Field Marshal Shri Shri Shri Maharaja Sir Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Nepali: जुद्ध शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा) (19 April 1875 in Narayanhity Palace, Kathmandu – 20 November 1952 in Dehradun, India)^{[citation needed]} was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 1 September 1932 to 29 November 1945 as the head of the Rana dynasty.

He was the Field marshal and Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski.^[1] He is credited for rebuilding the Dharahara which was destroyed by the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.

Juddha Shumsher had twenty sons and twenty daughters.^{[citation needed]}

Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was born on 19 April 1875 at the Narayanhiti Palace in Durbar Marg, Kathmandu to Dhir Shumsher Rana and Juhar Kumari Devi.^[2] Rana was born into a noble Hindu Chhetri family, his father Dhir Shamsher, was the youngest brother of Jung Bahadur Rana who started the Rana dynasty, and his mother belonged to a noble Rajput family from Kangra.^[2] He was made colonel by Jung Bahadur during his Annaprashana ceremony which marks an infant's first intake of food other than milk.^[3] At the age of nine, his father Dhir Shumsher died, subsequently, he was looked after by his brothers.^[3] Following the 1885 Nepal coup d'état, his elder brother Bir Shumsher became the prime minister and Juddha was made a general and given an allowance of 21, 000 Nepalese rupees (NPR).^[3] At the age of 12, he was enrolled in a school, however, due to his deteriorating health, Rana had to leave his studies.^[3] During that time, he lived with Bhim Shumsher, who also performed his Upanayana ceremony.^[3] In 1888, he was married to Padma Kumari Devi of Gulmi.^[4]

• Banishment of Buddhist monks from Nepal
• Juddha Barun Yantra