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Major General Subarna Shamsher Rana | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal | |
In office 27 May 1959 – 16 December 1960 | |
Prime Minister | Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala |
Minister of Finance of Nepal | |
In office May 1958 – 16 December 1960 | |
Prime Minister | Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala |
Preceded by | C. B. Singh |
Succeeded by | Rishikesh Shah |
21st Prime Minister of Nepal | |
In office 15 May 1958 – 27 May 1959 | |
Monarch | Mahendra |
Preceded by | Kunwar Inderjit Singh |
Succeeded by | Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala |
3rd President of Nepali Congress | |
In office 24 January 1956 – 23 May 1957 | |
Preceded by | Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala |
Succeeded by | Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala |
Minister of Finance of Nepal | |
In office 1950–1951 | |
Prime Minister | Mohan Shamsher Rana, Matrika Prasad Koirala |
Succeeded by | Kaiser Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana |
Personal details | |
Born | 1910 Kathmandu, Nepal |
Died | 9 November 1977 | (aged 66–67)
Subarna Shamsher Rana (Nepali: सुवर्ण सम्शेर राणा) (1910 – 9 November 1977)[1] was a leading figure in the movement to overthrow the ruling Rana oligarchy and to establish democracy in Nepal. He was one of the three leaders of the Nepali Congress in the late 1940s, opposing his relatives, the Rana family, who held power in Nepal at the time.
He is one of the most revered leaders of Nepali Congress. He died in Calcutta on 9 November 1977. Sashi Sumsher and Yog Prasad Upadhyay brought his ashes back to Nepal.