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Over the course of thirty years, he served as Aide-de-camp General to King Tribhuvan, King Mahendra and King Birendra.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1916","date":"1916"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6414825#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Jaulakhel Durbar","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24928138"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6414825#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"1983","date":"1983"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6414825#P570"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"diplomat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193391"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6414825#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"ambassador of Nepal to the United Kingdom","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92074648"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6414825#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12201445"},{"text":"Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12192712"},{"text":"Commander of the Legion of Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17231611"},{"text":"Legionnaire of Legion of Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17231624"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6414825#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiran_Shumsher_Rana","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BE","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6414825"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Kiran Shumsher Rana born?","a":"Kiran Shumsher Rana was born on 1916 in Jaulakhel Durbar."},{"q":"What positions has Kiran Shumsher Rana held?","a":"Positions held by Kiran Shumsher Rana include: ambassador of Nepal to the United Kingdom."}],"related":[{"name":"Bahadur Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bahadur-shumsher-jung-bahadur-rana"},{"name":"Ram Chandra Mandal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ram-chandra-mandal"},{"name":"Upendra Mahato","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/upendra-mahato-q67912160"},{"name":"Onsari Gharti Magar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/onsari-gharti-magar"},{"name":"Arjun Bahadur Thapa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arjun-bahadur-thapa"},{"name":"Chautariya Pushkar Shah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chautariya-pushkar-shah"},{"name":"Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jigme-dorje-palbar-bista"},{"name":"Kamal Thapa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kamal-thapa"},{"name":"Krishna Bahadur Mahara","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/krishna-bahadur-mahara"},{"name":"Prince Bahadur Shah of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/prince-bahadur-shah-of-nepal"},{"name":"Pushpa Lal Shrestha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pushpa-lal-shrestha"},{"name":"Barsaman Pun","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/barsaman-pun"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Kiran Shumsher Rana","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiran_Shumsher_Rana","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): किरण सम्शेर राणा","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BE","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q6414825","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6414825","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Kiran Shumsher Rana, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Kiran Shumsher Rana\". DigiNepal. Last updated 6 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/kiran-shumsher-rana. Retrieved 9 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-06T06:42:42Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-09","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/kiran-shumsher-rana","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/kiran-shumsher-rana","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/kiran-shumsher-rana?lang=ne"}}