Jagdish Shumsher Rana Explained

Jagdish Shumsher Rana
Other Names:	Jagdish Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Birth Date:	18 August 1929
Birth Place:	Kathmandu, Nepal
Death Place:	Chandigarh
Nationality:	Nepalese
Occupation:	Writer

Jagdish Shumsher Rana (Nepali: जगदीशशमशेर राणा; 1929 – 2017) was a Nepalese writer and politician. In 1981, Rana was awarded the Madan Puraskar.

Biography

Jagdish Shumsher Rana was born on August 3, 1929 (Bhadra 3, 1986 BS) in Kathmandu, Nepal to Mrigendra Shumsher Rana.^[1] His grandfather was Baber Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, son of Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.

In 1960, he moved to Shimla after the rise of Panchayat in Nepal. On 16 July 1965, he married Bhuveneshwari Kumari.^[2]

In 1981, Rana was awarded the Madan Puraskar for Narsingh Awatar.^[3] He served as ambassador of Nepal to India from 1983 to 1988.^[4] ^[5]

Rana died on 9 October 2017 due to heart failure.

Works

Narsingh Awatar
Seto Khyak
Uttar Aadhunikta ra Bahulya Bisfot
Dash Dristikon

Notes and References

Web site: 10 October 2017. Madan Puraskar winner Rana dies at 88. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211120163210/https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2017/10/10/madan-puraskar-winner-rana-dies-at-88. 20 November 2021. 20 November 2021. The Kathmandu Post. English.
Book: Brentnall, Mark. The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire: Himachal Pradesh. 2004. Indus Publishing. 978-81-7387-163-4. 220. en.
Web site: 11 October 2017. Remembering Jagadish Shamsher Rana. live. 20 November 2021. My City. en. 20 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211120160628/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/mycity/news/remembering-jagadish-shamsher-rana.
Book: Thapliyal, Sangeeta. Mutual Security: The Case of India-Nepal. 1998. Lancer Publishers. 978-1-897829-44-8. 258. en.
Web site: Former Ambassadors. 20 November 2021. New Delhi, India - Embassy of Nepal. en-US. 20 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211120162251/https://in.nepalembassy.gov.np/former-ambassadors/. live.