Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana

Sir Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
Born (1888-01-27)27 January 1888
Kathmandu, Nepal
Died 12 May 1960(1960-05-12) (aged 72)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Allegiance    Nepal
Service/branch  Nepal Army
Years of service 1901-1951
Rank Commanding Officer
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards GCVO
GBE,
KCSI,
KCIE
Order of the Star of Nepal,
Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu,
Order of Tri Shakti Patta,
Order of Om Ram Patta,
Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit
Relations Tin Maharajah Sir Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (father)
Tin Maharajah Sir Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (brother),
Field Marshal Sir Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (brother),
General Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (great grandson)
Other work Commander-In-Chief, Royal Nepal Army
Minister of Defense

Sir Baber Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, GCVO, GBE, KCSI, KCIE (27 January 1888 – 12 May 1960) was a Minister of Defense of Nepal from the Rana dynasty.[1] A prominent member of the Rana oligarchy, he fought valiantly in the First World War.[2] He was the second son of Maharaja Sir Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and Bada Maharani Chandra Loka Bhakta Lakshmi Devi. He was the younger brother of Maharaja Sir Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and older brother of Field Marshal Sir Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.[3]

Family

Sir Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana was born to Field Marshal H.H. Svasti Sri Madati Prachandra Bhujadandyetyadi Ati-Projjwala-Nepal-Taradisha Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, T'ung-ling-ping-ma-Kuo-Kang-wang, Maharaja of Lambjang and Kaski, GCB and Bada Maharani Chandra Loka Bhakta Lakshmi Devi on January 27, 1888 at Kathmandu. He married twice, first in 1903, to Sri Bada Rani Deva Bakhta Rajya Lakshmi; and secondly to Sri Bada Rani Baid Bakhta Rajya Lakshmi. He had three sons and two daughters:

General Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, the chief of the Army of Nepal since 2012, is his great-grandson through his son, Mrigendra's son Adiyta Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.[5]

Later life

Sir Baber Shamsher was educated at the Mayo College, Ajmer. In 1901, he was made a Major General of the Royal Nepalese Army and was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1903. After being Aide de camp to his father in 1908, he was promoted to a General in 1914, and finally to the post of Commanding General in 1934. In 1927, he was made an Honorary Colonel in the British Army. In 1946, he led the Royal Nepalese troops at the Victory parade in London. During the premiership (1948–1951) of his older brother, Sir Mohan Shamsher, Sir Baber Shamsher was the Mukhtiyar and Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Nepalese Army.[6] In 1951, he became the Minister for Defence in the Congress Rana Cabinet led, by his brother. However he was a bete noire in the eyes of the Nepali Congress, and was replaced by his younger brother, Singha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana on June 10, 1951.[7]

Death

He died at his residence at Baber Mahal, Kathmandu on May 12, 1960 (which was built for him by his father).[8]

Styles

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Google Groups". google.com.
  2. ↑ "Nepalese Army - नेपाली सेना". nepalarmy.mil.np.
  3. ↑ "Lamb6". royalark.net.
  4. ↑ "TILOI". iinet.net.au.
  5. ↑ "Lt Gen Gaurav Shumsher Rana sworn-in as Nepal Army Chief". Zee News.
  6. ↑ "23 Nov 1950 - 30,000 Gurkhas solve a problem". nla.gov.au.
  7. ↑ "Democratic Innovations in Nepal". google.com.
  8. ↑ "vivacitymagazines.com". Retrieved 2015-08-20.


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