Cdg Gen. Bahadur Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana in Rome, Italy - 1934

कमांडिंग जनरल बहादुर शमशेर जंगबहादुर राणा ( तत्कालिन राणा प्रधानमन्त्री जुद्ध शमशेरको जेठो छोरा) लाई इटालीको सेनाद्वारा सम्मान; श्रव्यमा पुर्व नेपाली राष्ट्रगान 'श्रीमान् गम्भिर...' को धुन सुन्न सकिन्छ ! उनलाई त्यहाँ इटाली सरकारले 'अर्डर अफ द क्राउन अफ इटाली' द्वारा सम्मान गरिएको थियो !

Commanding General Maharajkumar Bahadur Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana honored by Italian Army in Rome. He was honored with 'Order of the Crown of Italy' by the Italy Government.

Date: 1934 | Credit: © INSTITUTE OF LIGHT CINECITTA 'srl

About him:

Born in 1892, he was the first son of hereditary Rana dynasty Prime Minister 'Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana' from his
first wife Padma Kumari.

-Education: Mayo College, Ajmer, Major-General 1910, cdr 1st Nepalese cont in India 1915-1916 Rotary Supreme Court Judge 1922-1929, Dir-Gen of Education 1924-1929, ADC General & Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister 1932-1940 and 1943-1947

Envoy to the Court of St James 1934-1935, President Development Board 1935-1940, Dir-Gen Foreign Affairs 1937-1939 & 1943-1947
Dir-Gen Nepal Bank Ltd 1937-1940, GOC Nepalese Forces in India 1939-1943, Chief Justice 1943-1945, Administrator Nepal Terai 1945-1946, Eastern Cdng-Gen 1948-1951

Hon Colonel British Army 17/3/1942. Rcvd: the Orders of the Star of Nepal 1st class, Om-Ram-Patta (1948), the Gurkha Right Hand 1st class (2nd class 1934), and the Three Divine Powers 2nd class (1939), GC of the Order of the Crown of Italy (1934), and GO of the Order of the Legion of Honour of #France (1939), #British War (1918), George V Silver Jubilee (1935), 39/45 and #Burma Stars, British Defence and War (MID clasp) (1945) medals.

He died at the Bahadur Bhawan (building of #Kathmandu Metropolitan city office) on 19th May 1977, having had issue, three sons and five daughters:

**His eldest son Nara Shamsher ( Vice-Chairman National Olympic Committee 1962-1964) is dubbed as the 'Father of Sports' in Nepal.