Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana

Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (Nepali: गौरव शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा) also known as Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Nepalese Army from September 2012 to August 2015.^[1] He is a descendant of the Shamsher Rana family of Nepal through then Maharajkumar Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.^[2][3][4]

General Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
महारथी श्री गौरव शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा
Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana
Chief of Army Staff of the Nepalese Army
In office September 2012 – August 2015
Deputy	Pawan Bahadur Pandé 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 69)
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

Family and early life

A member of the former Rana dynasty of Nepal, Gaurav Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana is a descendant of Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana and Commanding General Baber Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana.^[2] Rana was born in 1955 in Kathmandu.^[4]

He is the son of former Major General Aditya Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana and is married to Rohini Rana. The couple has two daughters, two grandsons and two granddaughters.^[3] His daughter, Meghna is married to Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, an Indian politician and the grandson of Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, former Chief Ministers of Odisha.^[5][6]

He attended The Lawrence School, Sanawar^[2] and the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.^[7]