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
Deputy	Pawan Bahadur Pande as Chief of General Staff
Preceded by	Chhatra Man Singh Gurung
Succeeded by	Rajendra Chhetri
Personal details
Born	12 December 1955
Relations	Rana dynasty and Pande family
Military service
Allegiance	Nepal
Branch/service	Nepal Army
Years of service	1974–2015
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.

External links

• Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana on Facebook
• Official biography