NEPAL

Lambjang and Kaski

GENEALOGY

• 1) H.H. Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Padma Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana, Maharaja of Lambjang and Kaski (s/o the first wife) - see below.
• 2) Commanding-General Sri Sri Sri Maharajkumar Hiranya Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (s/o Deela Kumari Devi), educ. Durbar High Sch, Katmandu. Elevated by his father onto the Roll of Succession in 1930, despite his inferior caste status. Removed and banished from the capital by Maharaja Juddha 18^th March 1934. Cmsnd into the Nepalese Army as Maj-Gen 1911, prom full Gen 1929, Master of the Household and Equerry-in-Chief 1929-1932, Governor (Bada Hakim) of Dhankuta 1934. Founder Mbr Nepal Democratic Party. m. (first) Sri Rani Som Kumari Rajya Lakshmi. m. (second) Sri Rani Lalita Rajya Lakshmi. He d. at 8^th August 1951, having had issue, one son and five daughters:
  • a) Major-General Maha-Gaurabmaya-Tejaswi-Tribhuvan-Prajatantra-Shripada The Rt Hon. Subarna Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, GCVO (17.11.1960). b. at Tangal Durbar, Katmandu, February 1909 (c), educ. Calcutta Univ (MA). Cmsnd into the Nepalese Army as Maj-Gen Rifle Paltan 28/6/1930, deported to India for seditious activities 1933-1937, Governor of Birganj 1937-1944 & 1944-1946, Mbr Constitutional Reform Cttee 1945-1947, deported again 1947-1948, Founder Mbr Nepal Democratic Party, Treasurer Nepali Congress Party 1947-1949, C-in-C Mukti Sena Army of Liberation 1950, Minister for Finance 1951-1953 and 1958-1960, Prime Minister and Minister for Planning 1958-1959, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning & Development 1959-1960, Presdt Nepali National Congress Party 1955-1957 & 1960-1968 (in exile), deported to India 1960, granted an amnesty and returned to Nepal 1968, Vice-Chancellor Tribhuvan Univ. Mbr Asiatic Soc of Bengal 1932, Calcutta Club 1933, etc. Rcvd: the Tribhuvan Order of the Footprint of Democracy 1^st class (30.6.1959). m. before 30^th March 1930, Sri Rani Shweta Prabha Rajya Lakshmi, sister of Captain Mohan Bikram Shah (and thus daughter of Sri Chautaria Chuda Bikram Shah?). He d. 9^th November 1977, having had issue, three sons and one daughter:
    • i) Lieutenant-Colonel Kanak Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana. b. 1930, educ. Prince of Wales and Doon Schs, Dehra Dun. Military attache. m. Sri Rani Siniti Rajya Lakshmi (b. 16^th September 1932), née Shrimant Rajkumari Suniti Raje Bhonsle, youngest daughter of Major H.H. Raja Shrimant Sir Khem Sawant V Bhonsle Bahadur [Bapu Sahib], Sir Desai of Sawantwadi, KCSI, by his wife, H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Rani Parvatidevi Raje Bhonsle, sometime Rani Regent of Savantwadi, younger daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Shrimant Yuvaraj Fatehsinhrao Gaekwad, Yuvaraj Sahib of Baroda. He had issue, three sons:
      • (1) Hemadri Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana.
      • (2) Heman Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • (3) Hatak Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana. He had issue, two sons:
        • (a) Ujjwal Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana.
        • (b) Sumer Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana.
    • ii) Kanchan Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana. He d. 1973.
    • iii) Prasidha-Prabala-Gorkha-Dakshina-Bahu Rukma Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana. b. at Calcutta, 12^th March 1936 (s/o Shweta Prabha), educ. Prince of Wales and Doon Schs, Dehra Dun, India, Milfield Sch, Somerset, St Joseph's Coll. Darjeeling, St Xavier's Coll, Calcutta (BA), India, and Princeton Univ, New Jersey, USA (MA). Dir Kanak Investments Pvt Ltd, MD Dabur Nepal Pvt Ltd, and Dir Luna Trading Co Pvt Ltd, MP for Parsa No I 1991-1993, Sec National Sports Ccouncil 1992-1993 & 1996-1997, Gen-Sec Nepal Olympic Cttee 1995, Presdt Nepal Olympic Cttee, Nepal India Chamber of Commerce, Amateur Athletic Assoc of Nepal, Souh Asia Sports Fed, Nepal Taekwondo Assoc, Olympic Council of Asia. Vice-Presdt National Sports Ccouncil. Mbr FIFA Appeals Cttee 1994-1998, Nepal Congress Parsa Dist Cttee, Maha Samiti, etc. Rcvd: the Order of the Gurkha Right Hand 2^nd class (1999). m. 1969, Sri Rani Ishori Rajya Lakshmi (b. at Almora, UP, India, 8^th August 1947), educ. Tribhuvan Univ., Katmandu (MA), daughter of Shri Jang Shah, of Almora, UP, India. He has issue, one daughter:
      • (1) Rati Rajeshwari Rajya Lakshmi [Rati Shaha], educ. Lady ShreeRam Coll., Delhi Univ (BA 1993), India, and Tribhuvan Univ, Katmandu (MA 1996). Rcvd: Mahendra Vidya Bhusan (1996). m. at Katmandu, 1993, Anil Keshari Shaha (b. at Keshary Sedan, Kathmandu, 1^st August 1966), sometime Gen Mngr Nabil Bank, elder son of Dr. Narayan Keshari Shaha, World Health Organization physician, doctor of infectious diseases, by his wife, H.E. Mrs. Bindeswari Rajya Lakshmi Shaha, sometime Nepalese Ambassador to India, only daughter of Padma Malla Sundar, sometime Electrical Engineer. She has issue, one daughter - see Nepal (Birkot).
  • i) Roma Rajyashree Rajya Lakshmi [Rani Roma Rajyashree Rajya Lakshmi, of Palaitha]. m. Apji Shivraj Singh, of Palaitha, late IAS, sometime Chief Sec of West Bengal, elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Apji Ranjit Singh, of Palaitha, under Kotah, late Brigade of the Guards, IA, by his wife, Rani Umed Kumari, daughter of Colonel Thakur Ranjit Singh, MBE, of Khatipura, under Jaipur. She had issue, an only son - see India (Kotah-Palaitha).
  • a) Golkot Maharani. m. … She had issue, two daughters:
    • i) Nannie Maharani. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • ii) Sanu Maharani.
  • b) Thaili Maharani. m. Captain Pratap Bikram Shah.
  • c) Maili Maharani. m. Colonel Nod Bikram Shah, from Jumla, Nepal.
  • d) Baba Maharani. m. in India.
  • e) Gam Maharani (youngest dau). m. into the Haden (Hardoi?) family of UP.
  • One of the above was also named: Mainya Khem Rajeshwari Rajya Lakshmi. m. at Katmandu, before 3^rd April 1931, ….
• 3) Major-General Kunwar Prakash Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (c), educ. Durbar High Sch, Katmandu. Cmsnd into the Nepalese Army as Col 1914, prom Maj-Gen 1929, Governor (Bada Hakim) of Eastern Nepal 1929-1932. Elevated by his father onto the Roll of Succession in 1930, despite his inferior caste status. Removed and banished from the capital by Maharaja Juddha 18^th March 1934. m. Sri Rani Rani Tek Kumari Devi. He d. before 1931 having had issue, one son:
  • a) Major-General Supradipta-Manyabara-Nepal-Tara The Rt Hon Mahabir Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana. b. at Tangal Durbar, Katmandu, 1911, educ. Durbar High Sch, Katmandu. Prom Maj-Gen Purano-Gorakh Paltan 1/7/1930, Governor of Illam 1934-1941 and of Dhankutta, Mbr Advisory Assembly 1951, Minister for Planning and Development 1951-1955, Mines, Electricity and Forests 1951-1953, Home Affairs 1953-1954, Industry and Commerce 1953-1955, Agriculture and Food 1953-1955, and Civil Supplies 1953-1954. Special Ambassador at the Funeral of King George VI 1952. Founder Mbr Nepal Democratic Party, and Founder Mbr Nepali Congress Party at his Tiger Cinema in Calcutta, 1947. Chair & MD Dalhousie Properties Ltd, Humayun Properties Ltd, Himalayan Aviation Ltd 1948-1953, and T.E. Thompson & Co Ltd. Life Mbr The Calcutta Club and Royal Calcutta Turf Club. Mbr 300 Club (Calcutta), etc. Rcvd: the Order of the Star of Nepal (Nepal Taradisha) 1^st class, King Tribhuvan Jubilee Medal (1935), King Mahendra Coron Medal (1955), etc. m. at Kailash Bhawan, Nepalganj, 1930, Sri Rani Padma Kumari Devi [Mithurani] (b. at Kailash Bhawan, Nepalganj, 1915; d. at Woodlnds Nursing Home, Calcutta, West Bengal, India, 1^st January 2010, crem. at Kalighat), Chair Humayun Propertied Ltd 1987, Dir Humayun Theaters Ltd, and proprietor of a stud farm for race horses in Poona, eldest daughter of Thakur Ananda Swarup Singh, by his second wife, Thakurain Gyan Kumari Devi, a descendant of General Dhwoj Narsing Rana Bahadur [Dwaj Narsingh Rana], sometime ADC General. m. (a) Premula Nani Sahib (d. at Katmandu, Nepal, after July 2010). m. (b) Kishori Nani Sahib (d. at Woodlands Nursing Home, Calcutta, West Bengal, India). m. (c) Gaur Nani Sahib (d. at Humayun Court, Calcutta, West Bengal, India). He d. from kidney failure, at Alipore, Calcutta, West Bengal, India, 31^st May 1987 (crem. at Kalighat), having had issue, two sons and two daughters
    • i) Siddhi Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana (s/o Kishori). Dir Humayun Properties Ltd, and Dalhousie Properties Ltd 1976. Mbr Calcutta Swimming Club, CC&FC Calcutta, etc. m. Prava Rajya Lakshmi, née Prava Khand. He had issue, two daughters:
    • (1) Paralita Rajya Lakshmi, educ. La Matinere Sch for Girls, Calcutta, West Bengal, India. m. Mukunda Malla. She has issue, one son.
    • (2) Prasannata Rajya Lakshmi, educ. La Matinere Sch for Girls, Calcutta, West Bengal, India. m. Rabi Chandra Singh, proprietor of New RR Enterprises, son of K.S. Singh, late engineer with Nepal Electricity Authority, by his wife, Pushpa Rajya Laxmi, late Principal of Kanti Ishwori shishu Vidayalaya, daughter of Pawan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana. She has issue, two daughters Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • ii) Khem Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana. b. at Alipore, Calcutta, West Bengal, India, 1941 (s/o Gaur), educ. Welham Boy‘s Sch, Dehra Dun, India, and in England. Dir Humayun Properties Ltd, and T.E. Thompson & Co Ltd 1976-1984. He d.s.p. unm. at Woodlnds Nursing Home, Calcutta, West Bengal, 1984.
    • i) Gita Rajya Lakshmi [Mrs Gita Mary Lazaro]. b. at Alipore, Calcutta, West Bengal, India, 3^rd November 1938 (d/o Rani Padma), educ. Loretto House, Calcutta. Converted to Christianity on her deathbed, in whose memory her father founded St Mary‘s Church and Sch in Calcutta in 1967. m. at Calcutta, West Bengal, 1958, Michael R. A. Lazaro (b. 23^rd September 1937; m. second, at Calcutta, 1966, Caroline Aratoon, and d. at Calcutta, West Bengal, 17^th October 1976, leaving a further two daughters by his second wife, bur. at Bhawanipore Cemetery), sometime employee of Jenson & Nicholson Ltd and T.E. Thompson & Co Ltd in Calcutta, later a Dir of T.E. Thompson & Co Ltd, Mbr Calcutta Swimming Club, younger son of Captain Dr T.J. Lazaro, of Calcutta, by his wife, Mrs Olga Gladys Lazaro, née Rodrigues. She d. at Woodlnds Nursing Home, Calcutta, West Bengal, India 27^th May 1963 (bur. there at Bhawanipore Cemetery), having had issue, two daughters.
    • ii) Bulu (d/o Gaur), educ. Loretto House, Calcutta. m. at Calcutta, West Bengal, India 1961, Martin John Sarkies (b. 1925), an Armenian who joined Humayun Properties Ltd in 1943 as an assistant and rose to be the Mngr in Charge of Theatres in 1957, later General Mngr. She d. at Calcutta, West Bengal, India 1966 (bur. there at Bhawanipore Cemetery), having had issue, one daughter.
• 4) Lieutenant-General Kunwar Ram Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (c) (s/o Gunjan Maharani), educ. Durbar High Sch, Katmandu. Appt Col Royal Nepalese Army 1928, prom Maj-Gen 1929, Chief of Police 1929-1932, prom Lt-Gen 1932, Master of the Household and Equerry-in-Chief 1932-1934, Governor (Bada Hakim) of Mahottari 1934, and of Morang Goshwara Court 1946, Mbr Bharadari Sabha 1950. Elevated by his father onto the Roll of Succession in 1930, despite his inferior caste status. Removed and banished from the capital by Maharaja Juddha 18^th March 1934. m. (first) Sri Rani Samudra Kumari. m. (a) Nanda Kumari Devi. He had issue, three sons and one daughter:
• a) Major-General Mana Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (s/o Samudra Kumari). Prom Maj-Gen Kali Bahadur Paltan 1/7/1930. m. at Katmandu, 1931, ... He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
• i) Shakti Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana. m. Kanti Rajya Lakshmi. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
  • (1) Hem Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana. m. Nisha Rajya Lakshmi, née Singh.
  • (1) Kala Rajya Lakshmi. m. Pradip Basnet. She has issue, one son and one daughter.
• ii) Lieutenant-Colonel Prabal Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana. Military Attaché a New Delhi. He had issue, a son:
• (1) Praphul Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana. m. Binita Rajya Lakshmi, née Shah. He had issue, two sons:
• (a) Pranabha Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana.
• (b) Pratik Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• i) Sabitri Rajya Lakshmi. m. Major-General Lakshman Chandra Bahadur Singh. She had issue, a son and a daughter.
• ii) Kanta Rajya Lakshmi. m. Raj Keshar Simha. She had issue, a son.
• b) Major-General The Rt Hon Satya Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana (s/o Samudra Kumari). Cmsnd into the Nepalese Army as Maj-Gen Ramadal Paltan 1/7/1930, Mbr Raj Sabha. m. at Katmandu, before 6^th April 1932, Sri Rani
  Samudra Kumari. He had issue, a son and two daughters:
• i) Sidhi Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana. m. Rama Rajya Lakshmi. He d. 11^th April 1998, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
• (1) Sanjaya Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana, educ. St Xavier's Sch, Jawalakhel. m. July 2005, Sunita Rajya Lakshmi, née Shah. He has issue, one son:
  • (a) Siddhant Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana. b. 23^rd March 2006.
• (1) Sushama Rajya Lakshmi. m. 2^nd July 1995, Biswo Khadka. She has issue, one son.
• (2) Sunita Rajya Lakshmi. m. 2^nd April 2001, Sanjeev Singh. She has issue, one daughter.
• i) Mira Rajya Lakshmi. m. Arjun Bahadur Singh. She had issue, two sons.
• ii) Uma Rajya Lakshmi. m. Bhogya Bikram Shah. She had issue, a son.
• c) Prashuram Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana (s/o Nanda Kumari Devi). He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
  • i) Madhav Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana [Bhawani]. Dir Prakash Tent & Tarpaulin (P) Ltd. m. Nita Rajya Lakshmi, née Shah. He has issue, three sons:
    • (1) Abhinaya Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • (2) Abhisekh Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.
  • (3) Abhaya Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.
  • ii) Major Mahesh Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana. b. 16^th July 1977, educ. St. Augustine’s Sch, Kalimpong, India, and St Xavier’s Coll, Maitighar, Nepal.
  • i) Madhuri Rajya Lakshmi [Dr Madhuri Rana Singh], educ. St. Mary’s High Sch, Lalitpur, and ... Univ (Ph.D). Development Program Specialist at USAID/Nepal. Presdt SAATHI. Mbr Management Assoc of Nepal. Author of “Domestic Violence in Nepal: Social, Economic and Psychological Impact on Women” (2008). m. Sanjive Kumar Singh. She had issue, a son and a daughter.
  • ii) Uma Rajya Lakshmi [Uma Rana Shah], educ. St. Mary’s High Sch, Lalitpur, and Katmandu Univ (LLB 1978). m. Shrikar Pratap Shah. She had issue, a son and two daughters.
• a) Komal Kumari Rajya a Lakshmi (d/o Samudra Kumari). m. Subarna Bahadur Shah. She had issue, a son and two daughters.
• 5) Kunwar Raghuraj Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana (c).
• 6) Colonel Kunwar Yagya Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana (c). He had issue, two sons:
  • a) Pritama Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana.
  • b) Siba Shumshere Jang Bahadur Rana.
• 1) A d/o Sita Bada Maharani.
• 2) Sri Sri Sri Maharajkumari Somgarbha Dibyeshwari Rajya Laksmi [Choree Maharani] (d/o Deela Kumari Devi). m. at Lucknow, 1945, Shreeman Maharaj Rajendra Singh, of Dhampur (d. at Dhampur, Bijnor, UP, 22^nd January 1973), eldest son of Shreeman Maharaj Ajatshatru Singhji Sahib, of Mordar, in Sailana, by his wife, Rani Shrimati Krishna Kumari Sahiba, only daughter and heiress of Rani Shrimati Phul Kunwari Sahiba, Rani of Dhampur, MBE, in the Bijnor district of UP. She d. at New Delhi, 30^th September 1960, having had issue – see India (Sailana).
• 3) Sri Sri Sri Maharajkumari Pitambari Rajya Laksmi Kumari. b. at Katmandu, 1930 (d/o Sita).