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Commander-In-Chief Kiran Shumsher JBR

The 26th Commander-In-Chief of the Nepalese Army, Gen. Kiran Shumsher JBR was the son of the then-Northern Commanding General Juddha Shumsher JBR as his eleventh son. Born in October, 1916 at Jawalakhel Durbar, he started his military career in his early youth (1933) and rapidly rose through various ranks to become Major General in 1943. He served in the Second World War as the commander of the Mahindra Dal Battalion in the North-West Frontier.

He was appointed the Director General of Health, Transport and Communication and the Royal Mint from 1946 to 1950. During the insurgency in 1950, he was deployed to maintain peace in the Eastern Nepal. Because of his success and proper handling of the military operations, he was promoted to the rank of Deputy Commander-In-Chief. In 1951, he was again promoted to the rank of Commander-In-Chief, when he was just 35 years old. He was also appointed as the aide-de-camp (ADC) of King Tribhuwan and King Mahendra. He embarked on an official visit to Malaya while being the Commander-In-Chief and inspected the Far Eastern Command and the Gorkha regiment there.
Commander-In-Chief Kiran Shumsher at a hunt. Photo credits: Bardan Shumsher Thapa


After retiring from military duties, he was appointed the Planning and Development State-Minister in 1956, during the premiership of Mr. Tanka Prasad Acharya. He was appointed the Vice-President of the National Planning Commission while it was being led by Prince Himalaya Bikram Shah as president. He was also appointed as a member of the Upper House of the Nepalese parliament.

Kiran Shumsher (Standing in the Left) with Krishna Shumsher (Standing in the Centre)
Photo credits : Bardan Shumsher Thapa

He breathed his last on November 1983 in Kathmandu and was cremated with full military honours in the Aryaghat at Pashupatinath. He is survived by his sons Prasiddha Shumsher, Prabal Shumsher, Pramod Shumsher and Subodh Shumsher.

List of honours awarded to Commander-In-Chief Kiran Shumsher JBR:

  1. Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) 
  2. Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
  3. Commander of Legion of Merit 2nd Class
  4. Mentioned in Despatches in the Second World War
  5. 1939-1945 Star
  6. Burma Star 
  7. Defence Star
  8. War Medal
  9. Assam-Burma Medal
  10. Order of the Star of Nepal 1st Class (Nepal Tara)
  11. Order of Om Ram Patta
  12. Order of the Three Divine Powers 1st Class (Tri Shakti Patta)
  13. Order of the Right Hand of Gorkha 1st Class (Gorkha Dakshin Bahu)
  14.  Coronation Medal 1955
  15. Coronation Medal 1972
  16. Nepal Pratap Vardhak

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