Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana

 Introduction

Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana

Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Field Marshal Shree Shree Shree Maharaja. He held the titles of Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski and Field Marshal. He is credited with restoring the Dharahara after the 1934 Nepal-Bihar earthquake destroyed it. Twenty daughters and twenty sons were born to Juddha Shumsher.

Monarch: King Tribhuvan

Preceded by:Bhim Shumsher

Succeeded by: Padma Shumsher

Born: 19 April 1875 Narayanhity Palace, Kathmandu

Died: 20 November 1952 (aged 77) Dehradun, India

Parent(s): Dhir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (father) Juhar Kumari Devi (mother)

Shumsher, Juddha Jung Bahadur Rana was born on April 19, 1875, to Dhir Shumsher Rana and Juhar Kumari Devi at the Narayanhiti Palace in Durbar Marg, Kathmandu. Rana was born into a wealthy Hindu Chhetri family; his mother came from a Kangra-based Rajput family of distinction, and his father, Dhir Shamsher, was the youngest brother of Jung Bahadur Rana, who founded the Rana dynasty. During his Annaprashana ceremony, which commemorates the first time a baby consumes food other than milk, Jung Bahadur promoted him to colonel. When Dhir Shumsher, his father, passed away when he was nine years old, his brothers took care of him.

Juddha's older brother Bir Shumsher was made prime minister of Nepal following the 1885 coup d'état, and Juddha was promoted to general and given a salary of 21,000 Nepalese rupees (NPR). At the age of 12, Rana was enrolled in a school, but he had to discontinue his studies because of his failing health. He shared a residence with Bhim Shumsher at that time, who also carried out his Upanayana ceremony. He married Padma Kumari Devi of Gulmi in 1888.