Dambar Shumsher Rana

Dambar Shumsher Rana (Nepali: डम्बर शमशेर राणा; also known as Sano Maila (Nepali: सानो माइला); 1858–1922) was a Nepalese general.^[1]^[2]

Biography[]

Rana was born in 1858 to Dhir Shamsher Rana.^[3] He was not in the rolls of succession as he was born out of wedlock.^[3]

He participated in the 1885 Nepal coup d'état where Dambar Shumsher, Khadga Shumsher, and Rana Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana assassinated then prime minister Ranodip Singh Kunwar.^[4] This led to his elder brother Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana becoming the Prime Minister of Nepal.^[3] Subsequently, Bir Shumsher appointed Rana as an aide-de-camp.^[3]

Dambar Shumsher Rana had staged pageants and plays for the nobles from the Rana dynasty.^[3] In 1893, he founded the in Narayanhiti Palace, Kathmandu.^[3]

Rana's grandson Balkrishna Sama, is recognised as one of the greatest dramatists in Nepal.^[3] He died in 1922.^[5]

Dambar Shumsher Rana is recognised as the first photographer from Nepal.^[5]^[6]

^ Bhattarai, Madan Kumar (1990). Diplomatic History of Nepal, 1901–1929: A Critical Appraisal of Nepal-British India Relations. Madan Kumar Bhattarai. p. 85. ISBN 978-81-85304-11-3.
^ Pradhan, Paras Mani (1980). Balakrishna Sama. Bhagyalaxmi Prakashan. p. 1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Davis, Carol C. (23 May 2019). The Theatre of Nepal and the People Who Make It: Urban History, Rural Forms. Cambridge University Press. pp. 21–27. ISBN 978-1-108-49761-9.
^ Stiller, Ludwig F. (1993). Nepal: Growth of a Nation. Human Resources Development Research Center. p. 134.
^ ^a ^b Bell, Thomas (24 October 2016). "15". Kathmandu. Random House India. ISBN 978-81-8400-646-9.
^ "Say cheese: 'Facing the Camera' focuses on the evolution of studio photography in Nepal". Firstpost. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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