The Life and Times of Maharaja Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of NepalAPH Publishing, 1996 - 358 pages Biography of Joodha Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana, 1875-1952, ruler of Nepal. |
Contents
Historical Background | 1 |
Birth and Early Career | 35 |
On the Heights | 47 |
The Great Earthquake | 63 |
Foreign Relations | 87 |
Historic Visits to India | 113 |
Reforms in the Civil Administration | 143 |
Military Reforms | 167 |
Economic Development | 227 |
The Tarai and its Progress | 247 |
Nepal and the Second World War | 261 |
The Maharaja as a Sportsman | 281 |
Renunciation | 301 |
Personal | 311 |
Appendix | 339 |
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