Dambar Shumsher Rana (Nepali: डम्बर शमशेर राणा; also known as Sano Maila (Nepali: सानो माइला); 1858–1922) was a Nepalese general.[1][2]
Dambar Shumsher Rana | |
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डम्बर शमशेर राणा | |
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Born | 1858 (1858) Nepal |
Died | 1922 (aged 63–64) Nepal |
Relations | Rana dynasty |
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Rana was born in 1858 to Dhir Shamsher Rana.[3] He was not in the rolls of succession as he was born out of wedlock.[3]
He participated in the 1885 Nepal coup d'état where Dambar Shumsher, Khadga Shumsher, and Rana Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana assassinated then prime minister Ranodip Singh Kunwar.[4] This led to his elder brother Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana becoming the Prime Minister of Nepal.[3] Subsequently, Bir Shumsher appointed Rana as an aide-de-camp.[3]
Dambar Shumsher Rana had staged pageants and plays for the nobles from the Rana dynasty.[3] In 1893, he founded the Royal Imperial Opera House in Narayanhiti Palace, Kathmandu.[3]
Rana's grandson Balkrishna Sama, is recognised as one of the greatest dramatists in Nepal.[3] He died in 1922.[5]
Dambar Shumsher Rana is recognised as the first photographer from Nepal.[5][6]
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