Pashupati Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana | |
Native Name: | पशुपति शम्शेर जङ्ग बहादुर राणा |
Office: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Term: | 1990–1994 |
Predecessor: | Hari Bahadur Basnet |
Successor: | Krishna Prasad Bhattarai |
Office2: | Minister of Finance of Nepal |
Term2: | 1990–1994 |
Monarch2: | Birendra of Nepal |
Predecessor2: | Bharat Bahadur Thapa |
Successor2: | Devendra Raj Pandey |
Office3: | Ministry of Water Resources and Communication |
Term Start3: | 1990 |
Term End3: | 1994 |
Monarch3: | Birendra of Nepal |
Office4: | Ministry of Panchayat and Local Development |
Term Start4: | 1986 |
Term End4: | 1988 |
Monarch4: | Birendra of Nepal |
Office5: | Ministry of Transport and Tourism |
Term Start5: | 1978 |
Term End5: | 1979 |
Monarch5: | Birendra of Nepal |
Birth Date: | 7 May 1941 |
Birth Place: | Laxmi Nivas Palace, Maharajganj, Kathmandu, Nepal |
Parents: | General Raja Bijaya Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Rani Sarala Kumari Rajya Lakshmi Rana |
Spouse: | Rani Usha Raje Scindia |
Relatives: | see Rana dynasty (house) Jiwajirao Scindia (father-in-law) |
Children: | Urvashi Rajya Lakshmi Devyani Rajya Lakshmi |
Alma Mater: | Oxford University |
Party: | Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Prajatantrik |
Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (ne|पशुपति शम्शेर जङ्ग बहादुर राणा) is a politician from the Rana dynasty. He served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Water Resources and Communication (1990–1994), Minister of Water Resources (1995–1997 and 1997–1998) after the Panchayat era. He served as Minister of Panchayat and Local Development (1986–1988), Ministry of Transport and Tourism (1978–1979) and various other full ministers and state ministers during the Panchayat era.[1] He is also one of the richest people in Nepal.[2]
Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana was born to Lieutenant General Yuvaraja Bijaya Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, son of Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana. He is married to Maharani Usha Raje Scindia, daughter of the Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Jivajirao Scindia and Vijayaraje Scindia.[3] He has two daughters: Devyani Rana and Urvashi Rajya Lakshmi. Devyani Rana married the erstwhile Yuvraj of Singrauli; Aishvarya Singh, son of Bhuvneshwar Prasad Singh and Veena Singh. Urvashi Rajya Lakshmi Rana married Shiv Khemka, a businessman from the "Marwadi" Community.