Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana
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Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | |
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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 |
Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (Template:Lang-ne) 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.
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.[citation needed] 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
- ^ "Stak.kkk.com". Archived from the original on 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
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