rana bahadur shah was the first army chief of nepal.
rana bahadur shah was the first army chief of nepal.
who was the first army chief of nepal?
rana bahadur shah
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the chief of nepalese army have been mostly drawn from noble chhetri families from gorkha such as "pande dynasty", "basnyat dynasty", and "thapa dynasty" before the rule of "rana dynasty". during the shah monarchy, the officers were drawn from these aristocratic families. during the rana dynasty, ranas overtook the position as birthright. the first army chief of nepal was king prithvi narayan shah who drafted and commanded the nepali (gorkhali) army. the first civilian army chief was kaji kalu pande who had significant role in the campaign of nepal. he was considered as army head due to the undertaking of duties and responsibilities of the army but not by the formalization of the title. both indra adhikari and shiva ram khatri mentions "kalu pande", "vamsharaj pande", "damodar pande", "abhiman singh basnyat" as chief of nepalese army before first titular "commander-in-chief" bhimsen thapa.
chief of the nepalese army