Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana

Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (Nepali: गौरव शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा) known as Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana was Chief of Army Staff of the Nepalese Army between September 2012 and August 2015. He is a descendant of Shamsher Rana family of Nepal through then Maharajkumar Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.

General

Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
महारथी श्री
गौरव शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा
Photo of Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana
Chief of Army Staff of the Nepalese Army
In office
September 2012 – August 2015
DeputyPawan Bahadur Pande as Chief of General Staff
Preceded byChhatra Man Singh Gurung
Succeeded byRajendra Chhetri
Personal details
Born (1955-12-12) 12 December 1955
RelationsRana dynasty and Pande family
Military service
Allegiance   Nepal
Branch/service Nepal Army
Years of service1974–2015
Rank General

Family

General Gaurav Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana is a great, great grandson of Rana Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana; the great grandson of Babar Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, grandson of Mrigendra Shumsher, and son of former Major General Aditya Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana who is married to Mrs. Rohini Rana. The couple has two daughters, two grandsons and two granddaughters.[1]

He was educated at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. He is an alumnus of The Lawrence School, Sanawar. He was one of the first Nepalese to be sent to sanawar after his mother decided to send them where they could stay with his maternal cousins.

He has a son and two daughters

  • Malika Rajya laxmi Pande'
  • Samrat Shumshere jungBahadur Rana.
  • Meghna Rajya Laxhmi (by marriage Srimathi Lal Sahiba Meghna Rajya Laxmi Kumari, of Patna).

References
  1. "Stak.kkk.com". Archived from the original on 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
Military offices
Preceded by
Chhatra Man Singh Gurung		 Chief of Army Staff of the Nepali Army
2012 – 2015		 Succeeded by
Rajendra Chhetri
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