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Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur | |
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| श्री ३ महाराज मोहन शमशेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा | |
.png) Portrait of Mohan Shamsher | |
| 17th Prime Minister of Nepal | |
| In office 30 April 1948 – 12 November 1951 | |
| Monarchs | Tribhuvan Gyanendra |
| Preceded by | Padma Shumsher JBR |
| Succeeded by | Matrika Prasad Koirala |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1885 |
| Died | 6 January 1967 (aged 81) Bangalore |
| Parent(s) | Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana (father) Chandra Loka Bhakta Lakshmi Devi (mother) |
| Occupation | Maharajah of Nepal |
| 9th Maharaja of Lamjang and Kaski | |
| Reign | 27 June 1901 – 26 November 1929 |
| Predecessor | Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana |
| Successor | Rana rule abolished, see Lamjang-Kaski for titular head |
| Spouse | Sri Maharani Dikshya Rajya Laxmi |
| Issue | General Sri Maharajkumar Sharada Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana General Sri Yuvaraj Bijaya Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana |
| Dynasty | Rana dynasty |
| Father | Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana |
| Mother | Sri Maharani Chandra Loka Bhakta Devi |
Field-Marshal Shree Maharaja Sir Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Nepali: मोहन शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा), GCB, GCIE, GBE (23 December 1885 – 6 January 1967) was the prime minister and foreign minister of Nepal from 30 April 1948 until 12 November 1951.[citation needed]
He was the last prime minister from the Rana family, which had controlled Nepal for more than a century and reduced the monarchy to a figurehead. He was the son of the 5th Rana Maharaja of Nepal Chandra Shumsher and Bada Maharani Chandra Loka Bhakta Lakshmi Devi. He became prime minister at a time when the king, Tribhuvan was attempting to assert himself. Tribhuvan wanted to establish a stronger monarchy and some democracy, which Mohan Shumsher opposed.
In 1950, Mohan Shumsher's policies against the monarchy forced Tribhuvan and his son Mahendra to flee to India with the help of the Indian Residency and the Indian government, which led Mohan Shumsher to proclaim Mahendra's three-year-old son Gyanendra the king of Nepal.
Later in the revolution of 1951, Tribhuvan returned to Nepal after signing the Delhi Treaty between Mohan Shumsher, Tribhuvan, and Congress thus restoring his throne and bringing the stately power back to the monarch. By the end of 1951, the King and his allies in Congress had triumphed, and Mohan Shumsher and the rest of the Rana family lost power. The Ranas were removed from all the hereditary offices and privileges conferred by King Surendra Bikram Shah on Jung Bahadur even though Mohan Shumsher still held the office of the prime minister, several demonstrations by Rana supporters in an attempt to reestablish their rule and the opposition of the monarchy and Congress forced him to resign from his position.