Introduction
He was the final prime minister of the Rana family, which dominated Nepal for more than a century and reduced the monarchy to a mere ceremonial figurehead. He was the son of Nepal's Fifth Rana Prime Minister, Chandra Shumsher, and Bada Maharani Chandra Loka Bhakta Lakshmi Devi.
He was chosen prime minister at a time when the monarch, Tribhuvan, was attempting to impose himself. Mohan Shumsher opposed Tribhuvan's intentions to establish a more powerful monarchy and some form of democracy.
Personal Details
Date of Birth: 23 December 1885
Father: Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana
Mother: Chandra Loka Bhakta Lakshmi Devi
Death: 6 January 1967
Political Life
Mohan Shumsher's anti-monarchy actions caused Tribhuvan and his son Mahendra to flee to India in 1950, with the support of the Indian Residency and the Indian government, prompting Mohan Shumsher to crown Mahendra's three-year-old son Gyanendra as King of Nepal.
Later in the 1951 revolution, Tribhuvan returned to Nepal after signing The Delhi Treaty between Mohan Shumsher, Tribhuvan, and the Nepali Congress, restoring his throne and restoring the monarch's regal power. The king and his friends, the Nepali Congress, had won by the end of 1951, and Mohan Shumsher and the rest of the Rana dynasty had lost power.
The Ranas were stripped of all hereditary offices and privileges bestowed by King Surendra Bikram Shah on Jung Bahadur, even though Mohan Shumsher remained prime minister until several demonstrations by Ranas in an attempt to reestablish their rule, as well as opposition from the monarchy and Nepali Congress, forced him to resign.
His Family
HIS SONS
In 1900, he married Bada Maharani Dikshya Kumari, the second daughter of Marma Doti's Kunwar Indar Bir Singh Rathor. He was the father of two sons and six daughters.
The oldest son is His Highness General Maharajkumar Sharda Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana. He had five offspring, two sons and three daughters, and all of his daughters were married off to high-ranking Rajput Maharajas. His children were as follows: Deepak Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana, elder son Mukund Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana, younger son HH Maharani Mukut Rajya Lakshmi Devi, wife of HH Maharaja Raghunath Singh Bhati of Jaisalmer HH Maharani Yasho Rajya Lakshmi Devi, wife of HH Maharaja Karan Singh Dogra of Jammu and Kashmir HH Maharaja Shatrushalya Singh Jadeja of Nawanagar's wife, Bharati/Chaitanya Rajya Lakshmi (Jamnagar).
His Majesty General Yuvaraja Bijay Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana was the youngest son but the heir apparent. Married and had four daughters and a son (two girls are twins) as well as two grandchildren, one of whom married the Yuvaraja of Singrauli (one of the most powerful princely realms) - Pashupati Shamsher. Jang Bahadur Rana is the titular Sri Teen Maharaja of Nepal, the leader of the Rana Dynasty, and a politician who has held numerous ministerial roles in Nepal's government. He married Usharaje Scindia, Maharaja Jiwajirao Scindia of Gwalior's second daughter with his wife Maharani Vijayaraje Scindia. They gave birth to two daughters:
Devyani Rana married Aishvarya Singh, Yuvaraja of Singrauli State, son of HH Maharaja Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Singh of Singrauli. They have one child, Adidev Singh, who is Nepal's Sri Teen Yuvaraja and Singrauli's Chotte Yuvaraja.
HIS DAUGHTRS
Dharma Lakshmi Lakshmi. Maharaj Devi Singh, the fourth son of HH Maharaja Umaid Singh of
Jodhpur, is his wife.
Raja Pashupati Pratap Narayan Singh Bahadur of Bansi, Uttar Pradesh, married Rani Sahiba Moha Bakhta Rajya Lakshmi Devi.
Rao Udai Singh of Patan, Rajasthan, married Rani Sahiba Thagendra Rajya Lakshmi Devi.
Rawal Sangram Singh of Samode, Rajasthan, married Rani Sahiba Roop Rajya Lakshmi Devi.
Rani Sahiba Mahendra Rajya Lakshmi Devi, wife of Khajurgaon's Rana Shivambar Singh.
Rani Sahiba Sharada Rajya Lakshmi Devi is the wife of Rairakhol State's Raja Girish Chandra Jadumoni Deo Jenamani.
HH HH Maharaja Sir Arimardam Singh Ju Deo Bahadur of Charkhari State in Bundelkhand wedded Rani Sahiba Leela Rajya Lakshmi.
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