Nara Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, , was the second

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after its establishment in the year 2007

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(1951 C.E.). He remained chief for a tenure of two years before being succeeded by

Gyan Bahadur Yakthumba Gyan Bahadur Yakthumba Limbu (16 March 1920 – 1 March 1970) was a Nepali police officer and diplomat. He joined the Nepali Police with the rank of Major and was promoted to the rank of Inspector General of Nepal Police, after succeeding N ...

as the police chief. Nara Shumsher J.B.R. was honored by the government of Nepal as the ''Father of Nepali Sports'' for his contribution, both as a player and an official, to Nepali sports. He was the first Nepali player to get 'Merit Award' from the Olympic Council of

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. Praised in the sporting fraternity Rana, however, is despised by the common people for his involvement in the killing of four martyrs

Shukraraj Shastri Shukra Raj Shastri (Nepali: ) (born Shukra Raj Joshi) (1894–24 January 1941) was a Nepalese intellectual and fighter for democracy who was executed by the autocratic Rana dynasty. He is one of the four martyrs of the Nepalese revolution that t ...

, Dharma Bhakta Mathema, Dashrath Chand and Gangalal Shrestha. He supervised the killing of the four martyrs and is believed to have shot Gangalal and Dashrath Chand himself, after the executioner deputed to shoot hesitated.

Notable published works

* “Janarala Nara Samsera Janga Bahadura Ranako Jivani: Uhamkai Juvani” (2006).

Honours

National Honours

* Member of the

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, 1st class. * Member of the Order of Om Rama Patta. * Member of the Order of the Three Divine Powers, 1st class. * Member of the Order of Gurkha Right Hand, 1st class. * Member of the Order of the Footprint of Nepal, 2nd class (23 October 2001).

Foreign Honours

* Honorary Knight Commander of the

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CVO(United Kingdom, 26 February 1961). * Merit Award of the Olympic Council of Asia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shumsher, Nara Nepalese police officers Chiefs of police Inspectors General of Police (Nepal) Recipients of the Order of the Star of Nepal Members of the Order of Tri Shakti Patta, First Class Members of the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu, First Class Honorary Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 1911 births 2006 deaths Rana dynasty 20th-century Nepalese nobility 21st-century Nepalese nobility People from Lalitpur District, Nepal