died: 14 October 1884 at Paśupatinātha (Rana 1999: 61);

gender: male;

father: Bālanarasiṃha Kũvara (youngest son);

siblings: Bhakta Vīra Kũvara Rāṇā#, Jaṅga Bahādura Kũvara Rāṇā, Bama Bahādura Kũvara Rāṇā, Bādrī Narasiṃha Kũvara Rāṇā, Kṛṣṇa Bahādura Kũvara Rāṇā, Jaya Bahādura Kũvara Rāṇā#, Raṇa Uddīpa Siṃha Kũvara Rāṇā, Jagat Śamśera Jaṅga Kũvara Rāṇā;

spouse: Baḍā Mahārānī Rājyalakṣmī Devī, Mahārānī Juhārakumārī Devī;

children: Vīra Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Ḍamvara Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Khaḍga Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Raṇa Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Deva Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Candra Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Bhīma Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Phatya Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Lalita Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Jīta Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Pūrṇa Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Jyādu Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Durgā Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Śera Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Juddha Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Khamva Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā and Harṣa Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā (Śamaśera 1999: vaṃśavṛkṣa 8 ka);

details:

father of nine sons from his legally married wifes and eight sons from his mistresses (collectively known as the 17 bhāis);

held the title of captain in 1845;

held the title of general in 1851 (VS 1908, E_2779_0005);

sacrificed buffaloes at Mūlacoka, Kathmandu in 1845 and 1851;

held the post of Commander in Chief under his elder brother Raṇa Uddīpa Siṃha Kũvara Rāṇā from 1879 to 1884;

was de facto the most powerful person in the Rana hierarchy (Rana 1999: e.g. 61);

further literature: http://www.bilder-aus-nepal.de/Pages/Geschichte/Rana-Familie.html;

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