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Enlarged with anger, the queen ordered all the courtiers, military and civil officials,
nobels to assemble at the Kot to find out the murderers. They came unarmed but
Junga Bahadur managed himself with full of arms and ammunition. When the
investigation started, brothers of Junga Bahadur spread the rumour that Abhiman
Singh Basnet killed Gagan Singh Khawas. The queen immediately ordered to capture
him, then Abhiman Singh shouted, “Junga is the murderer of Gagan Singh Khawas.”
After hearing so, Junga Bahadur gave signal to his brothers to shoot Abhiman Singh,
the army General of the royal palace. Then after, they killed all the enemies one by
one in this massacre more than 25 officials including Prime Minister Fatte Jung and
General Abhiman Singh Bashet were killed and more than 600 were exiled. Junga
Bahadur was appointed as commander in chief of army after the massacre.

b. Bhandarkhal Parva

On Kartik 17, 1903 BS Bhandarkhal Parva occurred when queen Rajya Laxmi
asked him to do favour for making her son Ranendra, the king, instead of Surendra
the legitimate crown Prince, Junga Bahdur refused the proposal. Queen was shocked
and angry. She decided to kill him by giving poison in his food. So she arranged a feast
at the honour of Junga Bahadur Rana on Kartik 17, 1903 BS at Bhandarkhal garden
of Basantapur palace. About 40 hidden gunmen were ready to shot him.

Junga Bahadur came to know about this conspiracy from the priest Bijay Raj. Thus
he went to Bhandarkhal with 6 battalions and kill all the remaining enemies. In this
massacre more than 23 people were killed along with Birdhoj Basnet, Wazir Singh
and Man Singh Basnet. The queen was accused of murder and was exiled to Banaras.
King Rajendra also followed her.

4. Alau Parva

Junga Bahadur declared Surendra as the king and himself as the prime
minister. The king Rajendra tries to take revenge upon Junga Bahadur. He came
with 2000 soldiers to regain his lost throne. Knowing the plan, Junga Bahadur sent
the old Gorkha battalion under the leadership of Sanak Singh.

They attacked each other in Alau, near Birgunj on Shrawan 13, 1904 BS. The troops
of Rajendra was badly defeated and king and queen were kept under house arrest at
Bhaktapur palace. After this massacre Junga Bahadur Rana became the powerful
ruler of the country.

Marital Relations with The Royal Family

Junga Bahadur married the sister of Fatte Jung. He got Surendra married to the
daughter of his brother, Krishna Bahadur. His two sons, Jagat Jung and Jeet Jung
were married to the daughters of king Surendra and his own daughters were married
to Crown Prince Trailokya. This relationship of marriage not only enhanced his glory
but also made him powerful Prime Minister.

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