Rudra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Rudra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was an erstwhile field-marshal and the Western Commander-in-Chief of Nepal. He was the third son of Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana and in line to be the Prime Minister of Nepal. He was exiled to the Palpa District, where he was made the district's Tainathwalla (chief administrative official). He held this position from 1934 till 1951 and was the last Tainathwalla ever appointed in the Palpa District.[1] He rebuilt the Char Burja Durbar which Bir Shumsher JBR had given him after it was destroyed by fire in 1962 BS.
Family
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See also
[edit]- List of field marshals in Nepal
- Bahadur Bhawan
- Rana dynasty
- Rana palaces of Nepal
- Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Jung Bahadur Rana
References
[edit]- ^ Dan Edwards. "The relations between Kathmandu and Palpa in the Rana period" (PDF). Himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved July 27, 2017.