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Shree Shree Shree

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Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana ( ne, जुद्ध शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा) (19 April 1875 in

Narayanhity Palace The Narayanhiti Palace Museum (Nepali: नारायणहिटी दरवार) is a public museum in Kathmandu, Nepal located east of the Kaiser Mahal and next to Thamel. The museum was created in 2008 from the complex of the former Nar ...

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– 20 November 1952 in

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) was the

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from 1 September 1932 to 29 November 1945 as the head of the

Rana dynasty Rana dynasty ( ne, राणा वंश, IAST=Rāṇā vaṃśa , ) is a Chhetri dynasty that imposed totalitarianism in the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1951, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making Prime Minister and other ...

. He was the

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and

Lamjung Lamjung District ( ne, लमजुङ जिल्ला ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, with Besisahar as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 167,724. Lamjun ...

and Kaski. He is credited for rebuilding the

Dharahara Dharahara ( ne, धरहरा; or ), is a tower at the centre of Sundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal. It was first built in 1832 by ''Mukhtiyar'' (equivalent to Prime Minister) Bhimsen Thapa under the commission of Queen Lalit Tripurasundari and was ...

which was destroyed by the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. Juddha Shumsher had twenty sons and twenty daughters.

Early life

Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was born on 19 April 1875 at the

Narayanhiti Palace The Narayanhiti Palace Museum (Nepali: नारायणहिटी दरवार) is a public museum in Kathmandu, Nepal located east of the Kaiser Mahal and next to Thamel. The museum was created in 2008 from the complex of the former Nara ...

Durbar Marg Durbar Marg or Durbarmarg ( ne, दरबारमार्ग; informally known as ''King's way'') is a broad, long avenue in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu. It can be considered the heart of the city, akin to the Champs Elysées and the chief ave ...

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Dhir Shumsher Rana Dhir Shumsher Kunwar (1828 – 1884 Kathmandu) after 1848 known as Dhir Shumsher Kunwar Ranaji ( ne, धीर शम्शेर कुँवर राणाजी) or Dhir Shumsher Jang Kunwar Ranaji or shortly Dhir Shumsher Rana posthumously ...

and Juhar Kumari Devi. Rana was born into a noble Hindu

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family, his father Dhir Shamsher, was the youngest brother of

Jung Bahadur Rana Maharaja Jung Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji, (born Bir Narsingh Kunwar ( ne, वीर नरसिंह कुँवर), 18 June 1817; popularly known as Jung Bahadur Rana (JBR, ne, जङ्गबहादुर राणा)) () belonging to the ...

who started the

, and his mother belonged to a noble

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family from Kangra. He was made

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by Jung Bahadur during his Annaprashana ceremony which marks an infant's first intake of food other than milk. At the age of nine, his father Dhir Shumsher died, subsequently, he was looked after by his brothers. Following the 1885 Nepal coup d'état, his elder brother Bir Shumsher became the

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and Juddha was made a

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and given an allowance of 21, 000 Nepalese rupees (NPR). At the age of 12, he was enrolled in a school, however, due to his deteriorating health, Rana had to leave his studies. During that time, he lived with Bhim Shumsher, who also performed his

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ceremony. In 1888, he was married to Padma Kumari Devi of

Gulmi Gulmi District ( ne, गुल्मी जिल्ला), a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Tamghas as its headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 296,654 in 2001, 28 ...

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