Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana

Field Marshal Shree Shree Shree Maharaja Sir Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Nepali: जुद्ध शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा) (19 April 1875 in Narayanhity Palace, Kathmandu – 20 November 1952 in Dehradun, India) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 1 September 1932 to 29 November 1945 as the head of the Rana dynasty.

Field Marshal His Highness Shree Shree Shree Maharaja Sir
Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur
Rana, GCB, GCSI, GCIE
श्री ३ जुद्ध शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा
15th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
1 September 1932 – 29 November 1945
MonarchKing Tribhuvan
Preceded byBhim Shumsher
Succeeded byPadma Shumsher
Personal details
Born(1875-04-19)19 April 1875
Narayanhity Palace, Kathmandu
Died20 November 1952(1952-11-20) (aged 77)
Dehradun, India
Parent(s)Dhir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (father)
Juhar Kumari Devi (mother)

He was the Field marshal and Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski. He is credited for building the Dharahara again which was destroyed by the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.

Juddha Shumsher had twenty sons and twenty daughters.

Early life

Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was born on 19 April 1875 at the Narayanhiti Palace in Durbar Marg, Kathmandu to Dhir Shamsher Rana and Juhar Kumari Devi.[1] Rana was born into a noble Chhetri family, his father Dhir Shamsher, was the youngest brother of Jung Bahadur Rana who started the Rana dynasty, and his mother belonged to a noble Rajput family.[1] He was made colonel by Jung Bahadur during his Annaprashana ceremony that marks an infant's first intake of food other than milk.[2]

Ancestors
Ancestors of Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
16. Ram Krishna Kunwar
8. Ranajit Kunwar
4. Bal Narsingh Kunwar
2. Dhir Shamsher Rana
20. Amar Singh Thapa (sanukaji)
10. Nain Singh Thapa
21. Satyarupa Maya
5. Ganesh Kumari Thapa
22. Ranajit Pande
11. Rana Kumari Pande
1. Juddha Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana
3. Juhar Kumari Devi

See also

References
  1. Prasad 1996, p. 39.
  2. Prasad 1996, p. 40.

Citations
  • Prasad, Ishwari (1996). The Life and Times of Maharaja Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal. APH Publishing. ISBN 978-81-7024-756-2.


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