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Rudra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was an erstwhile
field-marshal
Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army (in countries without the rank of Generalissimo), and as such, few persons ...
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
Palpa District (, a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Tansen as its headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2021) of 245,027.
Palpa ...
, 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. He rebuilt the Char Burja Durbar which Bir Shumsher JBR had given him after it was destroyed by fire in 1962 BS.
Family
See also
* List of field marshals in Nepal * Bahadur Bhawan * Rana dynasty *Rana palaces of Nepal
The Rana palaces of Nepal were built by the Rana dynasty rulers of Nepal as both private and government buildings. The Rana rule lasted for 104 years, and during that time a number of grand royal residences were built, especially by the Prime Mi ...
* Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
* Jung Bahadur Rana
Jung Bahadur Rana, , was born Bir Narsingh Kunwar (1817-1877). His mother, Ganesh Kumari, was the daughter of Kaji Nain Singh Thapa, the brother of Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa from the prominent Thapa dynasty. During his lifetime, Jung Bahadur eli ...
References
{{Reflist Field marshals Nepalese exiles Children of prime ministers of Nepal