Monarch: Tribhuvan of Nepal
Preceded by: Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Succeeded by: Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Born: 16 April 1865 Thapathali Durbar, Kathmandu
Died: 1 September 1932 (aged 67), Singha Durbar
Nationality: Nepali
Spouse: Her Highness Sri Teen Sita Bada Maharani Deela Kumari Devi
Children: Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Ram Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Hiranya Shamsher Jung Rana, Yogya Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Maharani Somgarbha Dibyeshwari Rajya Laxmi
Father: Dhir Shamsher Rana
Mother: Nanda Kumari
Bhim Shumsher Jung Bahadhur Rana was the ruler of nepal for three years,from 26th November 1929 to 1st September 1932. Bhim Shumsher held the following titles: T'ung-ling-ping-ma-Kuo-Kang-wang, Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski, GCSI, GCMG, KCVO, and Supradipta Manyabara.
The youngest brother of Jung Bahadur Rana, who founded the Rana dynasty, Dhir Shamsher Rana was the father of Bhim Shumsher, the sixth son. Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, a son of Bhim Shumsher, ruled Nepal from 29 November 1945 to 30 April 1948; his other sons served in important government positions until 1951.
In 1868, Bhim Shamsher enlisted as a lieutenant colonel in the Nepalese Army. In 1879, he was promoted to colonel. From 1885 to 1887, he served as the northern commanding general. From 1887 to 1901, he served as the eastern commanding general. From 1901 to 1907, he served as the senior commanding general of the western command and chief of army staff. From 1907 to 1929, he served as the heir apparent and commander-in-chief. When King George V visited Nepal in December 1911, Bhim Shamsher served as his aide-de-camp.
On November 26, 1929, he was installed as the country's new monarch.On 26 November 1929, Bhim Shumsher was appointed Field Marshal of the Nepalese Army. He later attained the titles of Honorary Major General of the British Army, Honorary Colonel of the 4th Gorkha Rifles, and Honorary General of the Chinese Army. He was given the Most Refulgent Order of the Star of Nepal's Grand Master award.
Although considered an autocrat, Bhim Shamsher instituted several reforms, including declaring Saturdays a holiday, establishing weekday working hours of 10:00 to 16:00, protecting tenant farmers from land reform, abolishing duties on cotton and salt, ending the pasture tax, and abolishing capital punishment. His wife, Sita Bada Maharani Deela Kumari Devi, was instrumental in these reforms. Bhim Shamsher built several district hospitals, extended the drinking-water pipelines in eastern Nepal, and built public roads and bridges. During his reign, Bhim Shamsher oversaw the expansion of waterworks for Kathmandu and the Terai region. His most famous bridge, Kalo Pul over the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, is still in use, and he raised the standards of middle schools in Bhaktapur and Kathmandu's Patan district to high school levels.
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