Biography of chandra shumshergunj
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| H.H.ShreeShreeShree Maharaja Field MarshalSir Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, FRGS श्री ३ महाराज चन्द्र शमशेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा | |
|---|---|
| Maharaja Sri Teen Chandra Shamsher Janga Bahadur Rana | |
| 13th Prime Minister of Nepal Sri 3 Maharaj of Kaski and Lamjung | |
In office 27 June 1901 – 26 November 1929 | |
| Monarch | King Tribhuvan |
| Preceded by | Dev Shumsher |
| Succeeded by | Bhim Shumsher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1863-07-08)8 July 1863 Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Died | 26 November 1929(1929-11-26) (aged 66) Kathmandu, Nepal |
Field-MarshalMaharaja Sri Teen Chandra Shumsher Junga Bahadur RanaGCB GCSI GCMG GCVO FRGS (8 July 1863 – 26 November 1929) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty. He served in this capacity from 27 June 1901 to his death in 1929, after he successfully disposed his liberal and reformist brother Dev Shamsher. Although generally perceived as despotic and conservative, he is credited with several reforms including the abolition of slavery and the Nepal-Britain Treaty of 1923, which recognized Nepal as an independent nation and an ally of Britain.
Family and early life[]
Chandra Shumsher was the sixth of the seventeen sons of Dhir Shumsher Rana (the youngest brother of Jung Bahadur Rana) through his Thapa wife Nanda Kumari, of whom he was the third son. He was educated in Kolkata and thus became to be the first Nepalese Prime Minister who had passed matriculation examination. In the convocation address of 1884, the then Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University praised him as: "a gentleman who has shown he can handle pen as efficiently as sword."Seto Bagh, a historical novel set on the early days of Chandra Shumsher, depicts him as an ambitious and cunning young man with an excellent command of the English language.
Rise to Power[]
He along with his brothers Khadga Shumsher and Bir Shamsher, orc
Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Field-MarshalHis HighnessMaharajaSri Teen Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur RanaGCB GCSI GCMG GCVO FRGS (8 July 1863 – 26 November 1929) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty. He served in this capacity from 27 June 1901 to his death in 1929 after he successfully deposed his liberal and reformist brother Dev Shamsher. Although generally perceived as despotic and conservative, he is credited with several reforms including the abolition of slavery and establishing the Nepal-Britain Treaty of 1923, which recognised Nepal as an independent nation and an ally of Britain.
Family and early life
Chandra Shumsher was the sixth of the seventeen sons of Dhir Shumsher Rana (the youngest brother of the Rana dynasty founder Jung Bahadur Rana) through his Thapa wife Nanda Kumari, of whom he was the third son. He was educated in Kolkata and thus became the first Nepalese Prime Minister who had passed matriculation examination. In the convocation address of 1884, the Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University praised him as: "a gentleman who has shown he can handle pen as efficiently as sword."Seto Bagh, a historical novel set on the early days of Chandra Shumsher, depicts him as an ambitious and cunning young man with an excellent command of the English language.
Rise to power
He along with his brothers Khadga Shumsher and Bhim Shumsher orchestrated the murder of his uncle Sri Teen Maharaja Ranodip Singh in order to rise in the line of succession for the hereditary Rana Prime Minister of Nepal. After the demise of his eldest brother Bir Shamsher in March 1901, he became the Commander in Chief of the Nepalese Army under the premiership of his brother Dev Shamsher. Dev Shamsher was a liberal and, fearing the rise in public awareness and eventual democratisation that his short rule had brought, Chandra Shamsher orchestrated a coup d'état and seized the power for himse
| Field MarshalH.H.ShreeShreeShree Maharaja Sir Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, FRGS श्री ३ महाराज चन्द्र शमशेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा | |
|---|---|
| 13th Prime Minister of Nepal Sri 3 Maharaja of Nepal | |
In office 27 June 1901 – 26 November 1929 | |
| Monarch | King Tribhuvan |
| Preceded by | Dev Shumsher |
| Succeeded by | Bhim Shumsher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1863-07-08)8 July 1863 Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Died | 26 November 1929(1929-11-26) (aged 66) Kathmandu, Nepal |
Field-MarshalMaharaja Sri Teen Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur RanaGCB GCSI GCMG GCVO FRGS (8 July 1863 – 26 November 1929) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty. He served in this capacity from 27 June 1901 to his death in 1929, after he successfully deposed his liberal and reformist brother Dev Shamsher. Although generally perceived as despotic and conservative, he is credited with several reforms including the abolition of slavery and the Nepal-Britain Treaty of 1923, which recognized Nepal as an independent nation and an ally of Britain.
Family and early life[]
Chandra Shumsher was the sixth of the seventeen sons of Dhir Shumsher Rana (the youngest brother of Jung Bahadur Rana) through his Thapa wife Nanda Kumari, of whom he was the third son. He was educated in Kolkata and thus became the first Nepalese Prime Minister who had passed matriculation examination. In the convocation address of 1884, the then Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University praised him as: "a gentleman who has shown he can handle pen as efficiently as sword."Seto Bagh, a historical novel set on the early days of Chandra Shumsher, depicts him as an ambitious and cunning young man with an excellent command of the English language.
Rise to power[]
He along with his brothers Khadga Shumsher and Bhim Shumsher orchestrated the murder of his uncle Sri Teen Maharaja Ranodip Singh in order to rise in the