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During the 1950 insurgency in Nepal, General Kiran lead a peace mission to the eastern parts. In recognition of his services, he was appointed Deputy
Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Nepalese Army and awarded the most refulgent order of Nepal Supradipta Manyabara Nepal Tara (1st Class). He was
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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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General to the king and decorated with the order of
Suprasiddha Prabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu (1st Class). (He subsequently served as ADC General to the following two kings of Nepal.) In 1954 and 1955, he served on the Coronation Committee of
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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
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stationed there. The following year, he retired from the Army and was appointed
Minister of State for Planning and Development in the cabinet of Prime Minister
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in 1933 and during World War II, he commanded ‘the famous’ Mahendra Dal
Battalion of the Nepalese Army in 1940, sent in aid of the Allied Forces in the
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He took on duties outside of Nepal later in life, appointed to a six-year term as a member of
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Following the end of World War II, he was a member of the
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General Kiran married Yuba Rajya Lakshmi in 1936. The couple had five children:
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and the Eastern Active Service Area in India. For his service he was
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Kiran Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana was born in October 1916 at the
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Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Members of the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu, First Class
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Honorary Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
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Honorary Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
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Honorary Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
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461:(Three Divine Powers), Member 1st Class
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297:Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
107:Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
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23:Kiran Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
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263:army officer. He served as the
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265:Royal Nepalese Army
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583:Soszynski, Henry.
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287:Biography
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