Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana

General
Gaurav Shumsher JBR
Chief of Army Staff
In office
September 2012  August 2015
Preceded by Chhatra Man Singh Gurung
Succeeded by Rajendra Chhetri
Personal details
Born (1955-12-12) 12 December 1955
Military service
Allegiance    Nepal
Service/branch Nepal Army
Years of service 1974–2015
Rank General

Family

General Gaurav Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana is a great, great grandson of Rana Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana; the great grandson of Babar Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, grandson of Mrigendra Shumsher, and son of former Major General Aditya Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana who is married to Mrs. Rohini Rana. The couple has two daughters, two grandsons and two granddaughters.[1]

He was educated at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.[2] He is an alumnus of The Lawrence School, Sanawar. He was one of the first nepalese to be sent to sanawar after his mother decided to send them where they could stay with his maternal cousins.

He has a son and two daughters

Military career

General Rana started his military career in September 27, 1970. He has successfully commanded Shree Taradal Gulma (Independent Infantry Company) and the Shree Purano Gorakh Battalion. A second-generation officer of the Purano Gorakh Battalion, which is one of the oldest unit of the Nepalese Army and a battalion of ethnic Magars, he led this unit in active operational duty during UNIFIL Lebanon in 1978 to 1979 as a Regimental Officer. In 1987 and 1994 he was appointed as Senior Assistant Military Information Officer, UNIFIL Force HQ and Battalion Commander respectively during the UN Mission. The following Commands was held by Rana in his career.

Command Year(A.D) Rank
Tara Dal Gulma February, 1987 Major
Purano Gorkha Gana December, 1990 Lieutenant Colonel
Nepalese Military Academy January, 2002 Colonel
No 5 Brigade December, 2002 Brigadier General
No 9 Brigade March, 2006 Brigadier General
Western Division May, 2007 Major General
Nepalese Army September, 2012 General

Assignment

Promotion assignment

Nepalese Army - Class of 1974

Rank Assignment date
Second Lieutenant 8 March 1974
Lieutenant 5 September 1975
Captain 5 September 1980
Major 6 September 1985
Lieutenant Colonel 29 May 1990
Colonel 14 December 1998
Brigadier 28 November 2002
Major General 15 March 2007
Lieutenant General 6 July 2011
General 9 September 2012

Awards and decoration

General Rana has been awarded with many prestigious awards and medals which includes:

References

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Military offices
Preceded by
Chhatra Man Singh Gurung
Chief of Army Staff of the Nepali Army
2012 2015
Succeeded by
Rajendra Chhetri
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