Kiran Shamsher Rana

Kiran Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana KBE KCVO (1916–1983) was a Nepalese army officer. He served as the Royal Nepalese Army's Commander-in-Chief from 1951–1956 and as the Nepalese ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1973–1977. Over the course of thirty years, he served as Aide-de-camp General to Their Majesties King Tribhuvan, King Mahendra and King Birendra.

Kiran Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana was born in October 1916 at the Jawalakhel Durbar, son of the late H. H. Maharajah Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, then Prime Minister of Nepal and his fifth wife, Sahila Maharani.

He joined the Nepali Army in 1933 and during World War II, he commanded the Mahendra Dal Battalion of the Nepalese Army in 1940, sent in aid of the Allied Forces in the North-West Frontier and the Eastern Active Service Area in India. For his praiseworthy service he was mentioned in the despatches. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in 1943 and decorated with the Order of Nepal Tara (2nd Class), then sent as a liaison officer to the Eastern Command and the 14th Army in India.

Following the end of World War II, he was a member of the Nepalese contingent at the London Victory Parade of 1946 and of the first Nepalese Goodwill Mission to the United States. On return of the troops in 1948, he was awarded the Nepal Pratap Vardhak by the government of Nepal and KBE by the British government. Outside of the military, he served the Nepalese government in other roles between 1946 and 1950, including Director General of Health, Transport and Communications, the Royal Mint, and as Chief Justice for a brief period.

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