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Details for Gehendra Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā

ID473
NameGehendra Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā
TypepersName
Notesborn: 1871 in Calcutta;

died: 1905 at Seto Durbar, Kathmandu (http://www.royalark.net/Nepal/lamb4.htm);

gender: male;

father: Vīra Śamśera Jaṅga Kũvara Rāṇā;

siblings: Dharma Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Cakra Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Rudra Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Teja Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Pratāpa Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Indra Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, Ānanda Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, and Dharendra Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā (see Śamaśera 1999: vaṃśavṛkṣa 8 ka);

details:

held the title of governor of Dhankuta;

scientist, engineer and inventor;

designer of the Gehendra rifle and the Bira gun. #new#
SurnameRāṇā

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