Subarna Shamsher Rana

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Major General Subarna Shamsher Rana
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office 27 May 1959 – 16 December 1960
Prime Minister	Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala
Minister of Finance of Nepal
In office May 1958 – 16 December 1960
Prime Minister	Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala
Preceded by	C. B. Singh
Succeeded by	Rishikesh Shah
21st Prime Minister of Nepal
In office 15 May 1958 – 27 May 1959
Monarch	Mahendra
Preceded by	Kunwar Inderjit Singh
Succeeded by	Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala
3rd President of Nepali Congress
In office 24 January 1956 – 23 May 1957
Preceded by	Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala
Succeeded by	Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala
Minister of Finance of Nepal
In office 1950–1951
Prime Minister	Mohan Shamsher Rana, Matrika Prasad Koirala
Succeeded by	Kaiser Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana
Personal details
Born	1910 Kathmandu, Nepal
Died	9 November 1977(1977-11-09) (aged 66–67)

Subarna Shamsher Rana (Nepali: सुवर्ण सम्शेर राणा) (1910 – 9 November 1977)^[1] was a leading figure in the movement to overthrow the ruling Rana oligarchy and to establish democracy in Nepal. He was one of the three leaders of the Nepali Congress in the late 1940s, opposing his relatives, the Rana family, who held power in Nepal at the time.

He is one of the most revered leaders of Nepali Congress. He died in Calcutta on 9 November 1977. Sashi Sumsher and Yog Prasad Upadhyay brought his ashes back to Nepal.