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.
- Shri Jagdish Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, born 18th
August 1929, 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, 2 sons.
- Rani Sarita Rajya Laxmi Devi, married the Maharaj
of Korea in Madhya Pradesh.
- 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 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, 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, 4 sons and 5 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
- Titila Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana
- Supradipta Manyabara Lt.Gen. Maharajkumar Singha Shumsher
Jung Bahadur
Rana (Photo),
born 1893, married Maharani Rama Rajya Lakshmi Devi, (daughter of
HH Maharaja Dhiraj PRITHVI Bir Bikram of Nepal), and had issue.
- Shri Arjun Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Rani Bhuvan Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married Raja SARDAR
SINGH Bahadur of Khetri.
- Maharani Lalita Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married February
1936, Maharaja
KAMAKHYA
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, 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
and had issue. He died 29th January 1946 in Nassau, Bahamas.
- Shri Pitambar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Maj.Gen. Maharajkumar Shanker Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,
born 1909,
married
1924 HH Rani Kumari Rajya Lakshmi, daughter of Col. Tej Bahadur Malla
of
Nepal, and had issue. He died 4th June 1976.
- Shri Shridhar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, born 1928,
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
- 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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