| Honorific Prefix: | Field Marshal His Highness Shree Shree Shree Maharaja Sir |
| Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur | |
| Honorific Suffix: | Rana, GCSI, GCIE, GBE |
| Office: | Prime Minister of Nepal |
| Order: | 16th |
| Term Start: | 29 November 1945 |
| Term End: | 30 April 1948 |
| Birth Date: | 1882 12, df=yes |
| Death Date: | (aged 79) |
| Occupation: | Prime Minister of Nepal |
| Predecessor: | Juddha Shamsher |
| Successor: | Mohan Samsher |
| Parents: | Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (father) Jethi Maharani (mother) |
Field Marshal His Highness Shree Shree Shree Maharaja Sir Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Nepali: पद्म शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा) (5 December 1882 – Calcutta, India, 11 April 1961) was the hereditary prime minister of Nepal and Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski from 29 November 1945 to 30 April 1948 as the head of the Rana dynasty.[1] He was one of the first prime ministers of Nepal in over a century to advocate for social development, and even proclaimed himself to be "A servant of the nation".
In his short tenure as the Prime minister, he performed numerous reforms in Nepal including: -
His liberal views and acts of reformation had led him to be threatened by his own family and hence, fearing for his life, he left for India on March 1, 1948 under the pretext of having a medical examination. There he met Indian president Jawaharlal Nehru, who encouraged him to establish democracy in Nepal, but he decided to stay in India and not risk himself by returning to Nepal. He officially resigned from his position on 28 April, 1948. [5] Only after the fall of the Rana regime in 1951, did he occasionally visit Nepal. He remained in Calcutta until his death in 1961.
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