marry one of her distant relative and not Devyani.
	www.manitara.com /timeline/s5main.htm (411 words)

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