Khadga Shamsher Jang Bahadur | |
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| खड्ग शमशेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा | |
.jpg) Khadga Shumsher in 1883 | |
| Commander-In-Chief of the Nepalese Army | |
| In office 22 November 1885 – 13 March 1887 | |
| Monarch | Prithvi of Nepal |
| Preceded by | Jit Jung Rana |
| Succeeded by | Rana Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Khadga Shamsher Kunwar Rana 16 February 1861 Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Died | 22 December 1921 (aged 60) Nepal Palace, Saugor (present day Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India) |
| Spouse | Dhan Kumari Rajya Lakhmi |
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| Relatives | see Rana dynasty |
| Known for | Coup of 1885 Discovery of Lumbini (1896) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Nepal |
| Rank | General |
Commanding-General His Highness Raja Khadga Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (Nepali: खड्ग शमशेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा) or Khadga Shamsher Jang Bahadur Kunwar Rana previously known as Khadga Shamsher Kunwar Rana[1] was Nepalese politician, military general, governor and courtier in the Kingdom of Nepal. He was born in the Rana dynasty as third son of Commander-In-Chief of the Nepalese Army Dhir Shamsher Kunwar Rana. He was influential in the family coup of 1885 that led to the political rise of his Shamsher faction through the murders of then ruling Prime Minister of Nepal and his uncle Maharaja Ranodip Singh Kunwar, Ranodip's favourite nephew and would-be-successor Jagat Jang Rana and his other politically rival non-Shamsher cousins. In the aftermath of the coup, he secured the position of the Commander-In-Chief of the Nepalese Army and was second-in-line to Prime Minister Maharaja Bir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana before he was removed out of the roll of the succession of Ranas in 1887. Afterwards, he served as Governor of Palpa and constructed the renowned Rani Mahal. In December 1896, he together with German archaeologist Dr. Alois Anton Führer discovered the Lumbini pillar inscription of Ashoka that proved Gautam Buddha's birthplace as Lumbini.
- ^ Acharya 2019, p. 247.