Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana
Nepalese army officer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (Nepali: गौरव शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा) also known as Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Nepalese Army from September 2012 to August 2015.[1] He is a descendant of the Shamsher Rana family of Nepal through then Maharajkumar Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.[2][3][4]
Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | |
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महारथी श्री गौरव शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा | |
Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana | |
| Chief of Army Staff of the Nepalese Army | |
| In office September 2012 – August 2015 | |
| Deputy | Pawan Bahadur Pande as Chief of General Staff |
| Preceded by | Chhatra Man Singh Gurung |
| Succeeded by | Rajendra Chhetri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1955 |
| Relations | Rana dynasty and Pande family
Malika Rajya laxmi Pande (daughter) Samrat Shumshere JungBahadur Rana (son) Meghna Rajya Laxhmi (daughter) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Nepal |
| Branch/service | Nepal Army |
| Years of service | 1974–2015 |
| Rank | General |
Family and early life
A member of the former Rana dynasty of Nepal, Gaurav Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana is a descendant of Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana and Commanding General Baber Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana.[2] Rana was born in 1955 in Kathmandu.[4]
He is the son of former Major General Aditya Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana and is married to Rohini Rana. The couple has two daughters, two grandsons and two granddaughters.[3] His daughter, Meghna is married to Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, an Indian politician and the grandson of Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, former Chief Ministers of Odisha.[5][6]
He attended The Lawrence School, Sanawar[2] and the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.[7]
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