He was the grandson of the Prime Minister Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana & son of Commanding-General Sri Sri Sri Maharajkumar Hiranya Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana. Even though he was from the Rana family, he went against his own family as he firmly believed that democracy would be the only way Nepal would be progressive and become a strong welfare state. He was married to Sri Rani Shweta Prabha Rajya Lakshmi, who was the daughter of Sri Chautaria Chuda Bikram Shah. They had three sons and one daughter;