Bir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana

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Maharaja Sir Bir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, GCSI, (10 December 1852-5 March 1901), was the third Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty. He was born to the Chief of the Army Dhir Shamsher Rana (a younger brother of Jang Bahadur). He and his brothers plotted the assassination of their doddering uncle, the Prime Minister Renaudip Singh Bahadur. He then served from 1885 to 1901 and was invested as Tung-ling-ping-ma-kuo-kang-wang in 1889. During his tenure, he received both Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and the ill-fated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. His successor for three months, at his death in 1901, was his progressive brother Deva Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.

[edit] Children

Maharaja Sir Bir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, GCSI, had 11 sons and several daughters, including:

1. General Sri Teen Maharajkumar Gehendra Shumshere Jung Rana Bahadur (1871-1905), desc

2. Commanding-General Supradipta-Manyabara-Nepal-Tara Prasidha-Prabala-Gorkha-Dakshina-Bahu Sri Teen Maharajkumar Dharma Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana (d. 25 August 1932).

3. Colonel Kunwar Chakra Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana (d. bef. 1923)

4. Field Marshal His Excellency Supradipta-Manyabara-Nepal-Tara Om-Ram-Patta Suprasidha-Prabala-Gorkha-Dakshina-Bahu Subikhyat-Tri-Shakti-Patta Sri Teen Maharajkumar The Rt Hon. Rudra Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana (1879-12 February 1963), desc

5. Commanding General Supradipta-Manyabara-Nepal-Tara, Subikhyat-Tri-Shakti-Patta, Prasidha-Prabala-Gorkha-Dakshina-Bahu Sri Teen Maharajkumar Sir Tej Shumshere Jung Bahadur Ran, KCIE , KBE (1885-13 May 1942),desc.

6. Major-General Pratap Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana (d. 16 September 1934), desc

7. Colonel Manyabara-Nepal-Tara Indra Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana, CIE (18?-1926), desc

8. General Supradipta-Manyabara-Nepal-Tara, Suprasidha-Prabala-Gorkha-Dakshina-Bahu Ananda Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana, desc.

v • d • e Prime Ministers of Nepal

Damodar Pande • Rana Bahadur Shah Deva • Bhimsen Thapa • Rana Jang Pande • Ranga Nath Poudyal • Puskar Shah • Rana Jang Pande • Ranga Nath Poudyal • Fateh Jang Chautaria • Madhabar Singh Thapa • Fateh Jang Chautaria • Jang Bahadur • Bam Bahadur Kunwar Rana • Krishna Bahadur Kunwar Rana • Jang Bahadur • Ranaudip Singh • Bir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana • Deva Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana • Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana • Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana • Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana • Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana • Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana • Matrika Prasad Koirala • vacant (1952-1953) • Matrika Prasad Koirala • vacant (1955-1956) • Tanka Prasad Acharya • Kunwar Indrajit Singh • Subarna Shamsher Rana • Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala • Tulsi Giri • Surya Bahadur Thapa • Tulsi Giri • Surya Bahadur Thapa • Kirti Nidhi Bista • vacant (1970-1971) • Kirti Nidhi Bista • Nagendra Prasad Rijal • Tulsi Giri • Kirti Nidhi Bista • Surya Bahadur Thapa • Lokendra Bahadur Chand • Nagendra Prasad Rijal • Marich Man Singh Shrestha • Lokendra Bahadur Chand • Krishna Prasad Bhattarai • Girija Prasad Koirala • Man Mohan Adhikari • Sher Bahadur Deuba • Lokendra Bahadur Chand • Surya Bahadur Thapa • Girija Prasad Koirala • Krishna Prasad Bhattarai • Sher Bahadur Deuba • vacant (2002) • Lokendra Bahadur Chand • Surya Bahadur Thapa • Sher Bahadur Deuba • vacant (2005-2006) • Girija Prasad Koirala