Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana Explained

Honorific Prefix:Field Marshal His Highness Shree Maharaja Sir
Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur
Honorific Suffix:Rana, GCB, GCIE, GBE
Native Name:श्री ३ महाराज मोहन शमशेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा
Order:17th
Office:Prime Minister of Nepal
Term Start:30 April 1948
Term End:12 November 1951
Birth Date:1885 12, df=yes
Death Place:Bangalore
Occupation:Maharajah of Nepal
Predecessor:Padma Shumsher JBR
Successor:Matrika Prasad Koirala
Parents:Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana (father)
Chandra Loka Bhakta Lakshmi Devi (mother)
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Succession:9th Maharaja of Lamjang and Kaski
Reign:27 June 1901 – 26 November 1929
Predecessor:Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Successor:Rana rule abolished, see Lamjang-Kaski for titular head
House:Rana dynasty
House-Type:Dynasty
Father:Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Mother:Sri Maharani Chandra Loka Bhakta Devi
Issue:General Sri Maharajkumar Sharada Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
General Sri Yuvaraj Bijaya Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Spouse:Sri Maharani Dikshya Rajya Laxmi

Field-Marshal Shree Maharaja Sir Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Nepali: मोहन शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा), GCB, GCIE, GBE (23 December 1885 – 6 January 1967) was the prime minister and foreign minister of Nepal from 30 April 1948 until 12 November 1951.

He was the last prime minister from the Rana family, which had controlled Nepal for more than a century and reduced the monarchy to a figurehead. He was the son of the 5th Rana Maharaja of Nepal Chandra Shumsher and Bada Maharani Chandra Loka Bhakta Lakshmi Devi. He became prime minister at a time when the king, Tribhuvan was attempting to assert himself. Tribhuvan wanted to establish a stronger monarchy and some democracy, which Mohan Shumsher opposed.

In 1950, Mohan Shumsher's policies against the monarchy forced Tribhuvan and his son Mahendra to flee to India with the help of the Indian Residency and the Indian government, which led Mohan Shumsher to proclaim Mahendra's three-year-old son Gyanendra the king of Nepal.

Later in the revolution of 1951, Tribhuvan returned to Nepal after signing The Delhi Treaty between Mohan Shumsher, Tribhuvan, and Congress thus restoring his throne and bringing the stately power back to the monarch. By the end of 1951, the king and his allies in Congress had triumphed, and Mohan Shumsher and the rest of the Rana family lost power. The Ranas were removed from all the hereditary offices and privileges conferred by king Surendra Bikram Shah on Jung Bahadur even though Mohan Shumsher still held the office of the prime minister for until several demonstrations by Ranas in an attempt to reestablish their rule and the opposition of the monarchy and Congress forced him to resign from his position.

Death

On 14 December 1951, Mohan Shumsher went into self-imposed exile in India, and died in Bangalore in 1967, aged 81.[1]

Legacy

Even though he is one of the worst prime ministers Nepal ever got, his and his brother's descendants still hold considerable power and wealth in Nepal.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Aurobindo Bhavan: A regal house by Ulsoor lake . 20 February 2023 . Deccan Herald . Deccan Herald . 9 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211102024358/https://www.deccanherald.com/spectrum/spectrum-statescan/aurobindo-bhavan-a-regal-house-by-ulsoor-lake-1038898.html . 2 November 2021 . en.