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until the middle of the 20th century. (Even today, foreigners may not own land within Nepal and can only stay a set period of time.) With no foreign wars to fight, the leaders of various regions inNepal turned on each other, and another power upset occurred in 1846. Jung Bahadur Rana, the leader of a political faction , killed several of his enemies and then appointed himself as prime minister of the country. His family retained control of Nepal until 1951.

This illustration, based on a photo, shows Jung Badahur Rana, whose family controlled leadership of Nepal for more than a century.

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