Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana

Shrī Tīn Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Native name	श्री ३ मोहन शमशेर जंग बहादुर राणा
Born	(1885-12-23)December 23, 1885
Died	Bangalore
Occupation	Prime Minister of Nepal
Title	Sri 3 Maharaj of Kaski and Lamjung
Predecessor	Padma Shumsher JBR
Successor	Matrika Prasad Koirala

Field-Marshal Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Nepali: मोहन सम्शेर जंगबहादुर राणा), GCB, GCIE, GBE (23 December 1885 - 6 January 1967) was the prime minister and foreign minister of Nepal from 30 April 1948 until 12 November 1951.

He was the last prime minister from the Rana 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 was attempting to assert himself. Tribhuvan wanted to establish a stronger monarchy and some democracy, which Mohan Shamsher opposed.

In 1950, Mohan Shumsher's policies against the monarchy forced Tribhuvan and his son Mahendra to flee to India with the help of the Indian Residency and the Indian government, which led Mohan Shamhser to proclaim Mahendra's three-year-old son Gyanendra the king of Nepal.

Later in 1951, Tribhuvan returned to Nepal after signing The Delhi Treaty between Mohan Shamhser,Tribhuvan and Nepali Congress 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 Jang 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 India, and died in Bangalore 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. His granddaughter, Yasho Rajiya Lakshmi, by his eldest son, Sharada Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana married Karan Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, on 5 March 1956. Another prominent grand child is the Nepalese politician, Pashupathi Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, son of Lieutenant General Bijaya Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana. Pashupathi Shumsher's daughter is Devyani Rana.

Honours

• KCIE (1924)
• Nepal Long Service Medal, and Royal Jubilee Medal (1936)
• GBE (1937)
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Cloud and Banner (with the title of Dah-sen-yun-Itevi-Hsun-chang)
• GCIE (27/Nov/1945)
• Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit (1948)
• Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1949)
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (21/Mar/1950)
• GCB (1/May/1950)

References

Political offices
Preceded by Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Prime Minister of Nepal 1948–1951	Succeeded by Matrika Prasad Koirala