Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana
Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (Nepali: गौरव शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा) known as Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana was Chief of Army Staff of the Nepalese Army between September 2012 and August 2015. He is a descendant of Shamsher Rana family of Nepal through then Maharajkumar Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.
Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | |
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महारथी श्री गौरव शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा | |
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| Chief of Army Staff of the Nepalese Army | |
| In office September 2012 – August 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Chhatra Man Singh Gurung |
| Succeeded by | Rajendra Chhetri |
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| Born | 12 December 1955 |
| Relations | Rana dynasty |
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| Years of service | 1974–2015 |
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Family
General Gaurav Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana is a great, great grandson of Rana Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana; the great grandson of Babar Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, grandson of Mrigendra Shumsher, and son of former Major General Aditya Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana who is married to Mrs. Rohini Rana. The couple has two daughters, two grandsons and two granddaughters.[1]
He was educated at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. He is an alumnus of The Lawrence School, Sanawar. He was one of the first Nepalese to be sent to sanawar after his mother decided to send them where they could stay with his maternal cousins.
He has a son and two daughters
- Malika Rajya laxmi Pande'
- Samrat Shumshere jungBahadur Rana.
- Meghna Rajya Laxhmi (by marriage Srimathi Lal Sahiba Meghna Rajya Laxmi Kumari, of Patna).
References
- "Stak.kkk.com". Archived from the original on 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
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| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Chhatra Man Singh Gurung |
Chief of Army Staff of the Nepali Army 2012 – 2015 |
Succeeded by Rajendra Chhetri |