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Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
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Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1885-1967) was the prime minister and foreign minister of Nepal from April 30, 1948 until November 12, 1951. He was the last prime minister from the Rana family, which had controlled Nepal for more than a century and reduced the monarchy to a figurehead. Mohan Shamsher, however, became prime minister at a time when the king, Maharaja Dhiraj Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shahdev of Nepal was attempting to assert himself. Tribhuvan wanted to establish a stronger monarchy and some democracy, which Mohan Shamsher opposed. In 1950 Mohan Shamsher forced Tribhuvan and his son Mahendra to flee to India, allowing Mahendra's three-year-old son Gyanendra of Nepal to become king. Early in 1951, Tribhuvan and Mahendra returned, became king again, and began to establish their power. By the end of 1951, the king and his allies had triumphed, and Mohan Shamsher and the rest of the Rana family lost power.
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