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Rana dynasty
Rana dynasty (Rana regime, Rana autocracy): hereditary prime-minister line that ruled Nepal 1846–1951, founded by Jang Bahadur, reducing Shah kings to figureheads, ending with the 1951 Delhi Compromise and King Tribhuvan's restoration.
Rana K. Gupta
Rana K. Gupta is an American adipocyte biologist who studies how fat-cell precursors are determined and how white adipose tissue expands in obesity, based at Duke's Molecular Physiology Institute.
Rana Kamel
Rana Kamel, Egyptian recurve archer (World Archery ID 13195), 2014 African Youth silver medallist and 2023 African Championships individual silver medallist; African recurve women's team 70m record holder.
Rana Kapoor
Rana Kapoor is an Indian banker who co-founded Yes Bank in 2003, built it into India's fourth-largest private sector bank, and was arrested in March 2020 in money-laundering and loan-fraud cases.
Rana Kumbha
Rana Kumbha, also known as Maharana Kumbhakarna, was the ruler of Mewar from 1433 to 1468 who defeated the Sultanate of Malwa and built or rebuilt 32 fortresses, including Kumbhalgarh.
Rana Lakha
Rana Lakha (लाखा) was a Maharana of Mewar who ruled from Chittor from 1382 to 1421, remembered for conquering Badnor and discovering the Jawar silver mines.
Rana Naidu
Rana Naidu (राणा नायडू) is a Netflix Hindi crime drama, an Indian adaptation of Ray Donovan, starring Rana and Venkatesh Daggubati as a fixer and his ex-con father; two seasons, 2023 and 2025.
Rana Plaza collapse
The Rana Plaza collapse was an industrial disaster in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 24 April 2013, in which an eight-storey building housing five garment factories collapsed, killing 1,135 people.
Rana Pratap Sagar Dam
Rana Pratap Sagar Dam is a 54 m masonry dam on the Chambal River at Rawatbhata in Kota district, Rajasthan, India, part of the Chambal Valley project.
Rana Sanga (संग्राम सिंह प्रथम)
Rana Sanga (Sangram Singh I, संग्राम सिंह प्रथम), Sisodia Rana of Mewar c. 1508/1509–1528, defeated Malwa, Gujarat, and Ibrahim Lodi, then led the Rajput confederacy against Babur at Khanwa (16 March 1527) and was defeated.
Rana Sikandar Hayat
Rana Sikandar Hayat (born 1987, Phool Nagar, Kasur) is a PML-N politician, MPA for PP-183 Kasur-IX, and Punjab's Provincial Minister for School Education since March 2024, with additional charge of Higher Education; former Chairman Kasur District Council.
Rana Vikrama
Rana Vikrama (ರಣವಿಕ್ರಮ), also spelled Ranavikrama, is a 2015 Kannada action film directed by Pavan Wadeyar starring Puneeth Rajkumar as a cop probing a journalist's death in uranium-rich Vikramatheertha; released 10 April 2015 with a record ₹3.5 crore opening day.
Rana Yared
Rana Yared is an American venture capital investor and General Partner at Balderton Capital in London, who joined in 2020 after fourteen years at Goldman Sachs.
Ranajit Malla
Ranajit Malla (रणजीत मल्ल) was the last Malla king of Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu Valley, ruling from 1722 to 1769, when Prithvi Narayan Shah's conquest ended Malla rule.
Ranakah
Ranakah, also called Anak Ranakah, is a lava-dome cluster on western Flores, Indonesia, whose youngest dome formed in a surprise VEI 3 eruption beginning 28 December 1987 after no recorded prior activity; last erupted 1991, alert level 2 since September 2026.
Ranakpur Jain Temple
The Ranakpur Jain Temple is a 15th-century Śvetāmbara Jain temple of white marble in the Aravalli hills of Rajasthan, dedicated to Adinatha and famed for 1,444 carved pillars.
Ranam Aram Thavarel
Ranam Aram Thavarel (ரணம் அறம் தவறேல்) is a 2024 Tamil mystery thriller, Sherief's directorial debut and Vaibhav's 25th film, about a facial reconstruction artist drawn into serial killings; released 23 February 2024, later on Amazon Prime Video.
Rananeida Corona
Rananeida Corona is a 448-km-wide corona on Venus at 62.60°N, 263.50°E in the Metis Mons quadrangle (V-06), IAU-named in 1985 for a Saami-Lapp goddess of spring and fertility.
Ranapati Shivray: Swari Agra
Ranapati Shivray Swari Agra (रणपती शिवराय स्वारी आग्रा), also styled Ranapati Shivray: Swari Agra, is a 2026 Marathi historical action film by Digpal Lanjekar, sixth in the Shri Shivraj Ashtak series, about Shivaji Maharaj's escape from Mughal captivity in Agra; released 6 February 2026, it flopped at the box office.
Ranarangam (రణరంగం)
Ranarangam (రణరంగం) is a 2019 Telugu gangster drama by Sudheer Varma, starring Sharwanand as bootlegger-turned-don Deva in 1990s Visakhapatnam, with Kajal Aggarwal and Kalyani Priyadarshan; released 15 August 2019, distinct from the dubbed film Rana Rangam.
Ranas
Ranas (Zona Arqueológica Las Ranas), prehispanic cinnabar-mining hilltop city of the Sierra Gorda in San Joaquín, Querétaro, Mexico; INAH site, 400–1300 AD, closed since October 2025.
Ranasinghe Premadasa (රණසිංහ ප්රේමදාස)
Ranasinghe Premadasa (රණසිංහ ප්රේමදාස), UNP politician, Prime Minister 1978–1989 and President of Sri Lanka 1989–1993; known for Janasaviya, Gam Udawa, and the One Million Housing Scheme; assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber on 1 May 1993.
Ranavalona I
Ranavalona I (c. 1790/1792–1861), queen of Madagascar 1828–1861, widow and successor of Radama I; pursued autarky, expelled foreigners in 1835, persecuted Christians until 1861, used tangena ordeal and fanompoana labor, succeeded by Radama II.
Ranavalona II
Ranavalona II, born Princess Ramoma, was queen of Madagascar from 1868 to 1883, the first Merina monarch to reign as a Christian, under whom Protestant Christianity became the state religion.
Ranavalona III
Ranavalona III, born Princess Razafindrahety in 1861, was the last queen of Madagascar, reigning from 1883 until the French abolished the monarchy and exiled her in 1897; she died in Algiers in 1917.
Ranavirus
Ranavirus, a genus of Iridoviridae (Frog virus 3 type species), are dsDNA viruses infecting fish, amphibians, and reptiles, causing notifiable epizootic mass mortality across six continents.
Ranavirus rana1
Ranavirus rana1, formerly Frog Virus 3, is an ICTV virus species in genus Ranavirus (Iridoviridae) whose typical member FV3 infects amphibians, reptiles, and fish; isolates share >95% identity across 26 core genes.
Ranbaxy Laboratories
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, Indian generic drugmaker founded 1961, once India's largest; hit by FDA import alerts, a 2012 consent decree, and a $500 million 2013 DOJ settlement for data falsification; acquired by Sun Pharma in a $4 billion all-stock deal completed March 25, 2015.
Ranbir Kapoor (रणबीर कपूर)
Ranbir Kapoor (रणबीर कपूर), born 1982 in Mumbai, is an Indian actor-producer of Hindi films, son of Rishi Kapoor and grandson of Raj Kapoor. Five Filmfare Awards, wins for Rockstar, Barfi!, Sanju, and Animal (2024); upcoming Ramayana and Love & War.
Ranbir Kapoor filmography
The Ranbir Kapoor filmography lists the Hindi-language films of Indian actor Ranbir Kapoor, son of Rishi Kapoor, from his 2007 debut Saawariya through hits like Barfi!, Sanju, and Brahmastra.