Bahadur Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana Explained

Bahadur Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Order:	Nepalese Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Predecessor:	Position established
Successor:	Krishna Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Primeminister:	Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Birth Place:	Kathmandu, Kingdom of Nepal
Death Place:	Bahadur Bhawan, Katmandu
Children:	Nara Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana
Mother:	Padma Kumari
Father:	Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana

Lieutenant-General Sir Bahadur Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana C.B.E GCSI was a Nepalese diplomat.^[1] He was the first Nepalese Ambassador to the United Kingdom.^{[2] [3]}

He was born in 1892 to Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana and Padma Kumari.^{[4] [5]} In 1934, Rana was appointed as the first Nepalese Ambassador to the United Kingdom by his father.^{[6] [7]} In 1936, He was succeeded by Krishna Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.^[8] He died in 1977 in Bahadur Bhawan, Kathmandu. His son Nara Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana served as the second police chief of Nepal Police.^{[9] [10]}

He was gifted the Charburja Durbar which he later sold to Prince Basundhara of Nepal.^[11]

Honours

• Order of the British Empire^[12]
• Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India^[12]
• British War Medal^[12]
• Legion of Honour^[12]
• Order of the Bath^[12]
• Order of the Crown of Italy^[12]
• Order of the Star of Nepal^[13]
• Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu^[14]

External links

• TKV: First Ambassador of Nepal to UK Bahadur Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana on YouTube

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joshi. Kriti. 8 December 2019. Dhangadi locals demand for reconstruction of historic Garvaa Durbar. 18 January 2022. The Himalayan Times. en.
2. Web site: 7 September 2021. Ambassadorial appointments: Need of qualification, expertise, skills. live. 18 January 2022. The Himalayan Times. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210907073714/https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/ambassadorial-appointments-need-of-qualification-expertise-skills . 7 September 2021 .
3. Web site: Tale of Two Royalties. live. 18 January 2022. My Dream Magazine. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125213146/https://mydreamsmagazine.com/article/tale-of-two-royalties/ . 25 November 2020 .
4. Web site: Padma Shamsher As The First Constitution Maker Of Nepal. live. 18 January 2022. SpotlightNepal. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20191213141758/https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2019/12/12/padma-shamsher-first-constitution-maker-nepal/ . 13 December 2019 .
5. Book: Who was who: 1897–2000. 2002. St. Martin's Press. 978-0-7136-6125-5. 33. en.
6. Book: Journal of Nepalese Literature, Art, and Culture. 2001. Royal Nepal Academy. 99. en.
7. Book: Nepal Antiquary. 1977. Office of the Nepal Antiquary.. 21. en.
8. Book: Chaturvedi, Shyam Lal. In Fraternity with Nepal: An Account of the Activities Under the Auspices of the Wider Life Movement for the Furtherance and Consolidation of the Indo-Nepalese Cultural Fellowship. 1945. 27. en.
9. Book: Gautama, Rājeśa. Nepali Congress. 2005. Adroit Publishers. 978-81-87392-61-3. 14. en.
10. Book: Karki, Yuba Raj Singh. Nepal Almanac: A Book of Facts. 1983. Y.R.S. Karki. 90. en.
11. Web site: 8 Rana-era palaces converted into government offices in Kathmandu. live. 18 January 2022. OnlineKhabar. 27 March 2021 . en-GB. https://web.archive.org/web/20210327051820/https://english.onlinekhabar.com/rana-era-palaces-converted-into-government-offices-in-kathmandu.html . 27 March 2021 .
12. Book: Who was who: A Companion to "Who's Who".. 1971. A. & C. Black. 978-0-312-87746-0. 36. en.
13. Book: Records. India Office Library and. The India Office Collection of Paintings and Sculpture. Archer. Mildred. 1986. British Library. 978-0-7123-0092-6. 83. en.
14. Book: Whitaker, Joseph. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord .... 1938. J. Whitaker. 806. en.