THE HEREDITARY PRIME MINISTERS OF NEPAL
- Supradipta Manyabara Cdg.Gen. HH Shri Tin Maharaja
Sir Jung
Bahadur
Rana
[Bir Nar Singh Kunwar] 1857/1877 [Family]
- Supradipta Manyabara Cdg.Gen. HH Shri Tin Maharaja
Sir
Ranadip Singh
Bahadur
Rana 1877/1885 [Family]
- Supradipta Manyabara Cdg.Gen. HH Shri Tin Maharaja
Sir Bir
Shumsher
Jang
Bahadur Rana, 1885/1901 [Family]
- Supradipta Manyabara Cdg.Gen. HH Shri Tin Maharaja
Dev
Shumsher Jang
Bahadur
Rana, 1901 [Family]
- Supradipta Manyabara Cdg.Gen. HH Shri Tin Maharaja
Sir
Chandra Shumsher
Jang Bahadur Rana, 1901/1929 [Family]
- Supradipta Manyabara Cdg.Gen. HH Shri Tin Maharaja
Sir Bhim
Shumsher
Jang
Bahadur Rana, 1929/1932 [Family]
- Supradipta Manyabara Cdg.Gen. HH Shri Tin Maharaja
Sir
Juddha Shumsher
Jang Bahadur Rana, 1932/1945 [Family]
- Supradipta Manyabara Cdg.Gen. HH Shri Tin Maharaja
Sir
Padma Shumsher
Jung
Bahadur Rana 1946/1948 [Family]
- Supradipta Manyabara Cdg.Gen. HH Shri Tin Maharaja
Sir
Mohun Shumsher
Jung Bahadur Rana 1948/1951 [Family]
- HH Shri
Madati-Prachanda
Bhujadandetyadi Shri Shri Shri
Projjwala-Nepala
Taradhisha Maharaja Sir Chandra Shumsher Jung
Bahadur Rana, born
8th
July
1863, 5th Prime Minister and Marshal of Nepal
1901/1929, educated at
Durbar
High School in Kathmandu and at Calcutta University,
Major-General in
Nepalese
Army 1882, Honorary Colonel in 4th Gurkha Rifles 1906,
Southern
Commanding
General 1885/1887, Eastern Commanding General in 1887,
Western Senior
Commanding
General 1887/1901, Commander-in-Chief in 1901,
Honorary General in
British
Army 1919, Director of Foreign Office and of Public
Instructions
1887/1901,
Grand Master of Most Refulgent Order of Star of Nepal
1923, Grand
Officer
of Legion of Honour. He classified the Ranas into A, B
and C categories
and only the A class was made eligible for the roll of
succession,
abolished
sati in 1924 and slavery in 1926, he electrified
Kathmandu in
1924
and established the Tri-Chandra College in 1918. He
opened Durbar High
School for the general people, he also established
Gorkha Bhasa
Prakasini
Samiti in 1912 and built an electricity power station
at Pharping. A
personal
gun salute of 19 was awarded to him on the occassion
of his visit to
England
in 1908 (later increased to 21 if visiting India), at
the same time, HM
King Edward VII awarded him the Grand Cross of the
Order of Bath, and
Oxford
University conferred on him the honourary degree of
"Doctor of Civil
Law".
Other awards and creations include; Maharaja
[cr.1901], Thong Lin Pimma
Kokang Wong Syan (China) [cr.1902], G.C.B. (civ)
[cr.1908], G.C.S.I.
[cr.1905],
G.C.M.G. [cr.1919], G.C.V.O. [cr.1911], F.R.G.S.
(Hon), D.C.L.
(Hon)(Oxford)
[cr.1908], he married 1stly 1878, HH Bada Maharani
Loka Bhakta Lakshmi
Devi, died 1905, 2ndly 1905, HH Bada Maharani Bala
Kumari Devi,
daughter
of Col. Hari Bikram Shah, and had issue. He died 26th
November
1929.
- Supradipta Manyabara Gen. HH Shri Tin Maharajah
Sir Mohun
Shumsher Jung
Bahadur Rana (qv)
Supradipta Manyabara
Gen. HH Maharajkumar Sir Baber
Shumsher Jung
Bahadur
Rana, born 27th January 1888, Defence Minister 1951,
Eastern Commanding
General 1934/1945, Director-General of Police Forces
in Kathmandu
1903/-
, Inspector-General of Nepalese Contingents in India
1915/1919
(received
1st class of Order of Star of Nepal with title of
Supradipta Manyabara
1919), served with Waziristan Field Force (receiving
Nepalese Military
Decoration for bravery, British War and Victory
Medals 1917), served in
Afghan War (receiving the G.B.E.), attended the
Delhi Coronation Durbar
1903, G.B.E. (Hon)(Mil.) [cr.1919], K.C.S.I. (Hon)
[cr.1919], K.C.I.E.
[cr.1916], married 1903, Rani Deva Vakta Lakshmi
Devi, and had issue.
He
died 1960.
- Shri Mrigendra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, born
1906,
married Rani
Rukmani
Devi of Kangra, and had issue.
- Lt.-Gen. Shri Bharat Shumsher Jung Bahadur
Rana,
married and has issue.
- Shri Nandu Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
married and
has issue.
- Shri Arya Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Shri Pradip Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.
- Shri Kriti Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Rani Jaya Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married
Rajkumar
Divyakar Pratap Singh of Kasmanda,
and
has issue.
- Yuvrani Durga Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married
Yuvaraj
Krishna Kumar Singh
of Churhat,
and
has issue.
- Shri Aditya Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
married Rani
Sunita Kumari of
Tiara,
and had issue.
- Shri Gorakh Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Shri Gaurav Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
married and
had issue.
- Shri Samrat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
-
Shri
Gautam Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, born 29th
April 1958, educated at
Lawrence
School in Simla, North Point Darjeeling (BA
Honours in English), and
then
in Nuremberg, Germany for Business
Administration and to work for one
year,
Managing Director of the Baber Mahal
Revisited, married Rani Bhavna
Kumari
of Dhami, and has issue, 2 sons.
- Shri Virat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
born 12th
September 1981 in
Kathmandu.
- Shri Varun Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
born 10th
March 1983 in
Kathmandu.
- His Excellency Shri Jagdish Shumsher Jung
Bahadur
Rana, born 18th
August 1929, Nepal's Ambassador to India, he
presented his credentials
on 26th February 1983; married
1stly, May 1951, Rani Shashi Kumari of
Kumharsain, born December 1936,
married 2ndly, 16th July 1965, Rani
Bhuvaneshwari Kumari of Koti, and
had
issue.
- Shri Amar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
married and
had issue.
- Shri Basant Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Shri Sharad Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Shri Samir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Col. Shri Jay Prakash Shumsher Jung Bahadur
Rana,
married and has issue.
- Sarala Rajya Laxmi Devi, born 5th March
1954,
married 14th February 1975, Dr. Sri Gautam
Singhji of Kursela,
and has issue, two sons.
- Rani Sarita Rajya Laxmi Devi, married 1976,
Maharaja Raghvendra Singh Deo
of Korea
in Madhya Pradesh, and
has issue, two daughters.
- Shri Saurya Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
married
Vibha Kumari, daughter of Thakur Shivraj Singh
of Khatipura in Jaipur,
and
has issue.
- Shri Dhiraj Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Shri Sagar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, married
1957,
Rani Brinda Devi,
daughter of Rana Raghunath Singh of Kotkhai,
and had issue.
- Shri Upendra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
married
and had issue.
- Shri Parakram Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Shri Uday Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
married and
had issue.
- Shri Ayush Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Shri Samar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Shri Brahma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, born
1909,
married in 1928.
- Shri Bala Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.
- Rani Phanindra Rajya Lakshmi Devi, born 1908,
married
1926, Hon. Lt.
Raja
Bahadur Bishwanath Saran Singh of Tiloi,
Uttar
Pradesh, and had issue. She died 3rd January 1994.
- Rani Homa Rajya Lakshmi Devi, born 1913, married
Raja
Krishna Chandra
Singh
Mandhata of Nayagarh,
and had
issue.
- Supradipta Manyabara Field Marshal His Excellency
HH
Maharajkumar Sir
Keshar Shumsher
Jung Bahadur Rana, born 8th January 1892 in
Thapathali, educated
privately,
at Singha Durbar School and at Durbar High School,
Southern Commanding
General 1934/1945; 4th Nepali Ambassador to the
United Kingdom
1947/1949; has 1st class of Order of Star of Nepal,
first
Chairman
of Kathmandu Municipality and a Rotary Judge of
Supreme Court of
Appeal,
K.B.E. (Hon. Mil.) [cr.1924], married 1stly, 20th
April 1904, HRH
Princess
Royal Laxmi Rajya Laxmi Devi, daughter of HH
Maharaja Dhiraj Prithvi
Bir
Bikram of Nepal, married 2ndly, 1943, Rani Krishna
Chandra Kumari of
Bajura,
and had issue, four sons and five daughters. He died
7th June
1964.
- Gen. Shri Samrajya Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
(by the
Princess Royal),
born 1921, married Rani Saraswati Kumari of Bajang
State, and has
issue,
one daughter, as well as other issue.
- Jaya Rajya Laxmi Devi [née Netra Rajya
Laxmi
Devi] (by Rani
Saraswati),
married Chautarya Kendra Bikram Shah and has
issue, 1 son and 1
daughter.
- Prama Rajya Laxmi Devi
Shah,
married
Shri Sarit Shumshere
Jung Bahadur Rana, and has issue, one
daughter.
- Devasri Rajya Laxmi Devi
Rana
- Jayendra Bikram Shah
- Shri Bhim Raj Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
married and
has issue.
- Shri Girish Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Rachana Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana
- Shri Dr. Yubarna Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
married
and has issue.
- Bandhana Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana
- Pooja Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana
- Shri Abhishek Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Shri Shashi Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
[né
Riddhi SJB Rana], married and
has issue.
- Shri Shovan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Smriti Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana, married Shri
Gyanendra Bhandari.
- Shri Narayan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
married and
has issue.
- Prarthana Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana
- Shri Bishal Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Bijayeta Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana
- Shri Arbinda Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, married
and
has issue.
- Rani Jyotsana Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana, married
Kunwar
Dibyeshwar Kumar
Singh, son of
Rani Bimala Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah (daughter of
HM King Tribhuvan) and
Maharaj
Kumar Shri Maheshwar Kumar Singh of Surguja
in India.
- Sampada Rajya Laxmi
Devi
- Upasna Rajya Laxmi Devi,
married
Gaurav Bohara, son of Deepak
Bohara, and has issue.
- Shri Murari Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Shri Keyur Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, married
Ambika
Rana and has
issue.
- Kumar Gorakh Shumsher Jung Bahadur
Rana,
born
17th February 1969,
graduated from Knox College, University of
Illinois with a Masters in
Business
Administration in 1992; awarded the Suprashiddha
Prabala Gorkha
Dakshin Babu (First Class) medal on 23rd
October 2001; married 8th
May 1997 in Kathmandu, HRH Princess
Shruti Rajya Lakshmi Devi, born 15th October
1976, daughter of HM King
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal,
died
1st June 2001 in Narayanhity Royal Palace,
cremated 2nd June 2001 in
Pashupatinath
Temple nr Kathmandu, and has issue.
- Girvani Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana, born 22nd
June 1998
in Thapathali.
- Daughter, born March 2001.
- Kumar Neer Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.
- Annapurna Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana.
- Daughter, married and has issue.
- Bipta Shah, graduate of Knox College.
- Shri Lokbhakta Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
[married and
had issue.?]
- [Garima Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana, married
February 2001
Dr. Parash Bahadur
Singh?]
- Durga Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana (by the
Princess Royal), born in or about 1919.
- Titila Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana (by the
Princess Royal), born in or about 1922.
- Supradipta Manyabara Lt.-Gen. His Excellency
Maharajkumar
Singha Shumsher
Jung Bahadur
Rana (Photo),
born
1893, appointed 3rd Nepali Minister General to the
United Kingdom
1939/1947; Nepal's Ambassador to India in 1945;
married Maharani
Rama Rajya Lakshmi Devi, daughter of
HH Maharaja Dhiraj Prithvi Bir Bikram of Nepal, and
had issue.
- General Shri Arjun Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
married
Sri Rani Bindu Devi, daughter of Kunwar Mandhata
Pal of Askote,
and had issue.
- Rani (name
unknown), married Capt. Shri Bobby
Bikram Shah (?grandson of Colonel Rajkumar Hari
Bikram Shah of Jajarkot), and has issue.
- Shri Rajiv Bikram Shah, born 1968, married
Smt. Shivani Kumari of Poonch.
- Rani Bhuvan Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married Raja
Sardar
Singh Bahadur of Khetri.
- Maharani Lalita Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married
February
1936, Maharaja
Kamakshya
Narain Singh of Ramgarh.
- HH Maharani Durga Rajya Laxmi Devi, married 24th
February 1937 at Kathmandu in
Nepal, HH Maharaja Mahendra Narendra Singh Ju Deo
Bahadur of Panna,
and had issue.
- Maj.Gen. Maharajkumar Krishna Shumsher Jung
Bahadur Rana (Photo),
born
8th
February
1900, 2nd Nepali Minister General to the United
Kingdom 1936/1939;
married Rani Tara Rajya Lakshmi Devi, daughter of HH
Maharaja
Dhiraj
Prithvi Bir Bikram of Nepal. He died 19th May 1977
in Bangalore, India.
- Shri Jharendra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
married and
had issue.
- Shri Devendra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Shri Shivendra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Rani Yina Deveshwari Devi, born 4th March 1928,
married
1942, Rai Mahinder Singh of Kullu,
and
has issue.
- Maj. Gen. Maharajkumar Badri Shumsher Jung Bahadur
Rana,
married and
had
issue.
- Shri Pralhad Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Maj.Gen. Maharajkumar Bishnu Shumsher Jung Bahadur
Rana,
born 1908,
married
Rani Urmila Lakshmi Kumari, and had issue. He died
29th January 1946 in
Nassau, Bahamas.
- Shri Pitambar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Maj.-Gen. His Excellency Maharajkumar Shanker
Shumsher
Jung Bahadur Rana,
born 1909,
5th Nepali Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1949/1954; married
22nd May 1924, HH Rani Kumari Rajya Lakshmi,
daughter of Col. Tej
Bahadur Malla
of
Nepal, and had issue. He died 4th June 1976.
- Maj.-Gen. Shri Shridhar Shumsher Jung Bahadur
Rana,
born 1928,
5th Military
Attaché (London) 1951/1957; married Rani
Padma
Devi and has issue.
- Shri Sarad Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, born
4th
September 1954 in
London,
married 7th May 1981 in Kathmandu, Maharaj
Kumari Sneha Manjari Bhanj
Deo,
born 2nd May 1955 in Calcutta, daughter of HH
Maharaja Shri Pradeep
Chandra
Bhanj Deo of Mayurbhanj,
and
has issue.
- Shri Shashwat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.
- Shri Sarbagya Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
married and
had issue.
- Shri Saurav Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Shri Damodhar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- HH Maharani Prabha Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married
1947, HH
Maharajah Lokendra
Singhji of Ratlam.
- Maj.-Gen. Maharajkumar Madan Shumsher Jung Bahadur
Rana,
married and had
issue.
- Shri Gopal Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, married
and had
issue.
- Shri Mahesh Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Shri Dinesh Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Shri Yagyaraj Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Rani Khageswari Lakshmi Devi, married 1894, Raja
Jai
Prithvi Bahadur
Singh
of Bajang.
- Rani Raj Lakshmi Kumari Devi, born 1918, married
1932,
Maharaja Sir
Pateshwari
Prasad Singh of Balrampur.
She
died 1999.
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