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Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana ( ne, मोहन शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा), GCB,

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, GBE (23 December 1885 – 6 January 1967) was the

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and

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

from 30 April 1948 until 12 November 1951. He was the last prime minister from the

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family, which had controlled Nepal for more than a century and reduced the monarchy to a figurehead. He was the son of the 5th Rana Prime Minister of Nepal Chandra Shumsher and Bada Maharani Chandra Loka Bhakta Lakshmi Devi. He became prime minister at a time when the king,

Tribhuvan Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज त्रिभुवन वीर विक्रम शाह देव ) (30 June 1906 – 13 March 1955) was King of Nepal from 11 December 1911 until his ...

was attempting to assert himself. Tribhuvan wanted to establish a stronger monarchy and some democracy, which Mohan Shumsher opposed. In 1950, Mohan Shumsher's policies against the monarchy forced Tribhuvan and his son Mahendra to flee to

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with the help of the Indian Residency and the Indian government, which led Mohan Shumsher to proclaim Mahendra's three-year-old son

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the king of Nepal. Later in the

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, Tribhuvan returned to

after signing The Delhi Treaty between Mohan Shumsher, Tribhuvan and

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thus restoring his throne and bringing the stately power back to the monarch. By the end of 1951, the king and his allies, the Nepali Congress had triumphed, and Mohan Shumsher and the rest of the Rana family lost power. The Ranas were deprived of all the hereditary offices and privileges conferred by king Surendra Bikram Shah on Jung Bahadur even though Mohan Shumsher still held the office of the prime minister for until several demonstrations by Ranas in an attempt to reestablish their rule and the opposition of the monarchy and Nepali Congress forced him to resign from his position.

Death

On 14 December 1951, Mohan Shumsher went into self-imposed exile in

, and died in

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in 1967, aged 81.

Family

In 1900, he married Bada Maharani Dikshya Kumari, second daughter of ''Kunwar'' Indar Bir Singh Rathor, of Marma Doti. He had two sons and six daughters, #

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Sharda Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana, elder son. He was the father of five children, two sons and three daughters, and all his daughters were given in marriage to high-ranking Rajput Maharajas. His children were: #*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

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#*HH Maharani Yasho Rajya Lakshmi Devi, wife of HH Maharaja Karan Singh Dogra of Jammu and Kashmir #*Bharati/Chaitanya Rajya Lakshmi, wife of HH Maharaja Shatrushalya Singh Jadeja of Nawanagar (Jamnagar). She divorced her husband and married a Punjabi businessman. #

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Bijay Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana, younger son but he was the heir apparent. Married and had four daughters and a son (two daughters are twins) and had two grandchildren, one granddaughter married the Yuvaraja of Singrauli (one of the most highest ranked princely states) - #*

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, he is the titular Sri Teen Maharaja of Nepal, the head of the

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and he is a politician who held several ministerial positions in the government of Nepal at various times. He married Usharaje Scindia, the second daughter of Maharaja

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by his wife Maharani

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. They became the parents of two daughters: #*#Urvashi Rana, married an Indian businessman from the Marwadi community. They have three daughters. #*#

Devyani Rana Devyani Rana ( ne, देवयानी राणा) is the second daughter of Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and ''Rani'' Usha Raje Scindia, daughter of Jiwaji Rao Scindia, the last maharaja of Gwalior, and the wife of Aishwarya Sin ...

married Yuvaraja of Singrauli State Aishvarya Singh, son of HH

Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Singh of Singrauli. They have one child- Adidev Singh who is the Sri Teen Yuvaraja of Nepal and the Chotte Yuvaraja of Singrauli. #* HH Ganga Rajya Laxmi who is married to HH Maharaja Ranjeet Singh Judeo of the

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who is a six-term

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. They have one daughter - Niharika Raje who is married to a fellow royal and the titular crown prince of the

Dholpur State Dhaulpur State or Dholpur State, historically known as the Kingdom of Dholpur, was a kingdom of eastern Rajasthan, India, which was founded in Anno Domini, AD 1806 by a Jat ruler Rana (title), Rana Kirat Singh of Gohad State, Gohad. After 1 ...

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. They have two children - Bhairavi Vijaya Raje and Vinayak Pratap Singh #* Jamuna Rajya Laxmi #* Jyoti Rajya Laxmi #*Dharma Rajya Lakshmi Devi. Married to Maharaj Devi Singh, fourth son of HH Maharaja

Umaid Singh Umaid Singh (8 July 1903 – 9 June 1947), also spelled Umed Singh, was Maharaja of Jodhpur from 1918 until his death, He was the Rajput Ruler. The second son of Sardar Singh of Jodhpur, he succeeded his elder brother Maharaja Sir Sume ...

of Jodhpur. #Rani Sahiba Moha Bakhta Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married to Raja Pashupati Pratap Narayan Singh Bahadur of

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. #Rani Sahiba Thagendra Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married to Rao Udai Singh of Patan, Rajasthan. #Rani Sahiba Roop Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married to Rawal Sangram Singh of Samode in

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. #Rani Sahiba Mahendra Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married to Rana Shivambar Singh of Khajurgaon. #Rani Sahiba Sharada Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married to Raja Girish Chandra Jadumoni Deo Jenamani of

Rairakhol State Rairakhol State ( or, ରେଢ଼ାଖୋଲ ରାଜ୍ୟ) was a princely state during the British Raj in what is today India. It was one of the Chota Nagpur States and had its capital at Rairakhol (Redhakhol), located in the present-day Sa ...

in Orissa. #HH Rani Sahiba Leela Rajya Lakshmi, married to HH Maharaja Sir Arimardam Singh Ju Deo Bahadur of

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in Bundelkhand.

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