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Rani Mahal

In 1887 General Khadga Samsher Rana was forced to drop his royal titles and was sent to Palpa-Gauda as the Western Commander in Chief of Nepal. At Palpa-Gauda in 1892 Khadga Shumsher’s youngest wife Tej Kumari Devi died, within a year Khadga built a palace that is named after his wife as Rani Mahal (Literally translates as Queens Palace). He also named the nearby forest as Rani Ban (Rani forest) along with naming the Ghats as Rani Ghat.In 1902, Khadga Samsher Rana along with his family fled to India abandoning Rani Mahal after which the Mahal went to disrepair. But Rani Mahal has again came to popularity place for the visitors around Palpa district.