Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana

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General Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
महारथी श्री गौरव शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा
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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	(1955-12-12) 12 December 1955 (age 65)
Relations	Rana dynasty and Pande family Malika Rajya laxmi Pande (daughter) Samrat Shumshere JungBahadur Rana (son) Meghna Rajya Laxhmi (daughter)
Military service
Allegiance	Nepal
Branch/service	Nepal Army
Years of service	1974–2015
Rank	General

Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (Nepali: गौरव शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा) 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 Commanding General Babar Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, grandson of Lieutenant General 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 was sent to The Lawrence School, Sanawar after his mother decided to send him to a place where he could stay with his maternal cousins.

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