Kaiser Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana

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His Excellency Field Marshal
Sir
Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
महाराज अतिरथी श्री
केसर शमशेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा
Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
(father)
  • Bada Maharani Chandra Loka Bhaktha Rajya Lakshmi (mother)
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    Field Marshal Sir Kaiser Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana,

    GCMG, GCVO the fifth Prime Minister of Nepal of the Rana dynasty and Bada Maharani Chandra Loka Bhaktha Rajya Lakshmi.[citation needed
    ]

    Early life

    He was the younger brother of Shree Tin Maharaja

    Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.[1] From 1909 for some years he had Basanta Kumar Mallik.[2]

    Family

    Kaiser Shamsher married twice and had five sons and five daughters. On 20 April 1904 he married his first wife at the

    Bajura.[citation needed
    ]

    Later life

    During his lifetime Kaiser Shamsher occupied various posts and had many responsibilities both in the civil and the military administration. In 1901 he was appointed major general. In 1920 Kaiser Shamsher became a lieutenant general. In 1922–1930 he served as the chairman of the Kathmandu municipality. Later he was the Southern commanding general (1934–1945) and Eastern commanding general (1945–1947). Kaiser Shamsher worked as director general of various institutions, such as the Royal Museum (1928–1939), the Archaeology Department (1931–1939), and the Foreign Affairs Department (1932–1937). As a foreign minister of Nepal, he attended the ceremony of

    Court of St. James. In 1951–53 he was commander-in-chief. He also served as minister of Defence (1951–1955) and minister of finance and administration (1952–53). In 1956 Kaiser Shamsher was promoted to field marshal.[3]
    Kaiser Shamsher died on 7 June 1964 at the age of 72.

    Wealth

    Kaiser Shumsher owned Kaiser Castle at Banaras Cantt in Banaras, India. The building was given out (free of rent) to the Zoological Survey of India from 1942 to 1949.[4] A species of crustacean Nichollsia kashiense is found to have been discovered in the castle area.[5]

    Kaiser Library

    Kaiser Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana was an avid book collector, and his personal library at the Kaiser Mahal is now open to the public.

    Narayanhity Royal Palace. The library, unique for its architecture, houses more than sixty thousand books, documents, periodicals and manuscripts. and is one of the oldest libraries in Nepal.[7] From a very young age Kaiser Shamsher bought and collected books and newspapers, and visited England with his father. He was very much impressed by the government of England, as well as by the library system and the proper management of books there. Book collection was his hobby and his visit to Britain & British libraries led to the increase in the number of his books and change in the structure of his own library. From England, he brought back with him many books to Kathmandu. Access to the library was limited to the members of his family, special people of the nation and special visitors from abroad. In his will he bequeathed his library to the government, thereby making it a national property accessible to all.[8] It was established in 1969 A.D. with the donated personal collection by his widow Krishna Chandra Kumari Devi.[9]

    Honours

    National honours

    Foreign honours

    See also

    References

    1. ISBN 978-81-7024-756-2
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    2. ^ Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli; Winifred, Lewis (1961). Basanta Kumar Mallik: A Garland of Homage from Some who Knew Him Well, with a Biography. V. Stuart. p. 149.
    3. ^ "Nepal". Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
    4. ^ The Constituent Assembly of India (Legislative) Debates: Official Report. Manager of Publications. 1948.
    5. ^ "Animal Discoveries in 100 Years – Zoological Survey of India 1916 – 2015" (PDF). zsi.gov.in. Zoological Survey of India.
    6. ^ Google Books
    7. ^ "Collections". Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
    8. ^ Klib
    9. ^ Klib
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